OCT 3rd-This Day in Entertainment & Music History: 1901-The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After a 1929 merger with Radio Corporation of America, the new company name became RCA-Victor. The first big rock and roll star to sign with RCA was Elvis Presley who signed with the label in 1956…1945-Ten year old Elvis Presley made his first public performance at the Mississippi-Alabama Dairy Show. Elvis competed in a talent contest by singing a song called Old Shep. The future king of rock and roll placed second in the contest and won $5.00...1960-Ike Turner and wife Tina Turner, who was 8 months pregnant at the time, appeared on American Bandstand...1980-An inauspicious start to Bruce Springsteens tour in Ann Arbor, Mich. As the E Street band launched into Born to Run, Springsteen forgot the words. Later in that show, Michigan native Bob Seger joined The Boss on stage to for a rousing version of Thunder Road...1992-Topping the British albums chart was ABBAs hits collection, Gold: Greatest Hits. This greatest hits package also went to No.1 in Australia and several European countries, but only reached No. 36 in the USA. It has become ABBAs best-selling album, ringing up sales of over 28 million copies worldwide...2000-Ben Orr, bass player and singer for the Boston-based band The Cars, died from complications of pancreatic cancer. Orr was lead singer on two big hits by The Cars, Just What I Needed and Drive...Celebrity Birthdays: NHL legend Glenn Hall 83. (Hall was the St. Louis goalie when Bobby Orr scored his famous flying goal in overtime to give the Bruins the 1970 Stanley Cup); Former Astronaut Charles Duke 79, (a member of the Apollo 16 crew. Duke is one of only 12 men who has ever walked on the moon); NHL legend Jean Ratelle 74; Singer Chubby Checker 73; Singer/musician Lindsey Buckingham 65; Former MLB player Dave Winfield 63; MLB Hall of famer Dennis Eckersley 60; Rev. Al Sharpton 60; Pro Golfer Fred Couples 55; Singer/actor Jack Wagner 55; Musician Tommy Lee 52; Singer Gwen Stefani 45; Actress Neve Campbell 41;
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