Oct 13

1951: Wilf Carter releases the single, "The Night Before Christmas."

1965:
Gordon Lightfoot's single, "Just Like Tom Thumb
Blues" enters the Canadian pop chart at #32.

1968:
Andy Kim is among the judges for the 1968 MIss 16 contest in New
York. It's a pageant held by 16 Magazine, which sparked an uproar because it supposedly
glorified teen sex. Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders and Regis Philbin were also
judges.

1968: Pete Lesperance of
Harem Scarem is born in Scarborough, Ont.

1974:
Scrubbaloe Caine's debut album, ROUND ONE, peaks at #61
on the Canadian albums chart for the second of two straight weeks.

1975:
Neil Young has a growth scraped from his vocal chords in an LA
hospital. Although the operation is a success, he has to cancel his tour a few months later with
Stephen Stills midway.

1975: Rich Wamil releases the third album under the
Copperpenny name, FUSE.

1976:
Triumph releases their eponymous debut.

1977:
Gordie Tapp guest stars on The Bobby Vinton Show, taped in
Toronto. He tells some jokes and they do the duet, "That's Amore."

1978:
Brutus opens for Peter Gabriel in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens.

1979:
Triumph is in Oshawa, Ontario for a show at the Civic Auditorium.

1979: "Canadian Idol" winner Ryan Michael Malcolm is born in Kingston,
Ont.

1989:
Voivod releases the NOTHINGFACE album.

1990:
National Velvet is in Toronto for a show at Rock n Roll
Heaven.

1992:
Alannah Myles releases her ROCKINGHORSE album.

2000: The Trailer Park Boys release THE BIG DIRTY SOUNDTRACK, soundtrack to their
movie. It features
Rush's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee, among others.

2002:
Rush is live in Atlanta, Georgia. The show is filmed for a future
video.

2000:
Big Sugar is in Winnipeg for a show at Walker Theatre to end their
Brothers & Sisters Tour.

2008:
Sam Roberts releases his LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD album in the
UK.

2009:
Chantal Kreviazuk releases the album, PLAIN JANE.

2010:
Tommy Ambrose releases his SONGS SINATRA TAUGHT ME album.

2012:
Parachute Club reunites for a free show in Toronto at the El
Mocambo.

2013:
Gowan does a solo concert, titled In Kilt Tonight, at the Glenn Gould
Studio in Toronto. All proceeds were donated to McDermott House Canada.

2014:
Tom Jackson releases his new single and video, "I'm Not
Saying, I'm Just Saying."

2015:
Tom Jackson releases the Red Cross benefit single, "Blue
Wave."

2016:
Gord Downie and his brother Mike, along with the Wenjack family,
announce the founding of the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund to support reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

2017:
Carol Pope is in Toronto for a show at The Duke.

2017: The University of Calgary receives a $2 million grant from the federal
government to preserve audio archives dating from the1940s donated by EMI Music.

2019: Hangman's Graveyard releases the single, "Witching
Hour."

2019:
Myles Goodwyn releases his new album, FRIENDS OF THE BLUES
2.