Please Please please - James Brown & The Famous Flames

On the 1st of November 1955 James Brown & The Famous Flames recorded their first demo of "Please Please Please"at a radio station in Macon Georgia. The song is a majestic R&B classic with Browns voice jumping off the record and balanced beautifully by The Famous Flames melodic harmonies.Please Please Please
"Baby, you did me wrong (You know you done me wrong)
Whoa, whoa, you done me wrong (You know you done me wrong)
So you dirk done me wrong, (Oh) whoa, oh yeah, you took my love
And now you're gone (Please please don't go)"

I can't stop loving you - Ray Charles

On the 31st of October 1964 Ray Charles was arrested by custom officials at Logan airport Boston and charged with possession of heroine. this was his third  drug charge but he escaped a prison sentence after receiving treatment for his addiction in a Los Angeles clinic..I can't stop loving you - Ray Charles This song was written in 1958 by Don Gibson and was a major hit for Ray Charles in 1962.Charles had taken a country song and turned it into an R&B classichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQXsM1l2wZ8
"Those happy hours that we once knew
Tho' long ago, they still make me blue
They say that time heals a broken heart
But time has stood still since we've been apart"

Nadine - Chuck berry

On the 31st October 1952, piano-man Johnnie Johnson hired the then 26 year old Chuck Berry as a guitarist in his band....The rest is historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry

Nadine - Chuck Berry

 This song was released in in 1963 when Berry was released  from prison after serving 18 months, the weaving lyrics and ska-like rhythm from the great Johnnie Johnson make it a classic.
"I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat, 
I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street, 
I shouted to the driver hey conductor, you must slow down. 
I think I see her please let me off this bus "

How soon is now? - The Smiths

On the 31st October 1963 Johnny Marr, guitarist and songwriter with The Smiths was born.On this classic song "How soon is now" Marr produced one of great guitar riffs, instantly recognizable. Morrisseys lyrics about how difficult it is to be shy really stamp the song as great.How soon is now? - The smiths
"When you say it's gonna happen "now"
well, when exactly do you mean?
see I've already waited too long
and all my hope is gone"

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

On the 30th of October 1998, All four original members of Black Sabbath reunited momentarily to play ‘Paranoid’ on US TV’s David Letterman Show.The album eventually called "paranoid" had been recorded live in studio for release in 1970 but they needed a 3 minute album filler and this classic rocker was quickly written and recorded with Ozzie Osborne reading the lyrics while he sang. The song title is never mentioned in the song.Paranoid
"Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind 
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time "

How do you sleep? - John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band

"How do you sleep"On the 30th October 1971, John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Imagine' The album contained the song "How do you sleep" which was an attack on his old Beatles songwriting partner Paul MC McCartney whom he had fallen out with during the last year or so of The Beatles. 

"You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your momma tell you anything
The only thing you done was yesterday
And since you're gone you're just another day"