VVN Music Almanac: Music Almanac: September 17

Birthdays

1923 - Hank Williams (d. 1953)
1926 - Bill Black (d. 1965)
1939 - Shelby Flint (73)
1940 - LaMonte McLemore (Fifth Dimension) (72)
1946 - Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers) (63)
1950 - Fee Waybill (Tubes) (62)
1952 - Steve Sanders (Oak Ridge Boys) (d. 1998)
1953 - Steve Williams (Budgie) (59)
1959 - Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) (53)
1961 - Ty Tabor (King's X) (51)
1962 - BeBe Winans (50)
1962 - Baz Luhrmann (50)
1963 - Steven Dye (Scarlet Party, Alan Parsons Project) (49)
1965 - Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) (47)
1966 - Doug E. Fresh (46)
1968 - Anastacia (born Anastacia Newkirk) (44)
1968 - Jonn Penney (Ned's Atomic Dustbin) (44)
1968 - Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus) (Brand Nubian) (44)
1969 - Keith Flint (Prodigy) (43)
1969 - Adam Devlin (Bluetones) (43)
1973 - Marcus Sanders (Hi-Five) (39)
1974 - Nona Gaye (38)
1976 - Maile Misajon (Eden's Crush) (36)
1979 - Flo Rida (born Tramar Dillard) (33)
1979 - Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan) (33)
1985 - John Walker (Panic! At the Disco) (27)

Deaths

1991 - Rob Tyner (MC5) - Heart attack (46)
1996 - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill - Heart and renal failure (63)
1999 - Frankie Vaughan - Heart failure (71)
2000 - Paula Yates (host of U.K.'s The Tube & wife of Bob Geldof) - Heroin overdose (41)
2006 - Al Casey (Wrecking Crew) (69)

On This Day

1931 - RCA introduced the first 33-1/3 record in New York.
1956 - The BBC removed Rockin' Through the Rye by Bill Haley and the Comets from their airwaves even though it was number 5 in Britain. They felt the song, based on a Scottish folk song, was against British standards.
1960 - Loretta Lynn made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1967 - The Doors were banned from the Ed Sullivan show after Jim Morrison sang "Girl, we couldn't get much higher." He had an agreement with the producers to tone down the lyrics.
1967 - The Who appeared on the Smother Brothers Comedy Hour with Keith Moon putting too many explosives in his drums for the end of their performance, purportedly damaging Pete Townshend's hearing along with singeing his hair.
1969 - Papers around the world were reporting that Paul McCartney was dead based on clues throughout the Beatles albums.
1977 - Reba McEntire made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
1980 - Bette Midler's concert film Divine Madness premiered in Los Angeles.
1983 - Vanessa Williams became the first African-American to be crowned Miss America.
1991 - Guns N' Roses set a record for the day by shipping four million copies of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.
1996 - A bomb was found in a London post office addressed to Bjork. The bomb maker had made a video of himself making the bomb and committing suicide.
1997 - Fleetwood Mac's The Dance tour kicked off in Hartford, CT.
1998 - Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan was arrested for "making terrorist threats" after he threatened to return to a night club where he had been ejected and kill everyone.
1998 - Terri Clark was hospitalized after her shoulder was dislocated by an overly zealous fan.
1999 - Eminem was sued by his mother for $10 million for defamation.
2000 - Farm Aid 2000 was held in Bistow, VA with Alan Jackson, Arlo Guthrie, Travis Tritt, Sawyer Brown, Barenaked Ladies, Willie Nelson, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2003 - Bono met with President Bush to try to raise more money for his AIDS initiative.
2003 - David Lee Roth hit himself in the face with a staff while performing a samurai move on stage, requiring 21 stitches and causing the rest of his tour to be cancelled.
2004 - Two of Madonna's bodyguards were arrested in Israel after assaulting photographers.
2004 - Nick Jago left Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Marriages

1989 - Natalie Cole and Andre Fischer
2005 - Terri Clark and Greg Kaczor

Recorded

1939 - All or Nothing at All - Frank Sinatra & the Harry James Orchestra
1952 - Frank Sinatra recorded his final session for Columbia Records.

Released

1956 - Jambalaya - Brenda Lee (debut single)
1976 - Ringo's Rotogravure - Ringo Starr
2002 - A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson (debut single)

Broadcasts

1965 - Smother Brothers (premier)
1967 - Ed Sullivan - Doors
1967 - Smothers Brothers - Who

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

1977 - I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb (1 week (3 previous weeks at number 1))
2005 - Gold Digger - Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx (10 weeks)