Music Almanac: September 23

Birthdays

• 1867 - John Lomax (musicology & folklorist) (d. 1948)
• 1905 - Tiny Bradshaw (d. 1958)
• 1926 - John Coltrane (d. 1967)
• 1930 - Ray Charles (d. 2004)
• 1935 - Les McCann (77)
• 1939 - Roy Buchanan (d. 1988)
• 1940 - Tim Rose (d. 2002)
• 1943 - Julio Iglesias (69)
• 1943 - Steve Boone (Lovin' Spoonful) (69)
• 1943 - Wallace Scott (Whispers) (69)
• 1943 - Walter Scott (Whispers) (69)
• 1943 - John Banks (Merseybeates) (d. 1988)
• 1947 - Neal Smith (Alice Cooper) (65)
• 1947 - Mary Kay Place (65)
• 1949 - Bruce Springsteen (63)
• 1956 - June Forester (Forester Sisters) (56)
• 1958 - Danielle Dax (54)
• 1959 - Martin Page (53)
• 1962 - Don Herron (BR5-49) (50)
• 1970 - Ani DiFranco (42)
• 1972 - Jermaine Dupri (40)
• 1972 - Sarah Bettens (K's Choice) (40)
• 1977 - Rachael Yamagata (35)
• 1979 - Erik-Michael Estrada (O-Town) (33)

Deaths

• 1974 - Robbie Mcintosh (Average White Band) - Heroin overdose (24)
• 1974 - Gil Turner (41)
• 1982 - Jimmy Wakely - Heart failure (68)
• 1989 - Bradley Kincaid (member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame) (94)
• 1995 - Booker T. Laury - Cancer (81)
• 2003 - Roy Horton (Pinetoppers, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame) (78)
• 2004 - Roy Drusky - Lung cancer (74)
• 2006 - Etta Baker (93)

On This Day

• 1966 - The Rolling Stones opened a U.K. tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London with opening acts the Yardbirds and Ike & Tina Turner.
• 1967 - The Mothers of Invention played live for the first time in the U.K. At Royal Albert Hall in London.
• 1970 - Mick Jagger and Bianca Macias met for the first time at the Paris Olympia.
• 1980 - Bob Marley collapsed on stage during a concert in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the last time Marley appeared on stage.
• 1980 - David Bowie opened in The Elephant Man on Broadway.
• 1991 - Izzy Stradlin left Guns N' Roses and was replaced by Gilby Clarke.
• 1996 - Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA released her autobiography As I Am.
• 1997 - The Rollings Stones opened the U.S. leg of their Bridges to Babylon Tour in Chicago.
• 1998 - The first Lilith Fair concert is held outside the U.S. at Royal Albert Hall in London.
• 1998 - Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette, George Morgan and Bud Wendell were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 2004 - Corey Taylor of Slipknot had to issue a statement saying that he wasn't dead after a Des Moines DJ reported his passing.

Recorded

• 1935 - Bob Wills' first recording session with the Texas Playboys
• 1952 - Hank Williams' last commercial recording session

Released

• 1957 - Silhouettes - Rays (single)
• 1967 - People Are Strange - Doors (single)
• 1972 - All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (single)
• 1978 - Double Vision - Foreigner
• 1997 - Candle in the Wind - Elton John (U.S. Single)
• 2003 - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
• 2003 - Some Devil - Dave Matthews (solo debut)

Awards

• 1998 - CMA Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Garth Brooks
• Song of the Year, Single of the Year - Holes in the Floor of Heaven - Steve Wariner (song shared with Billy Kirsch)
• Album of the Year - Everywhere - Tim McGraw
• Male Vocalist - George Strait
• Female Vocalist - Trisha Yearwood
• Duo - Brooks & Dunn
• Group - Dixie Chicks
• Musician - Brent Mason
• Horizon Award - Dixie Chicks
• Vocal Event - You Don't Seem to Miss Me - Patty Loveless and George Jones
• Video - This Kiss - Faith Hill
• 2006 - Americana Awards
• Artist of the Year - Neil Young
• Album - Childish Things - James McMurtry
• Song - We Can Make It Here - James McMurtry
• Instrumentalist, Lifetime Achievement Award (Instrumentalist) - Kenny Vaughan
• New/Emerging Artist - Greencards
• Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award - Charlie Daniels
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Executive) - Barry Poss
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Performer) - Alejandro Escovedo
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Producer/Engineer) - Allan Toussaint
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Songwriting) - Rodney Crowell
• President's Award - Mickey Newbury

Broadcasts

• 1950 - Eddy Arnold Show (debut on NBC Radio)
• 1956 - Circus Boy (NBC) - Mickey Dolenz (lead as a child actor)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1957 - That'll Be the Day - Crickets (1 week)
• 1967 - The Letter - Box Tops (4 weeks)
• 1972 - Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis (3 weeks)
• 1989 - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You - Milli Vanilli (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1961 (Stereo Albums) - Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland (9 weeks)
• 1978 - Grease - Soundtrack (2 weeks (7 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1989 - Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli (2 weeks)
• 2006 - B'Day - Beyonce (1 week)