Music Almanac: September 6

Birthdays

• 1925 - Jimmy Reed (d. 1976)
• 1939 - David Allan Coe (73)
• 1940 - Jackie Trent (72)
• 1942 - Dave Bargeron (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (70)
• 1942 - Mel McDaniel (d. 2011)
• 1943 - Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) (69)
• 1947 - Sylvester (born Sylvester James) (d. 1988)
• 1948 - Claydes Smith (Kool & the Gang) (d. 2006)
• 1949 - Jimmy Litherland (Colosseum) (63)
• 1952 - Buddy Miller (60)
• 1954 - Stella Barker (Belle Stars) (58)
• 1954 - Banner Thomas (Molly Hatchet) (58)
• 1954 - Patrick O'Hearn (Missing Persons) (58)
• 1957 - Joe Smyth (Sawyer Brown) (55)
• 1958 - Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle) (Bad Manners) (59)
• 1960 - Perry Bamonte (Cure) (52)
• 1961 - Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (a-ha) (51)
• 1961 - Scott Travis (Judas Priest) (51)
• 1962 - Kevin Miller (Fuel) (50)
• 1963 - Mark Chestnutt (49)
• 1967 - Macy Gray (45)
• 1967 - William DuVall (Alice in Chains) (45)
• 1968 - Paddy Boom (born Patrick Seacor) (Scissor Sisters) (44)
• 1969 - CeCe Peniston (43)
• 1969 - Daryl Anthony (Az Yet) (43)
• 1970 - Kathi Wolfgramm (Jets) (42)
• 1970 - Cheyne Coates (42)
• 1971 - Delores O'Riordan (Cranberries) (41)
• 1974 - Nina Persson (Cardigans) (38)
• 1976 - N.O.R.E. (born Victor Santiago, Jr.) (36)
• 1978 - Cisco Adler (Whitestarr) (34)
• 1978 - Tony Thaxton (Motion City Soundtrack) (34)
• 1979 - Foxy Brown (born Inga Marchand) (33)
• 1980 - Kerry Katona (Atomic Kitten) (32)
• 1985 - Webbie (born Webster Gradney, Jr.) (27)

Deaths

• 1978 - Tom Wilson (producer) - Heart attack (47)
• 1984 - Ernest Tubb - Emphysema (70)
• 1990 - Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) - Tuberculosis/AIDS (48)
• 1994 - Nicky Hopkins (Rolling Stones) - Complications from intestinal surgery (50)
• 1997 - Roy Husky Jr. (country bassist) - Lung cancer (40)
• 2001 - Carl Crack (born Carl Bohm) (Atari Teenage Riot) - Drug overdose (30)

On This Day

• 1957 - The Flexi-Disc is used for the first time by Nestles Chocolate.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan made his New York debut at the Gaslight Cafe.
• 1963 - Cilla Black signed a management contract with Brian Epstein.
• 1963 - Jerry Lee Lewis left Sun Records for Smash Records.
• 1967 - The Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back premiered in New York.
• 1969 - James Brown announced he would retire from live performing in July 1970.
• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix made his final live appearance at the Isle of Fehmarn in Germany.
• 1974 - T. Rex began a U.S. tour.
• 1980 - U2 kicked off their U.K. Boy Tour in Coventry.
• 1980 - Ginger Baker quit the reformed Atomic Rooster.
• 1988 - Elton John auctioned off over 2,000 pieces of memorabilia from his career.
• 1993 - A benefit for Walden Woods was held in Boston with Don Henley, Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, Sting and Aerosmith.
• 1996 - Tupac Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight are shot in a drive-by shooting.
• 1997 - David Bowie starts a tour of North America in Vancouver, BC.
• 1999 - Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is sentenced to a year in prison for a parole violation.
• 2003 - The Dixie Chicks opened their European tour in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2004 - Rapper Twista is injured in a car accident that kills his friend and bodyguard Arthur Dixon.
• 2006 - Victor Willis of the Village People was sentenced to three years probation for drug possession.
• 2008 - Members of the band Great White agreed to pay the survivors and the families of victims of the The Station night club fire $1 million.
• 2010 - Jane's Addiction announced that Duff McKagan was no longer a member of the band. He had only been with them for five months.

Recorded

• 1957 - Here Comes Santa Clause, White Christmas and Silent Night - Elvis Presley
• 1968 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles (Eric Clapton played guitar solo, the first guest ever on a Beatles album)
• 1997 - Candle in the Wind (new version for Princess Diana) - Elton John (biggest selling single of all-time)

Released

• 1974 - The Place I Love - Splinter (debut album on George Harrison's Dark Horse label)
• 1982 - Tug of War - Paul McCartney
• 2000 - You're the One - Paul Simon

Awards

• 1989 - MTV Video Music Awards
• Video of the Year - This Note's For You - Neil Young
• Male Video - Veronica - Elvis Costello
• Female Video, Dance Video - Straight Up - Paula Abdul
• Group Video, New Artist - Cult of Personality - Living Colour
• Heavy Metal Video - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
• Rap Video - Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
• Post-Modern Video - Orange Crush - R.E.M.
• Video Vanguard Award - George Michael
• 1990 - MTV Video Music Awards
• Video of the Year, Female Video, Post-Modern Video - Nothing Comapares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
• Male Video - The End of the Innocence - Don Henley
• Group Video - Love Shack - B-52's
• New Artist - No Myth - Michael Penn
• Metal/Hard Rock Video - Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
• Rap Video, Dance Video - U Can't Touch That - MC Hammer
• Video Vanguard Award - Janet Jackson
• 2005 - Mercury Prize - I Am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons

Broadcasts

• 1958 - Ed Sullivan Show - Georgia Gibbs
• 1958 - American Bandstand - Quintones

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1975 - Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell (2 weeks)
• 1980 - Upside Down - Diana Ross (4 weeks)
• 1986 - Venus - Bananarama (1 week)
• 2003 - Shake Ya Tailfeathers - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee (4 weeks)
• 2008 - Whatever You Like - T.I. (3 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1975 - Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship (1 week)
• 1997 - The Dance - Fleetwood Mac (1 week)
• 2003 - The Neptunes Presents...Clones - Various Artists (1 week)