Music Almanac: September 15

Birthdays

• 1903 - Roy Acuff (d. 1992)
• 1911 - Silas Hogan (d. 1994)
• 1921 - Snooky Pryor (d. 2006)
• 1924 - Bobby Short (d. 2005)
• 1928 - Cannonball Adderley (d. 1975)
• 1933 - Pat Barrett (Crew-Cuts) (79)
• 1934 - Hank Smith (d. 2002)
• 1940 - Jimmy Gilmer (Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs) (72)
• 1941 - Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane) (71)
• 1941 - Les Braid (Swinging Blue Jeans) (d. 2005)
• 1942 - Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) (70)
• 1945 - P.F. Sloan (born Philip Schlein) (67)
• 1946 - Ola Brunkert (ABBA) (d. 2008)
• 1952 - Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) (60)
• 1956 - Jaki Graham (56)
• 1958 - Dr. Know (born Gary Miller) (Bad Brains) (54)
• 1960 - Mitch Dorge (Crash Test Dummies, producer) (52)
• 1964 - Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (born Paul Caiafa) (Misfits) (48)
• 1967 - Jerry Dixon (Warrant) (45)
• 1967 - Huw Bunford (Super Furry Animals) (45)
• 1969 - DJ Kay Gee (Naughty by Nature) (43)
• 1969 - Allen Shellenberger (Lit) (43)
• 1976 - Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand) (36)
• 1976 - Ivette Sosa (Eden's Crush) (36)

Deaths

• 1979 - Tommy Leonetti - Cancer (50)
• 1980 - Bill Evans - Bleeding ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver & pneumonia (51)
• 2004 - Johnny Ramone (born John Cummings) (Ramones) - Prostate cancer (55)
• 2008 - Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) - Cancer (65)

On This Day

• 1961 - The Beach Boys had their first professional recording session. Known at the times as the Peddletones, they recorded the song Surfin'. 
• 1964 - A Beatles show in Cleveland, OH was stopped half-way through when fans broke through a police line and got on stage. Order was eventually restored and the concert continued. 
• 1965 - Ford became the first car maker to offer an 8-track player as an option.
• 1968 - The Doors performed in Amsterdam without Jim Morrison who, earlier in the evening, had collapsed while watching the Jefferson Airplane perform.
• 1974 - Gary Thain, bassist for Uriah Heap was almost electrocuted to death in a stage accident.
• 1978 - Bob Dylan started what would be, to this time, his longest tour of the U.S. in Augusta, Maine.
• 1982 - Queen performed their last concert in the U.S. with Freddie Mercury in Inglewood, CA.
• 1988 - Mark Knopfler officially announced the break up of Dire Straits. 
• 1990 - Bruce Hornsby began playing with the Grateful Dead after the death Brent Mydland.
• 1993 - A 13-year-old boy filed a civil suit against Michael Jackson for seduction and sexual abuse.
• 1997 - A 34-year-old French man was awarded £20,000 claiming that he was deafened after standing in front of a speaker at a U2 concert.
• 1998 - Reba McEntire received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1998 - Coolio was arrested for suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon and marijuana possession.
• 2003 - Madonna's first children's book, The English Roses, is published.
• 2003 - Johnny Cash was buried in Hendersonville, TN.
• 2005 - The biopic of Johnny Cash, I Walk the Line, premiered in Toronto, ON.
• 2006 - The place where the Beatles played their first concert, The Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, was giving protected status.
• 2006 - The Knack sued Run-D.M.C. for sampling a portion of their hit My Sharona on their song It's Tricky.
• 2007 - Rihanna opened a North American and European tour in Vancouver, BC.

Marriages

• 1957 - Patsy Cline and Charlie Dick

Recorded

• 1930 - Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael
• 1956 - I Confess - Paul Anka (debut single)

Released

• 1976 - Retrogravure - Ringo Starr
• 1977 - Love You Live - Rolling Stones
• 1998 - Jubilation - Band
• 1998 - Mechanical Animals - Marilyn Manson

Awards

• 2004 - World Music Awards
• Male Artist, Pop Male Artist, R&B Male Artist - Usher
• Female Artist, Pop Female Artist - Norah Jones
• Group, Pop Group, Rap/Hip-Hop Artist - Outkast
• Pop/Rock Artist - Avril Lavigne
• Rock Artist - Evanescence
• R&B Female Artist - Alicia Keys
• New Female Artist - Hilary Duff
• New Male Artist - Kanye West
• New Group - Maroon 5
• Diamond Award - Celine Dion
• Outstanding Contribution to Music - Clive Davis

Broadcasts

• 1968 - Soul (debut) - Lou Rawls, Martha & the Vandellas

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1945 - Till the End of Time - Perry Como (10 weeks)
• 1962 - Sherry - Four Seasons (5 weeks)
• 1973 - Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (1 week)
• 1990 - Release Me - Wilson Phillips (2 weeks)
• 2007 - Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1945 - Boogie Woogie - Eddie Stack (5 weeks)
• 1979 - In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin (7 weeks)
• 2001 - Aaliyah - Aaliyah (1 week)