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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Music Almanac: September 20

Birthdays

  • 1885 - Jelly Roll Morton (d. 1941)
  • 1924 - Gogi Grant (88)
  • 1925 - Bobby Nunn (Robins, Coasters) (d. 1986)
  • 1927 - Pearl Butler (Carl Butler and Pearl) (d. 1988)
  • 1945 - Sweet Pea Atkinson (Was (Not Was)) (67)
  • 1948 - Chuck Panozzo (Styx) (64)
  • 1948 - John Panozzo (Styx) (d. 1996)
  • 1953 - Jeff Jones (Red Rider) (59)
  • 1957 - Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) (55)
  • 1960 - Dave Hemingway (Housemartins) (52)
  • 1960 - Robert Wiggins (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) (d. 1989)
  • 1966 - Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) (46)
  • 1967 - Matthew Nelson (Nelson) (45)
  • 1967 - Gunner Nelson (Nelson) (45)
  • 1968 - Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) (44)
  • 1979 - Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr. (Lifehouse) (33)
  • 1981 - Keith Semple (One True Voice) (31)
  • 1987 - Jack Lawless (Jonas Brothers) (25)

Deaths
  • 1961 - Karl Farr (Sons of the Pioneers) (52)
  • 1973 - Jim Croce - Plane crash (30)
  • 1984 - Steve Goodman - Leukemia (36)
  • 1997 - Bob Hudson (Hudson & Landry) (66)
  • 2002 - Nils Stevenson (manager for Sex Pistols and Siouxsie & the Banshees) (49)

On This Day
  • 1948 - The Four Freshman played their first live show in Ft. Wayne, IN.
  • 1963 - The Rollings Stones' second single, Poison Ivy, was withdrawn from the market.
  • 1966 - George Harrison went to India for his first meeting with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. 
  • 1969 - John Lennon told his Beatles bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr that he was leaving the group.
  • 1969 - The Beatles' Northern Songs was purchased by Associated TV for one million pounds.
  • 1970 - Jim Morrison was acquitted of lewd and lascivious behavior but was found guilty of exposing himself to the audience at a Miami, FL concert.
  • 1971 - Peter Frampton quit Humble Pie.
  • 1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested at their farmhouse in Scotland after police found marijuana growing on the property.
  • 1973 - The Roxy opened in Los Angeles with a show by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
  • 1995 - Natalie Merchant opened her first solo tour in New Orleans, LA.
  • 2000 - Don Walser received the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Award. 
  • 2001 - Jennifer Lopez performed a full show for the first time in San Juan, PR.
  • 2003 - A motel on the estate of Chuck Berry burned down.
  • 2006 - The Rolling Stones opened a U.S. tour in Boston, MA.

Marriages
  • 1964 - Bobby Braddock and Sue Rhodes
  • 2003 - Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels

Recorded
  • 1955 - Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Released
  • 1994 - Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band

Broadcasts
  • 1975 - Saturday Night Variety Show - Bay City Rollers (U.S. TV debut)
  • 1976 - Captain & Tennille (debut)
  • 2005 - Rock Star: INXS - J.D. Fortune won the competition to become lead singer of INXS

Number Ones – U.S. Singles
  • 1947 - Near You - Francis Craig (12 weeks)
  • 1969 - Sugar, Sugar - Archies (4 weeks)
  • 1975 - Fame - David Bowie (1 week)
  • 1986 - Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & the News (3 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums
  • 1958 - South Pacific - Soundtrack (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
  • 1969 - Blind Faith - Blind Faith (2 weeks)
  • 1975 - Between the Lines - Janis Ian (1 week)
  • 1980 - The Game - Queen (5 weeks)
  • 1986 - Top Gun - Soundtrack (1 week (3 previous weeks at number 1))
  • 1997 - Ghetto D - Master P (1 week)
  • 2003 - Metamorphosis - Hillary Duff (1 week)
  • 2008 - The Recession - Young Jeezy (1 week)

Vital Statistics

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