#1 Album on October 7, 1975

Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's long anticipated follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon topped the charts for two weeks in October 1975. The album spawned several Pink Floyd classics, including the title track, "Have a Cigar" and the nine-part song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to former front man Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968.
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#1 Album on October 6, 1996

Falling Into You
Celine Dion

Falling into You stayed in the charts for more than a year. The international blockbuster earned several awards, including a Grammy for Album of the year in 1997. The album features "Because You Loved Me", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" and "All by Myself". Céline Dion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, the youngest of fourteen children.
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#1 Album on October 5, 1991

Use Your Illusion II
Guns N' Roses

Use Your Illusion II is the second of two albums released in conjunction with the band's Use Your Illusion tour, which ran for over two years. The album has fourteen tracks including the single "You Could Be Mine" and the cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". Members of the bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns joined up in 1985 to form Guns N' Roses.
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#1 Album on October 4, 1969

Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Released at the peak of their success, Green River features CCR's signature classic "Bad Moon Rising" as well as the title track and "Lodi". The band members of Creedence Clearwater Revival met while in high school in El Cerrito, California. Artistic and business tensions caused the band to dissolve in October 1972. Front man John Fogerty went on to enjoy a highly successful solo career.
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#1 Album on October 3, 1974

Bad Company
Bad Company

Bad Company's debut #1 album produced the classic rock staples "Can't Get Enough", "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love". The original band was considered a rock "super group", comprised of former members of Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson. Front man Paul Rodgers adopted the band's name from the 1972 film Bad Company.
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#1 Album on October 2, 1971

Every Picture Tells a Story
Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story features one of his most successful and well-known songs "Maggie May". Both the album and song hit #1 in October 1971. "Maggie May" was originally the B-side of the minor hit "Reason to Believe". Fellow band members of Faces --who Stewart was lead singer with during this time-- performed on the album.
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#1 Album on October 1, 1986

Dancing on the Ceiling
Lionel Richie

Dancing on the Ceiling was Lionel Richie's last of a string of popular releases during the 1980s. The album produced the #1 "Say You, Say Me" and charted hits "Dancing on the Ceiling", "Ballerina Girl" and "Se La". Lionel was a standout tennis player in high school and accepted a tennis scholarship at Tuskegee Institute, where he later graduated with a major in economics.
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