In The Rock 10/16/1986: Keith Richards hosts a concert in St. Louis to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday. They’re joined onstage by Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Cray, Julian Lennon, Linda Ronstadt & Etta James. #ChuckBerry #Keef #KeithRichards #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/16/1993: The Gin Blossoms hit the charts with “Hey Jealousy”, written by Doug Hopkins prior to his leaving the band. #GinBlossoms #RockHonorRoll #Altedge

In The Rock 10/16/1965: The Jefferson Airplane perform at Longshoreman’s Hall at the first big Happening, with special guest The Great Society. #JeffersonAirplane #Happening #GreatSociety #RockHonorRoll

Born In The Rock 10/16/1947: The late, great Bob Weir, guitarist, songwriter and vocalist with the Grateful Dead, as well as The Other Ones and The Dead. Gone to that big gig in the sky. #BobWeir #GratefulDead #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/16/1978: The Cars debut album is certified platinum; It has sold over 6 million copies in the US. #TheCars #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/16/1960: In Hamburg, members of the Beatles and The Hurricanes head into tiny Akoustik Studio to cut versions of “Fever”, “Summertime”, and “September Song”. Pete Best was running an errand, so Richard Starkey sat in on drums. #Beatles #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/15/1979: John Lennon and Yoko Ono donate $1,000 for a campaign to provide bulletproof vests for New York City policemen. #JohnAndYoko #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/15/2000: Radiohead top the US album chart with ‘Kid A’, their first record to debut at No.1 in the US. #Radiohead #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/15/1956: Little Richard records “Good Golly, Miss Molly” at J&M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana. Little Richard picked up the phrase "Good golly, Miss Molly" from DJ Jimmy Pennick. #LittleRichard #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/15/1988: UB40 top the US singles chart with their version of Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine”. #UB40 #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/15/1955: Buddy & Bob, featuring Buddy Holly open for Elvis at The Big D Jamboree at Lubbock’s Cotton Club, Texas. Talent scout Eddie Crandall is in audience and helps Holly score an audition to record demos for Decca records. #BuddyHolly #Elvis #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/15/1988: Bon Jovi begin a four-week run at number one on the Album Chart with ‘New Jersey’, which spawned 5 top ten singles. This was the group’s second album to hit #1. #JoviLife #BonJovi #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/15/1965: Jimi Hendrix signs the worst recording contract of all time: PPX Productions pays Hendrix $1 plus 1% of future royalties. #JimiHendrix #WTAF #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1977: David Bowie releases “Heroes’, the second of his Berlin Trilogy, a collaboration with the musician Brian Eno and the producer Tony Visconti, featuring guitarist Robert Fripp. The album is later named NME’s Album of the Year. #davidBowie #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1965: The Odeon in Birmingham hosts The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End and Charlie Dickins for a night of rock. #RollingStones #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1978: Devo make their national television debut as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing “Satisfaction” and “Jocko Homo”. #Devo #SNL #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 10/14/1957: The Everly Brothers’ “Wake Up Little Susie” tops the charts, despite being banned by some US radio stations for its suggestive lyrics. #EverlyBrothers #DonAndPhil #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1978: Rush kick off the Hemispheres Tour at the Kingston Memorial Centre in Kingston, ON. It was Rush’s longest tour. BTW: that’s NOT David St. Hubbins, we swear. #Rush #CanadianContent #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1987: Def Leppard sales record: 2 consecutive albums that sell 7 million copies each: currently Pyromania has sold over 10 million units & Hysteria has sold over 25 million copies. Their catalog combined has sold over 100 million albums. #DefLeppard #SuperSales #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 10/14/1967: The Who release “I Can See for Miles” which will peak at number nine on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, incredibly, The Who’s only top ten single in the U.S. #TheWho #RockHonorRoll