Oct24,1987 Michael Jackson starts a 2wk run at #1 on the billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Bad" written by Michael Jackson. The music video is directed by Martin Scorsese

Oct24,1982 Culture Club is still at #1 for the 2nd wk on UK singles chart with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" Culture Club's 1st UK #1

Oct24,1981 Christopher Cross is still at #1 on the billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Arthur's Theme, (Best That You Can Do)" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1

Oct24,1980 John Lennon releases in the UK "(Just Like) Starting Over" written by John Lennon. 1st release since leaving music industry in 1975. Lennon will peak at #1 Dec20 in UK & US Dec27. Lennon's last single released while alive; he will die Dec8,1980 after being shot

Oct24,1979 Paul McCartney receives a medallion cast in rhodium for the most successful composer of all time. 43 songs that each sold over 1M copies

Oct24,1978 Re-release in Sweden of the double album "The Beatles" by Capitol Records pressed on white vinyl. The Beatles album is also known as The White Album

Oct24,1971 John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band jumps straight to #1 on the UK album chart with "Imagine" with George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim Keltner, Jim Gordon, King Curtis, John Barham, Joey Molland, Tom Evans, John Tout, Mike Pinder, Phil Spector

Oct24,1970 Pink Floyd is at #1 on UK album chart with the "Atom Heart Mother" Pink Floyd's first #1 album with Roger Waters bass guitar, vocals; David Gilmour guitar, vocals; Richard Wright keyboards, vocals; Nick Mason drums

Oct24,1970 The Jackson 5 are still at #1 on the billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "I'll Be There" for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1

Oct24,1966 The Monkees TV series S1 E7 "Monkees in a Ghost Town" Stranded in a ghost town, The Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers

Oct24,1966 The Monkees TV series S1 E7 "Monkees in a Ghost Town" Stranded in a ghost town, The Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers

Oct24,1966 Newsweek magazine interviews The Monkees from the TV show of the same name. Plot lines are marginal-simple old time melodrama or situation comedy gimmicks. Starring Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith

Oct24,1965 The Beatles are at EMI Studios, the entire session is spent on the Paul McCartney song "I'm Looking Through You" about English actress Jane Asher, his girlfriend during the 1960s and her refusal to give up her stage career and focus on his needs

Oct24,1964 Manfred Mann is still at #1 on the billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" for the last week of a 2wk run at #1

Oct24,1963 The Beatles are in Stockholm for producer Klas Burling’s Sveriges Radio (Swedish National Radio) show Pop ’63 called "The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm" translated as The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm

Oct24,1962 James Brown records his 1st live album with the Famous Flames called "Live At The Apollo" at the Apollo Theater in Harlem

Oct24,1956 Jim Lowe with the High Fives start a 3wk run at #1 on the US Top 40 Singles Chart with "The Green Door" written by Hutch Davie with lyrics by Marvin Moore. Davie plays the piano

Oct24,1942 The 1st billboard R&B chart appears called the Harlem Hit Parade. Chart positions determined by an informal poll of record store owners in Harlem, New York. 1st #1 R&B is "Take It and Git" performed by Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy