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10-25-1969 Ummagumma released

Rockers born on 10/25 include Judas Priest's Glen Tipton (1948),  Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions (1956) and Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chicken foot member Chad Smith (1962). The Stones were on the Ed Sullivan Show this night in 1964. 10/25/1969 Pink Floyd's 4th, the double disc Ummagumma, got released. The title was supposedly a slang reference to sex a friend of the band used. On this day in 1991, Bill Graham, the concert promoter that established and ran the Fillmores on both coasts and Winterland in San Francisco, was killed in a helicopter crash near that city.