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ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY: 10.25

1964 - The Rolling Stones appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show from New York, performing ‘Around And Around’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’. A riot broke out in the studio, prompting Sullivan’s infamous quote, ‘I promise you they’ll never be back on our show again.’ The Rolling Stones went on to make a further five appearances on Sullivan’s show between 1965 and 1969.

1968 - The double album 'Electric Ladyland' by the The Jimi Hendrix Experience was released. It's the third and final album with the original Experience and it found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also Hendrix's original musical vision at its absolute apex.

What Hendrix sonically achieved on this record expanded the concept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as Phil Spector had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. The highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown Traffic," his reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," the spacy "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)," and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," a landmark in Hendrix's playing. Photo by -/Svenska Dagbladet/AFP via Getty Images)

1975 - Paul Simon issues his fourth solo album, Still Crazy After All These Years. It was a musical and lyrical change of pace from his first two, Paul Simon and There Goes Rhymin' Simon. Still Crazy found him working for the most part with a group of jazz-pop New York session players, though he did do a couple of tracks with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section and of course, "My Little Town" also marked a return to working with Art Garfunkel. Perhaps more striking, however, was Simon's lyrical approach. Where Rhymin' Simon was the work of a confident family man, Still Crazy came off as a post-divorce album, its songs reeking of smug self-satisfaction and romantic disillusionment. Still, as out of sorts as Simon may have been, he was never more in tune with his audience: Still Crazy topped the charts, spawned four Top 40 hits, and won Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Vocal Performance.

1977 - Elton John appears on The Muppet Show, where he performs "Crocodile Rock," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." Elton is one of the inspirations for Dr. Teeth of the Muppets' house band, The Electric Mayhem.

Birthdays:

1970 - Ed Robertson from band Barenaked Ladies is 59. With Steve Page they launched the band in the late '80s as an acoustic act, traveling to different college campuses and playing warm-up gigs for comedy troupes. These early shows played an important role in the group's foundation, combining humor with an eclectic mix of folk and pop/rock. BNL was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

1961 - Chad Smith drummer for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Will Ferrel doppelgänger is 62. They once had a drum off on The Tonight Show which ended with the RHCP joining with a cover of Don't Fear The Reaper, a nod to Will's SNL bit (more cowbell?).

Richard Lloyd is 72. Best known for his work with the ground-breaking group Television, Richard Lloyd is a strikingly gifted guitarist who has created an impressive body of work both as a frontman and as a collaborator with other musicians. Capable of bold, angular patterns as well as elegant, languid melodic lines, Lloyd first found acclaim for his work on Television's first two albums, Marquee Moon and Adventure. Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.

Jon Anderson is 79, best known as the singer of Yes. While Yes didn't invent progressive rock, they helped bring it to mainstream audiences, steering the development and definition of the genre. Anderson is also noted for his solo career and collaborations with other artists, including Vangelis as Jon and Vangelis.

R.I.P.:

2014 - Jack Bruce, bassist and founding member of Cream, dies at age 71. Although some may be tempted to call multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and composer Jack Bruce a rock & roll musician, blues and jazz were what this innovative musician really loved.

Bruce's most famous songs were, in essence, blues tunes -- "Sunshine of Your Love," "Strange Brew," "Politician," "White Room" -- and they were ones he penned for Cream and although their trio only lasted until November 1968, Cream were the first top group to truly exploit the power trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s.

1991 - The renowned concert promoter Bill Graham, who ran the Fillmore and Fillmore East venues, dies in a helicopter crash returning home from a Huey Lewis & the News concert. Graham, 60, provided a more intimate and elegant concert experience with improved sound and even light shows. Some of his bigger productions included The Band's "Last Waltz" final concert and the Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve shows.

On This Day In Music History was sourced from This Day in Music, Allmusic, Song Facts and Wikipedia.

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