Music Almanac: September 5
- 1907 - Sunnyland Slim (born Albert Luandrew) (d. 1995)
- 1912 - John Cage (d. 1992)
- 1936 - Willie Woods (Junior Walker & the All-Stars) (d. 1997)
- 1939 - John Stewart (Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
- 1943 - Joe "Speedo" Frazier (Impalas) (69)
- 1945 - Al Stewart (67)
- 1945 - Dean Ford (Marmalade) (67)
- 1946 - Loudon Wainwright III (66)
- 1946 - Freddie Mercury (Queen) (d. 1991)
- 1947 - Buddy Miles (Electric Flag, Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys) (d. 2008)
- 1949 - Clem Clempson (Colosseum, Humble Pie) (63)
- 1951 - Jamie Oldaker (Eric Clapton, Tractors) (61)
- 1961 - Sal Solo (Classix Nouveaux) (51)
- 1963 - Terry Ellis (En Vogue) (49)
- 1968 - Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) (44)
- 1969 - Dweezil Zappa (43)
- 1980 - Kevin Simm (Liberty X) (32)
Deaths
- 1969 - Josh White - During heart valve surgery (55)
- 1970 - Curley Williams (56)
- 1978 - Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers) - Cerebral hemorrhage (37)
- 1990 - Charley Charles (Ian Dury & the Blockheads) - Cancer (45)
- 1999 - Katie Webster (piano player for Lightnin' Slim & Otis Redding) - Heart failure (63)
On This Day- 1958 - The Country Music Association (CMA) was chartered.
- 1963 - The Rolling Stones started their fourth tour of the U.K.
- 1965 - Sonny & Cher made their first live appearance in the U.K. in London.
- 1966 - John Lennon started work on the film How I Won the War.
- 1968 - Tiny Tim sued his former label, Bouget Records, saying that they were releasing early recordings without his permission.
- 1976 - Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd was seriously injured in a car accident in Florida.
- 1980 - A statue of Buddy Holly was unveiled in his hometown of Lubbock, TX.
- 1987 - Ian Astbury of the Cult was arrested for allegedly inciting a riot in Vancouver during their show.
- 1987 - The cancellation of American Bandstand was announced after thirty years on the air.
- 1987 - Bob Dylan opened his Temples in Flames tour in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 1990 - B.B. King received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1993 - Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- 2003 - Bail for Beanie Sigel is revoked when the judge in his murder trial hears testimony that the rapper had been threatening witnesses.
- 2003 - Neil Young's film Greendale premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Marriages
- 1992 - John Mellencamp and Elaine Irwin
Divorces
- 2000 - Noel Gallagher (Oasis) and Meg Matthews
Recorded
- 1965 - Get Off of My Cloud - Rolling Stones
- 1967 - I Am the Walrus - Beatles (first day of recording song)
Released- 1953 - Nadine - Coronets (single)
- 1964 - Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (single)
- 1975 - Letting Go - Wings (single)
- 1981 - Ai a Mwana - Bananarama (debut single)
- 1988 - ...And Justice for All - Metallica
- 1996 - The Beatles Anthology - Beatles (video set)
Awards
- 1986 - MTV Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year, Group Video - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
- Male Video - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
- Female Video - How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
- New Artist, Concept Video, Experimental Video - Take on Me - a-ha
- Stage Performance in a Video - It's Only Love - Bryan Adams and Tina Turner
- Overall Performance - Dancing in the Streets - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
- Video Vanguard Award - Madonna, Zbigniew Rybczynski
- 2006 - Mercury Prize - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
Broadcasts
- 1968 - Top of the Pops - Doors
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
- 1964 - House of the Rising Sun - Animals (3 weeks)
- 1998 - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith (4 weeks)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums- 1981 - Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks (1 week)
- 1998 - Follow the Leader - Korn (1 week)
- 2009 - Keep on Loving You - Reba McEntire (1 week)
