ROCKTOBER 8

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR ROCKTOBER 8
Ray Royer formerly with Procol Harum is 65;

ON THIS DATE
1966 Ginger Baker collapses while doing a drum solo. Turns out he has the flu and is exhausted
1987 Chuck Berry receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
1988 For the first time in over 14 years Pink Floyd's album Dark Side Of The Moon is NOT on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts (741 weeks)
1996 Jimmy Chamberlin formerly with the Smashing Pumpkins pleads guilty to disorderly conduct charges rather than face the more serious heroin possession charge and is ordered to complete a drug treatment program. The court appearance is the result of drug charges filed when the drummer and touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvin shot up together in a New York hotel. Melvin died as a result