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Rock and Metal History, a day like today October 15

1946: Richard Carpenter (of The Carpenters) is born in New Haven, Connecticut, but would later relocate to Downey, California.

1948: Pop/rock singer Chris de Burgh is born Christopher John Davison in Venado Tuerto, Argentina.

1956: Little Richard records "Good Golly Miss Molly."

1961: Elvis Presley records "For The Millionth And The Last Time," "Good Luck Charm," and "Anything That's Part Of You."

1965: Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract that paid him $1 and 1% of the earnings on his recordings.

1966: The Monkees record "I'm A Believer."

1966: Revolver by the Beatles was #1 for a sixth week on the Album chart.

1968: The New Yardbirds made their first appearance under their new name, Led Zeppelin, at a gig at Surrey University in England.

1973: Neil Young releases the live album Time Fades Away.

1983: Genesis went to number one on the album chart with their self-titled album Genesis.

1987: Joe Satriani's second full-length solo album, Surfing with the Alien, is released. The popular all-instrumental album kicks open the door for similarly styled "guitar shred" albums.

1988: New Jersey by Bon Jovi moved to #1 on the Album chart, moving Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses out after just three weeks. Hysteria by Def Leppard was still third after 61 weeks of release

1996: Angry Machines is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Dio. It was released first in Japan on October 4, 1996, by Mercury Records with 11 tracks and in the US on October 15, 1996 on Mayhem Records but with only 10 tracks. It was the last studio album to feature original drummer Vinny Appice.

2000: Radiohead had the number one album in America with their fourth effort, Kid A, the band’s first record to debut in the top spot.