VVN Music Almanac: Music Almanac: September 25

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Music Almanac: September 25

Birthdays

1933 - Ian Tyson (79)
1933 - Erik Darling (Rooftop Singers) (d. 2008)
1935 - Royce Kendall (Kendalls) (d. 1998)
1936 - Booba Barnes (d. 1996)
1939 - Joe Russell (Persuasions) (73)
1940 - Wade Flemons (Earth, Wind and Fire) (d. 1993)
1943 - Jules Gary Alexander (Association) (69)
1943 - John Locke (Spirit, Nazareth) (d. 2006)
1945 - Onnie McIntyre (Average White Band) (67)
1946 - Jerry Penrod (Iron Butterfly) (66)
1946 - Bryan MacLean (Love) (d. 1998)
1947 - John Fiddler (Medicine Head, British Lions) (65)
1947 - Larry Sparks (65)
1951 - Burleigh Drummond (Ambrosia) (61)
1955 - Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (57)
1968 - Will Smth (44)
1970 - Dean Ween (born Michael Melchiondo, Jr.) (Ween) (42)
1974 - Richie Edwards (Darkness) (38)
1980 - T.I. (born Clifford Harris, Jr.) (32)
1985 - Diana Oritz (Dream) (27)

Deaths

1980 - John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) - Asphyxiation after being sick (32)
1999 - Stephen Canaday (Ozark Mountain Daredevils) - Plane crash (55)

On This Day

1954 - Elvis Presley performed Blue Moon of Kentucky at the Grand Ole Opry, his only appearance on the show.
1954 - Macon, GA named it Hank Williams Day.
1962 - Loretta Lynn became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1975 - Jackie Wilson had a heart attack while performing at the Latin Casino in New Jersey, striking his head on the stage. He never recovered consciousness and didn't pass away until January 21, 1984.
1976 - Paul McCartney and Wings played a benefit in Venice to raise funds for the city; however, the weight of the group's equipment did further damage to the main square of the city.
1979 - Evita by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice opened on Broadway.
1981 - The Rollings Stones opened a U.S. tour in Philadelphia, PA.
1990 - Dave Grohl auditioned for Nirvana and got the job.
1990 - Macon, GA renamed one of its streets as Little Richard Boulevard.
1992 - At an Oklahoma City, OK concert by Ozzy Osbourne, two fans were stabbed and twenty more arrested.
1993 - Madonna opened her Girlie Show World Tour at London's Wembley Stadium.
1995 - Courtney love received a one-year prison sentence (suspended), fined $1000 and ordered to a anger management course for attacking Kathleen hanna of Bikini Kill.
1998 - Johnny Cash enters a Nashville hospital to be treated for pneumonia.
2000 - Ozzy Osbourne asked that Black Sabbath be removed from the ballet for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
2001 - XM Satellite Radio premiered with the voice of Bob Marley.
2001 - It was reported that rapper Erick Sermon had been seriously injured in a auto accident. In reality, he had fallen out of a third story window.
2001 - The Recording Academy began accepting music only issued on MP3 for awards consideration.
2003 - Stuart Cable was fired from the Stereophonics.
2008 - Paul McCartney announced he would play live in Israel for the first time in over forty years.

Recorded

1964 - My Girl - Temptations
1967 - Fool on the Hill - Beatles
1969 - Cold Turkey - John Lennon (with Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Klaus Voorman)