Happy Birthday to Steve Miller, guitar slinger for the ages. He’s a joker, a smoker & a midnight toker, and he sure don’t want to hurt no one; Born In The Rock 10/5/1943. #SteveMiller #RockHonorRoll

In The Ramones 10/5/1981: The Ramones play Ann Arbor, Michigan, with local punk rockers Cult Heroes opening. #Ramones #CultHeroes #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/5/1973: Elton John releases his 7th album, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to the album in two and a half weeks; Elton composed most of the music in three days. It’s sold over 30 million copies worldwide. #EltonJohn #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Chart 10/5/1991: Guns N’ Roses make history by entering the Billboard 200 Album Chart at numbers one and two with ‘Use Your Illusion II’ and ‘Use Your Illusion I’ respectively. #GnR #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/5/1987: Late of The Smiths, Johnny Marr begins rehearsals with The Pretenders in preparation for the band joining U2 on a North American tour. #JohnnyMarr #ThePretenders #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/5/1968: Muddy Waters releases ‘Electric Mud’, his psychedelic blues comeback record. It met with mixed reviews, and peaks at #127 on the album chart. #MuddyWaters #GoesElectric #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/5/1993: The Afghan Whigs graduate from being Midwestern grunge guys to the big leagues, with the release of their career-defining major-label debut ‘Gentlemen’. #AfghanWhigs #Gentlemen #RockHonorRoll

Happy Birthday to Brian Johnson, lead singer for glam rockers Geordie, and a little band called AC/DC. Born in the Rock 10/5/1947. #BrianJohnson #AcDc #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/4/1968: Billed as The Yardbirds featuring “Jimmy Paige”, Led Zep appear at the Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in their first run of shows in the UK. #LedZeppelin #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/4/1980: Queen reach the top of the Hot 100 Singles Chart for the second and final time with “Another One Bites the Dust”, which spends three weeks at number one. #Queen #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/4/1994: The Smashing Pumpkins release ‘Pisces Iscariot’; a stellar b-sides and outtakes collection - it goes platinum. #SmashingPumpkins #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/4/1986: Dan Rather is attacked by a kook demanding the frequency. Dan demurs, and the story inspires REM. Michael Stipe later explained that “Kenneth” is about the inscrutability of the media and the disconnect between older and younger generations. #REM #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/4/1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival start a four week run at No.1 on the album chart with “Green River”, the group’s first US chart topper. #CCR #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #RockHonorRoll

Bummerversary 10/4/1970: Janis Joplin, singer, songwriter, already an icon, joins Robert, Rockin’ Robin, Jim, Brian and Jimi in the 27 club. #27Club #JanisJoplin #RockHonorRoll #Bummerversary

In The Rock 10/4/1996: ‘That Thing You Do’, Tom Hanks’ brilliant film about the rise and fall of The Oneders is released. It’s a great imagining of garage rock fame in the 60s, with a killer soundtrack. #TheWonders #TomHanks #AdamSchlesinger #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/4/1963: Clapton joins the Yardbirds - he’ll stay with the band until ‘65, when he leaves to join John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, in a reversal of what so many up and coming guitarists will do. #Yardbirds #EricClapton #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/3/1975: ‘The Who by Numbers’ is released in the UK. Amazingly, it was only the 7th album from the band. #TheWho #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/3/1970: CCR Look out their backdoor and see a hit at #2. #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #CCR #RockHonorRoll

Happy Birthday to Kevin Roosevelt Moore, or better know to fans, @kebmomusic Keb’ Mo’, blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, Grammy winner, linking delta blues to post-modern jazz, rock and more, born in the rock 10/3/1951. #KebMo #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/3/1981: Buck Dharma and Blue Öyster Cult break into the top 40 (barely) with “Burnin’ For You”. #BOC #BlueÖysterCult #RockHonorRoll #Umlauts