#WhatsHappening for October 5, 2016

Hey, hi, kiddios. Hope you're all doing well.

First up, I'll remind you to mark your calendars for Saturday, October 29th- it's our 7th Annual Costumes & Karaoke Party at the Iron Horse Tavern in historic downtown Norcross.

We'll have prizes for best costume, sexiest costume (which is always fun for me), best costume-related karaoke performance, and all kinds of fun. 

Don't miss it!

The man behind the title track to the biggest selling album has passed away.

Rod Temperton, who penned Thriller, died last week after a brief battle with cancer.

Temperton was the keyboardist for Heatwave and wrote their two biggest hits- Boogie Nights and Always and Forever- before taking on songwriting as a full time gig when Quincy Jones sought him out to write for Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall".

Temperton penned the album's title track as well as "Rock With You" and "Burn This Disco Out" for the hugely popular album, leading Jones to recruit him for Jackson's next effort.

Talking about the album in an interview with BBC Radio 2, Temperton said "Originally, when I did my demo, I called it 'Starlight,' Quincy said to me, 'Well, you came up with the title of the last album, see what you can do for this album.' I said, 'Great.'"

"I went back to the hotel, I wrote two or three hundred titles for this song. Then I came up with the title 'Midnight,' Quincy said that's a little bit more mystery, more where you should be heading … The next morning I woke up and I just said this word."

"Something in my head just said 'This is the title.' You could visualize it on top of the Billboard charts. You could see the merchandizing of this one word; it jumped off the page at you. So I knew I had to write it as 'Thriller,' and I wrote all the words very quickly, then went to the studio and we did it."

Temperton also wrote "Baby Be Mine" and "The Lady In My Life" for the album that would become the biggest seller of all time. He also wrote George Benson's "Give Me The Night," the Patti Austin/James Ingram duet "Baby, Come to Me", and Michael McDonald's "Sweet Freedom"- as well as tunes for  Karen Carpenter, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Donna Summer, and the Manhattan Transfer.

He was 66.

Bon Jovi has announced that they'll be on the road next yet in support of their upcoming album, This House Is Not for Sale.

Twenty dates have been announced so far, beginning February 8 in Greenville and wrapping up six weeks later in Indianapolis. 

Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale to American Express and Fan Club members Monday, with general sales beginning October 15. Ticket buyers will also receive a physical copy of the new album.

By the way, the tour stops at Philips Arena on February 10th.

The album, which was scheduled for release later this month, has been rescheduled for release on November 4th.

Birthdays today include: Paul of Good Charlotte; Heather Headley; Sir Bob Geldof of Boomtown Rats; Brian Johnson of AC/DC; Steve Miller; and Richard Street of The Temptations. #MusicalBirthdays