This Day in Music History: October 22

October 22, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: October 22.

 

1964: The Who (were known then as The High Numbers), receive a letter from EMI Records, that asked them for original material after their recent audition for the company.

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1966: The Supremes became the first ever female group to have a No.1 album on the US char with 'The Supremes a Go Go'. With that, they knocked The Beatles' 'Revolver' from the top of the charts.

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1966: ‘Good Vibrations’ by The Beach Boys made its debut on the US singles chart. The song was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, and was recorded over 6 weeks in four different Los Angeles studios, at a cost of over $16,000. The recording engineer would later say that the last take sounded exactly like the first, six months earlier. The record itself reached No.1 on the US charts in December 1966.

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1969: Led Zeppelin II was released on Atlantic Records in the UK. The Jimmy Page produced album which was recorded over six months between four European and three American tours, peaked at No.1 in both the UK and US, going on to sell over 12 million copies in the US alone, (and spending 138 weeks on the UK chart). The album is now recognized by writers and music critics as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums ever recorded.

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1988: Phil Collins started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Groovy Kind Of Love', his 6th US No.1.

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1988: U2 scored their fourth UK No.1 album with the double set and film soundtrack 'Rattle And Hum', featuring their first UK No.1 single 'Desire'.

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1990: Pearl Jam played their first ever gig when they appeared at the Off Ramp in Seattle. In an early promotional interview, Eddie Vedder said that the name "Pearl Jam" was a reference to his great-grandmother Pearl, who was married to a Native American and had a special recipe for peyote-laced jam.

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