Music Almanac: September 30

Birthdays

• 1917 - Buddy Rich (d. 1987)
• 1933 - Cissy Houston (79)
• 1935 - Johnny Mathis (77)
• 1940 - Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2009)
• 1942 - Gus Dudgeon (producer) (d. 2002)
• 1942 - Frankie Lymon (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers) (d. 1968)
• 1943 - Marilyn McCoo (Fifth Dimension) (69)
• 1946 - Sylvia Peterson (Chifons) (66)
• 1947 - Marc Bolan (T-Rex) (d. 1977)
• 1952 - John Lombardo (10,000 Maniacs) (60)
• 1952 - Frank Zincavage (Romeo Void) (61)
• 1953 - Deborah Allen (59)
• 1954 - Basia (born Basia Trzetrzelewska) (58)
• 1954 - Patrice Rushen (58)
• 1954 - Lesley Beach (Amazulu) (58)
• 1958 - Marty Stuart (54)
• 1960 - Bill Rieflin (KMFDM, R.E.M.) (52)
• 1962 - Marley Marl (born Marlon Williams) (DJ & producer) (50)
• 1963 - Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery Gentry) (49)
• 1964 - Trey Anastasio (Phish) (48)
• 1964 - Robby Takac (Goo Goo Dolls) (48)
• 1984 - Keisha Buchanan (Sugarbabes) (28)
• 1985 - T-Pain (born Faheem Najm) (27)

Deaths

• 1955 - James Dean - Car accident (24)
• 1977 - Mary Ford (Les Paul & Mary Ford) - Complications of diabetes (53)
• 2003 - Ronnie Dawson - Throat cancer (64)

On This Day

• 1950 - The Grand Ole Opry was televised for the first time.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan played harmonica on three songs for Carolyn Hester's debut album. Producer John Hammond is so impressed he signs him to Columbia.
• 1963 - Sid Bernstein first contacted Brian Epstein about the Beatles. He would go on to promote many of their tours.
• 1967 - BBC Radio 1 went on the air with DJ Tony Blackburn signing on with the Move's Flowers in the Rain.
• 1968 - Writer Hunter Davies published The Beatles, the first authorized biography of the group.
• 1969 - David Crosby's girlfriend, Christine Hilton, was killed in a car crash near San Francisco.
• 1971 - Rick Wakeman made his first live appearance with Yes.
• 1987 - The Roy Orbison special A Black and White Night is shot at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles with a myriad of special guests including Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and more.
• 1988 - John Lennon gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1991 - Liza Minnelli received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1992 - Steve Earle was arrested for failing to appear for jury duty in Nashville.
• 1993 - Kate Pierson of the B-52's was arrested at an anti-fur protest and charged with criminal mischief and trespassing.
• 1994 - R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe signed a movie deal with New Line Cinema.
• 1996 - Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack while performing his signature song, Tip-Toe Through the Tulips, in Montague, MA.
• 1997 - Randy Travis became the first artist to sign with DreamWorks Records Nashville.
• 2002 - British band Hear'Say, winners of the Popstars competition program, announced they were breaking up.
• 2006 - Farm Aid 2006 was held in Camden, NJ with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Jerry Lee Lewis with Roy Head, Los Lonely Boys, Arlo Guthrie, Gov't Mule, Steve Earle and Allison Moorer, Steel Pulse, Shelby Lynne, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra, Pauline Reese and Danielle Evin.
• 2007 - Keith Urban crashed his motorcycle while being pursued by a photographer in Sydney, Australia. He was uninjurred.

Marriages

• 2006 - Isaac Hanson (Hanson) and Nicole Dufresne

Recorded

• 1956 - Brenda Lee's first recording session

Released

• 1977 - Ringo the Fourth - Ringo Starr
• 1997 - Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
• 1997 - Bridges to Babylon - Rolling Stones
• 2003 - Life For Rent - Dido
• 2003 - Sacred Love - Sting

Broadcasts

• 1965 - Shindig! - Donovan (American TV debut), Hollies, Turtles, Dave Clark Five
• 1967 - David Frost Show - Paul McCartney, John Lennon
• 1989 - Saturday Night Live - Neil Young
• 1993 - Simpsons - George Harrison, David Crosby
• 1998 - Drew Carey Show - Jonny Lang, Slash, Joey Ramone, Rick Nelson (Cheap Trick)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1957 - Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers (2 weeks)
• 1978 - Kiss You All Over - Exile (4 weeks)
• 1995 - Fantasy - Mariah Carey (8 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1995 - Cracked Rear View - Hootie & the Blowfish (1 week (7 previous weeks at number 1))
• 2000 - G.O.A.T. - LL Cool J (1 week)
• 2006 - FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake (2 weeks)

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Music Almanac: September 29

Birthdays

• 1907 - Gene Autrey (d. 1998)
• 1910 - Bill Boyd (Bill Boyd & the Cowboy Ramblers) (d. 1977)
• 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis (77)
• 1937 - Joe “Guitar” Hughes (d. 2003)
• 1939 - Tommy Boyce (Boyce & Hart) (d. 1994)
• 1943 - Manuel Fernandez (Los Bravos) (d. 1967)
• 1944 - Mike Post (68)
• 1946 - Nick Taylor (Bloodrock) (d. 2010)
• 1948 - Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) (64)
• 1948 - Mike Pinera (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly) (64)
• 1950 - Alvin Crow (Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys) (62)
• 1954 - Mari Wilson (58)
• 1956 - Suzzy Roche (Roches) (56)
• 1958 - John Payne (Asia) (54)
• 1958 - Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Birthday Party) (54)
• 1963 - Les Claypool (Primus) (49)
• 1965 - Iain Baker (Jesus Jones) (47)
• 1967 - Brett Anderson (Suede) (45)
• 1968 - Brad Smith (Blind Melon) (44)
• 1968 - Luke Goss (Bros.) (44)
• 1968 - Matt Goss (Bros.) (44)
• 1968 - Alex Skolnick (Testament) (44)
• 1973 - Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive) (39)
• 1973 - Debelah Morgan (39)
• 1980 - Dallas Green (Alexisonfire, City and Colour) (32)
• 1981 - Suzanne Shaw (Hear'Say) (31)
• 1987 - Josh Farro (Paramour) (25)

Deaths

• 1992 - Paul Jabara - AIDS (44)
• 2003 - Wesley Tuttle (85)

On This Day

• 1956 - Rose Maddox made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1963 - The Rolling Stones opened their first tour of the U.K. in support of Bo Diddley and the Everly Brothers.
• 1966 - Jimi Hendrix and Noel Redding meet for the first time while auditioning for Eric Burdon's New Animals in London.
• 1967 - Mickey Hart joined the Grateful Dead.
• 1967 - The Rolling Stones and manager Andrew Loog Oldham parted ways.
• 1971 - Gilbert O'Sullivan made his first live appearance at Royal Albert Hall in London.
• 1976 - While celebrating his 41^st birthday, Jerry Lee Lewis was shooting holes in a door and accidentally hit his bass player, Norman Owens, in the chest.
• 1977 - James Brown's band walked out on him in Helendale, FL, charging that his pay was too low. Brown hired a different group of musicians.
• 1991 - Metallica opened their Wherever We May Roam tour in Peoria, IL.
• 1994 - The Pointer Sisters receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1997 - Bobby Sheehan of Blues Traveler is arrested for cocaine possession in Winnipeg, Manatoba.
• 1999 - The Manic Street Preachers were charged for the equipment they smashed during their appearance at the T in the Park festival in Scotland.
• 2001 - Farm Aid 2001: A Concert for America was held in Noblesville, IN with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Doobie Brothers and Martina McBride.
• 2003 - Ozzy Osbourne said that he is writing a musical based on the life of Rasputin.
• 2006 - Weezer sued Miller Brewing alleging that the company used their image in print ads.
• 2007 - Two of rap's greatest faced off with big releases on the same day with Kanye West's Graduation selling 957,000 copies while 50 Cent's Curtis only moved 691,000.

Marriages

• 2001 - Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd

Divorces

• 2007 - Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw (filed by Morgan)

Recorded

• 1959 - Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop - Little Anthony & the Imperials

Released

• 1967 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips

Broadcasts

• 2003 - Eve (UPN) - DMX

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1958 - It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (6 weeks)
• 1973 - We're an American Band - Grand Funk (1 week)
• 1984 - Let's Go Crazy - Prince & the Revolution (2 weeks)
• 1990 - (Can't Live Without Your) Love & Affection - Nelson (1 week)
• 2001 - Fallin' - Alicia Keys (3 weeks (3 previous weeks at number 1))

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1962 (Mono Albums) - West Side Story - Soundtrack (3 weeks (7 previous weeks at number 1))
• 2001 - The Blueprint - Jay-Z (3 weeks)
• 2007 - Graduation - Kanye West (1 week)

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Music Almanac: September 28

Birthdays

• 1901 - Ed Sullivan (d. 1974)
• 1923 - Naphtali “Tuli” Kupferberg (Fugs) (d. 2010)
• 1928 - Koko Taylor (d. 2009)
• 1930 - Tommy Collins (born Leonard Sipes) (d. 2000)
• 1937 - Glenn Sutton (country songwriter) (d. 2007)
• 1938 - Ben E. King (74)
• 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf) (69)
• 1946 - Helen Shapiro (66)
• 1947 - Peter Hope-Evans (Medicine Head) (65)
• 1950 - Paul Burgess (10cc) (62)
• 1952 - Andy Ward (Camel, Marillion) (60)
• 1953 - Jim Diamond (59)
• 1953 - Paul Harwood (Mahogany Rush) (59)
• 1954 - George Lynch (Dokken) (5/)
• 1957 - C.J. Chenier (55)
• 1958 - Ned Leukhardt (Wall of Voodoo) (54)
• 1960 - Jennifer Rush (52)
• 1962 - Peter Hooten (Farm) (50)
• 1966 - Ginger Fish (born Kenneth Wilson) (Marilyn Manson) (46)
• 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa (45)
• 1968 - Sean Levert (d. 2008)
• 1969 - Karen Fairchild (Little Big Town) (43)
• 1984 - Melody Thornton (Pussycat Dolls) (28)
• 1987 - Hilary Duff (25)

Deaths

• 1968 - Dewey Phillips (pioneering rock DJ) - Heart failure (42)
• 1991 - Miles Davis - Stroke, pneumonia, respiratory failure (65)
• 1996 - Bob Gibson - Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (64)
• 2009 - DJ AM (born Adam Goldstein) - Drug overdose (36)
• 2009 - Lucy Vodden (of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds fame) - Lupus (46)

On This Day

• 1963 - DJ Murray the K in New York plays the Beatles She Loves You, possibly the first time a Beatles song is played on the U.S. airwaves.
• 1968 - The manager of Janis Joplin announced that she had left Big Brother and the Holding Company.
• 1972 - David Bowie had his first sell-out in the U.S. for a show at Carnegie Hall in New York.
• 1975 - Jerry Garcia and Friends and the Jefferson Starship played a free concert for 50,000 in San Francisco's Lindley Park.
• 1976 - George Harrison was sued by A&M records for $6 million after missing an album deadline by two months.
• 1989 - Jimmy Buffett's short story book, Tales of Margaritaville, was released.
• 1991 - Bryan Adams was given the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.
• 1994 - Bobby Brown witnessed the drive-by killing of his sister's fiance in Roxbury, NJ.
• 2000 - Barbra Streisand performed her “farewell” concert at Madison Square Garden in New York.
• 2002 - Nutbush, TN named a stretch of State Highway 19 the Tina Turner Highway.
• 2004 - Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) criticized the U.S. in an editorial in the Los Angeles Times calling their airline screening system “indiscriminate” and “unjust.”
• 2004 - Randy Travis received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Marriages

• 1986 - Jett Williams and Keith Adkinson

Released

• 1958 - To Know Him Is To Love Him - Teddy Bears

Awards

• 2006 - International Bluegrass Music Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Grascals

Broadcasts

• 1987 - $10,000 Pyramid (Game show) - Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1946 - Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
• 1968 - Hey Jude - Beatles (9 weeks)
• 1974 - Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1946 - The Ink Spots - Ink Spots (7 weeks)
• 1968 - Time Piece: The Rascals' Greatest Hits - Rascals (1 week)
• 1974 - Bad Company - Bad Company (1 week)
• 1991 - Ropin' the Wind - Garth Brooks (1 week)
• 1996 - Home Again - New Edition (1 week)

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Music Almanac: September 27

Birthdays

• 1936 - Don Cornelius (Soul Train) (d. 2012)
• 1941 - Don Nix (Producer, engineer, arranger for Stax) (71)
• 1942 - Alvin Stardust (born Bernard William Jewry) (70)
• 1943 - Randy Bachman (68)
• 1943 - Bob Curiano (Mink DeVille) (68)
• 1947 - Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) (65)
• 1953 - Greg Ham (Men at Work) (d. 2012)
• 1953 - Robbie Shakespeare (Sly and Robbie) (59)
• 1958 - Shaun Cassidy (54)
• 1964 - Stephen Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) (48)
• 1970 - Mark Calderon (Color Me Badd) (42)
• 1971 - Big Mike (born Michael Barnett) (Geto Boys) (41)
• 1973 - Chris Demakes (Less Than Jake) (39)
• 1975 - Lee Brennan (911) (37)
• 1976 - Dean Butterworth (Morrissey, Good Charlote) (36)
• 1977 - Patrick Bourque (Emerson Drive) (d. 2007)
• 1978 - Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down) (34)
• 1982 - Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Carter, Jr.) (30)
• 1984 - Avril Lavigne (28)

Deaths

• 1972 - Rory Storm (Rory Storm and the Hurricanes) - Accidental mix of alcohol and sleeping pills (33)
• 1979 - Jimmy McCullough (Wings) - Heroin overdose (26)
• 1986 - Cliff Burton - Bus accident (24)
• 2003 - Paul Burlison (Rock and Roll Trio with Johnny & Dorsey Burnette) - Colon cancer (74)
• 2006 - Jamie Lyons (Music Explosion) - Heart failure (57)
• 2008 - Bryan Morrison (manager of Pink Floyd, Pretty Things, Fairport Convention, more) - Polo accident (66)

On This Day

• 1942 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra appeared live for the first time.
• 1979 - Elton John collapsed while playing at Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles. He returned to continue the show ten minutes later.
• 1986 - The Beatles' Twist and Shout reentered the U.S. charts after it was featured in Ferris Bueler's Day Off.
• 1990 - Dee Dee Ramone was arrested for marijuana possession in Greenwich Village.
• 1990 - Marvin Gaye received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1995 - Warner Brothers cut their ties from Interscope after refusing to release the debut album by the Dogg Pound.
• 1997 - Bob Dylan performed for the Pope at the World Eucharist Conference in Bologna, Italy.
• 1999 - It was ZZ Top Day in Atlanta, GA.
• 2000 - U2 played on the roof of the Clarence Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, playing Beautiful Day and Elevation.
• 2002 - Vince Neil pled guilty to misdemeanor battery of a record producer.
• 2003 - Kylie Minogue got the police involved in her receipt of over 700 letter from a fan that had become increasingly threatening.
• 2003 - Derrick Pontier of Great White was injured in an auto accident while traveling to a benefit concert for the victims of the Rhode Island club fire.
• 2003 - Carly Simon sued the owners of The Dakota in New York, saying they rejected her application to liver there while keeping her $99,000 downpayment.
• 2004 - Phil Spector was indicted for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

Divorces

• 1983 - Alan Frizzell and Shelly West (filed by Frizzell)

Released

• 1969 - Baby I'm For Real - Originals (single)
• 1979 - Eat to the Beat - Blondie
• 1979 - Regatta de Blanc - Police

Broadcasts

• 1963 - Ready, Steady, Go (U.K.) - Cilla Black (TV debut)
• 1964 - Ed Sullivan Show - Beach Boys
• 1987 - Dolly (ABC) (debut) - Dolly Parton

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1941 - Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey (1 week)
• 1975 - I'm Sorry / Calypso - John Denver (1 week)
• 2008 - So What - Pink (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1947 - Dorothy Shay Sings - Dorothy Shay (1 week)
• 1958 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto Number 1 - Van Cliburn (2 weeks (5 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1975 - Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
• 1986 - Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie (2 weeks)
• 1997 - You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs - Leann Rimes (1 week)
• 2003 - Heavier Things - John Mayer (1 week)
• 2008 - Death Magnetic - Metallica (3 weeks)

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Music Almanac: September 26

Birthdays

• 1898 - George Gershwin (d. 1937)
• 1907 - Shug Fisher (Sons of the Pioneers) (d. 1984)
• 1920 - Tommy Doss (Sons of the Pioneers) (92)
• 1925 - Marty Robbins (d. 1982)
• 1926 - Julie London (d. 2000)
• 1931 - George Chambers (Chambers Brothers) (81)
• 1940 - Creadel “Red” Jones (Chi-Lites) (d. 1994)
• 1941 - David Frizzell (71)
• 1941 - Joe Bauer (d. 1982)
• 1945 - Bryan Ferry (67)
• 1947 - Lynn Anderson (65)
• 1948 - Olivia Newton-John (64)
• 1951 - Stuart Tosh (Pilot) (61)
• 1954 - Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) (58)
• 1954 - Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship) (58)
• 1955 - Carlene Carter (57)
• 1960 - Doug Supernaw (52)
• 1961 - Cindy Herron (En Vogue) (51)
• 1962 - Tracey Thorn (Everything But the Girl) (50)
• 1962 - Al Pitrelli (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth) (50)
• 1964 - Nicki French (48)
• 1967 - Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
• 1970 - Paul Draper (Mansun) (42)
• 1972 - Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) (40)
• 1976 - Santigold (born Santi White) (36)
• 1981 - Christina Milian (31)

Deaths

• 1937 - Bessie Smith - Auto accident (43)
• 1998 - Betty Carter - Pancreatic cancer (69)
• 2000 - Carl Sigman (songwriter (Ebb Tide, It's All in the Game, You're My World) - Heart failure (91)
• 2003 - Robert Palmer - Heart attack (54)
• 2003 - Shawn Lane - Black Oak Arkansas (40)

On This Day

• 1953 - Skeeter Davis debuted at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1965 - The Beatles received the Order of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth.
• 1968 - Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones was fined $150 for marijuana possession.
• 1969 - The Fillmore West is opened in San Francisco by Bill Graham.
• 1970 - Pink Floyd started their third U.S. tour in Philadelphia.
• 1970 - Motown announced that the Jackson 5 has sold 10 million records in their first nine months.
• 1975 - The film version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show opened.
• 1981 - Bruce Dickinson joined Iron Maiden.
• 1989 - Paul McCartney opened his Get Back tour in Dramen, Norway. It is the first tour where he plays many of his and John Lennon's Beatles songs.
• 1998 - MTV Russia premiered with the program Prodigy Live in Moscow.
• 1998 - Prince canceled the balance of his current tour when he pulls a ligament tripping over a cable.

Marriages

• 1953 - Johnny Horton and Billy Jean Jones (widow of Hank Williams)
• 1955 - Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
• 2005 - Billy Joe Shaver and Wanda Lynn Canady

Recorded

• 1970 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (first session for album)

Released

• 1964 - You Really Got Me - Kinks (single)
• 1969 - Abbey Road - Beatles (U.K.)
• 1974 - Walls & Bridges - John Lennon
• 1979 - I Fought the Law - Clash (debut single in the U.S.)
• 1984 - Purple Rain - Prince (single)
• 1988 - Talk is Cheap - Keith Richards (debut solo album)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1960 - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis (2 weeks)
• 1964 - Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (3 weeks)
• 1987 - Didn't We Almost Have it All - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1987 - Bad - Michael Jackson (6 weeks)
• 2009 - The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z (2 weeks)

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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)

Released

• 1954 - Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley (single)
• 1970 - Beaucoup of Blues - Ringo Starr
• 1971 - Peace Train - Cat Stevens (single)
• 1979 - I'm the Man - Joe Jackson (single)
• 2001 - Is This It - Strokes

Broadcasts

• 1965 - The Beatles (cartoon series) (premier)
• 1970 - The Partridge Family (premier)
• 1982 - Saturday Night Live - Queen

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1954 - Hey There - Rosemary Clooney (6 weeks)
• 1965 - Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (1 week)
• 1982 - Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 2004 - What I Do - Alan Jackson (1 week)
• 2010 - Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles (1 week)

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Music Almanac: September 24

Birthdays

• 1931 - Anthony Newley (d. 1999)
• 1933 - Mel Taylor (Ventures) (d. 1996)
• 1940 - Barbara Allbut (Angels) (72)
• 1941 - Linda McCartney (d. 1998)
• 1942 - Gerry Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) (70)
• 1942 - Phyllis Allbut (Angels) (70)
• 1944 - Rosa Lee Hawkins (Dixie Cups) (68)
• 1946 - Carson Osten (Nazz) (66)
• 1946 - Jerry Donahue (Fotheringay, Fairport Convention) (66)
• 1946 - Kjell Asperud (Titanic) (66)
• 1952 - Mark Sandman (Morphine) (d. 1999)
• 1955 - Lane Brody (57)
• 1962 - Cedric Dent (Take 6) (50)
• 1965 - Sean McNabb (Quiet Riot) (47)
• 1969 - Shawn Crahan (Slipknot) (43)
• 1971 - Peter Salisbury (Verve) (41)
• 1971 - Marty Cintron (No Mercy) (41)
• 1972 - Queen Pen (born Lynise Walters) (40)

Deaths

• 1991 - Peter Bellamy (Young Tradition) - Suicide (47)
• 2002 - Tim Rose - Heart attack during operation (62)
• 2003 - Rosalie Allen - Congestive Heart Failure (79)

On This Day

• 1957 - The film Mister Rock and Roll, the biography of Alan Freed and starring Alan Freed, premiers in New York.
• 1962 - Elvis Presley received an invitation to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in the U.K. but Colonel Tom Parker turned it down. Parker was an illegal Dutch immigrant and was afraid that he wouldn't be allowed back in the U.S.
• 1965 - Bob Dylan opened a U.S. tour in Austin, TX.
• 1967 - Traffic played live for the first time in London.
• 1977 - The first Elvis Presley National Convention was held in Memphis, TN.
• 1988 - James Brown is arrested for allegedly threatening a women's meeting with a handgun and having an hour chase with police.
• 1988 - Baillie & The Boys made their Grand Ole Opry debut.
• 1993 - Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses reached a settlement of $2.5 million with the band over his firing.
• 1995 - The Charlatans were arrested by 24 police officers after coming off a flight from to New York, accused of trying to disrupt the plane's flight path, drunkenness and other infractions.
• 1997 - A student who killed two pupils and a teacher at a school in Washington claimed he was reenacting scenes from the Pearl Jam video Jeremy.
• 1997 - Brenda Lee, Harlan Howard and Cindy Walker were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 1998 - Steven Adler, formerly of Guns N' Roses, was sentenced to 150 days in prison for beating two women and a probation violation.
• 1999 - Hank Williams was the subject of the first country music symposium at the Smithsonian Institute.
• 2003 - The Dave Matthews Band played for almost 100,000 in New York's Central Park.

Divorces

• 2010 - Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe (filed by Wilson)

Released

• 1973 - Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn (single)
• 1977 - Come Sail Away - Styx (single)
• 1979 - The Long Run - Eagles
• 1982 - 1999 - Prince (single)
• 1984 - No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (single)
• 1990 - Rust in Piece - Megadeth
• 1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
• 1991 - The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

Awards

• 1997 - CMA Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Garth Brooks
• Song of the Year, Single of the Year - Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter
• Album of the Year - Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait
• Male Vocalist - George Strait
• Female Vocalist - Trisha Yearwood
• Vocal Duo - Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group - Diamond Rio
• Musician - Brent Mason
• Horizon Award - LeAnn Rimes
• Vocal Event - It's Your Love - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
• Video - 455 Rocket - Kathy Mattea

Broadcasts

• 1971 - Dick Cavett Show - John Lennon

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1966 - Cherish - Association (3 weeks)
• 1977 - Best of My Love - Emotions (1 week (4 previous weeks at number 1))
• 1983 - Tell Her About It - Billy Joel (1 week)
• 1988 - Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1960 (Mono Albums) - String Along - Kingston Trio (5 weeks)
• 1988 - Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (3 weeks (1 previous week at number 1))

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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)

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Music Almanac: September 22

Birthdays

• 1930 - Joni James (82)
• 1942 - Marlena Shaw (70)
• 1943 - Toni Basil (born Antonia Basilotta) (69)
• 1946 - King Sunny Ade (66)
• 1948 - Jim Byrnes (64)
• 1951 - David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) (61)
• 1952 - Gary Holton (Heavy Metal Kids) (d. 1985)
• 1953 - Richard Fairbrass (Right Said Fred) (59)
• 1956 - Debbie Boone (56)
• 1957 - Nick Cave (55)
• 1957 - Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde) (55)
• 1957 - Pete Jones (Public Image Ltd.) (55)
• 1958 - Joan Jett (54)
• 1958 - Andrea Bocelli (54)
• 1965 - Andy Cairns (Therapy?) (47)
• 1969 - Matt Sharp (Weezer) (43)
• 1970 - Mystikal (born Michael Tyler) (42)
• 1971 - Chesney Hawkes (41)
• 1981 - Adam Lazzara (Taking Back Sunday) (31)
• 1982 - Billie Piper (30)
• 1984 - Ross Jarman (Cribs) (28)

Deaths

• 1981 - Harry Warren (writer I Only Have Eyes For You, At Last, That's Amore) (87)
• 1989 - Irving Berlin (101)
• 1995 - Dolly Collins (worked with Incredible String Band, Matthew's Southern Comfort) (62)
• 2010 - Eddie Fisher - Complications from hip surgery (82)

On This Day

• 1962 - Silver Threads and Golden Needles by the Springfields (Dusty Springfield, Tom Springfield, Tim Field) reached the U.S. Top 20, making them the first British vocal group to make it that high.
• 1962 - Bob Dylan appeared at Carnegie Hall for the first time as part of a Hootenanny show.
• 1965 - The Great Society (featuring Grace Slick) make their live debut in North Beach, CA.
• 1965 - Roger Daltry punched Keith Moon during a Who show in Scandenavia.
• 1972 - David Bowie opened the U.S. leg of his Ziggy Stardust tour in Cleveland, OH.
• 1980 - Geffen Records was formed and John Lennon signed with them.
• 1985 - The first Farm Aid concert was held in Champagne, IL with Alabama, Hoyt Axton, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, Bon Jovi, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, John Conlee, Charlie Daniels Band, John Denver, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Foreigner, Vince Gill, Arlo Guthrie, Sammy Hagar, Merle Haggard, Daryl Hall, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, George Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, B. B. King, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Huey Lewis, Loretta Lynn, John Mellencamp, Roger Miller, Joni Mitchell, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Charley Pride, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Reed, Kenny Rogers, Brian Setzer, Tanya Tucker, Eddie Van Halen, Neil Young, Dave Milsap, Joe Ely, Judy Rodman and X.
• 1986 - The Smiths signed with EMI.
• 1998 - White Zombie broke up.
• 1999 - Bono met with the Pope.
• 1999 - Dolly Parton, Johnny Bond and Conway Twitty were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
• 2000 - Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony receives a ten year prison sentence for possessing an AK-47 while a felon.
• 2004 - CBS was fined $500,000 for the Janet Jackson Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction.
• 2005 - Jimmy Page became an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro for his work with the city's street children.
• 2007 - Britney Spears was charged with hit-and-run.

Divorces

• 2000 - Liam Gallagher (Oasis) and Patsy Kensit

Recorded

• 1965 - I Hear a Symphony - Supremes

Released

• 1958 - To Know Him is to Love Him - Teddy Bears (debut single)
• 1966 - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby? - Rolling Stones (single)
• 1998 - Psycho-Circus - KISS

Awards

• 1999 - CMA Awards
• Entertainer of the Year - Shania Twain
• Song of the Year - This Kiss - Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Single of the Year, Video - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
• Male Vocalist - Tim McGraw
• Female Vocalist - Martina McBride
• Vocal Duo - Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group - Dixie Chicks
• Musician of the Year - Randy Scruggs
• Horizon Award - Jo Dee Messina
• Vocal Event - My Kind of Woman, My Kind of Man - Vince Gill & Patty Loveless
• 2002 - Emmy Awards
• Sting in Tuscany: All This Time

Broadcasts

• 1967 - Murray the K Show (WPIX/New York) - Doors
• 1969 - The Music Scene (ABC) (debut) - Stevie Wonder, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Tom Jones, Cass Elliot, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone
• 1974 - Sonny Bono Comedy Revue (ABC) (debut)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1973 - Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye (1 week (1 previous week at number 1))
• 1984 - Missing You - John Waite (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 2001 - Toxicity - System of a Down (1 week)

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Music Almanac: September 21

Birthdays

• 1921 - Jimmy Young (91)
• 1932 - Don Preston (session musician) (80)
• 1934 - Leonard Cohen (78)
• 1936 - Dickey Lee (born Royden Lipscomb) (76)
• 1941 - Dante Moon (Dante & the Evergreens) (71)
• 1947 - Don Felder (Eagles) (65)
• 1952 - Kenny Starr (60)
• 1953 - Betty Wright (59)
• 1959 - Phil Taylor (Motorhead) (53)
• 1959 - Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister) (53)
• 1967 - Faith Hill (45)
• 1967 - Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) (45)
• 1967 - Timmy T (born Timothy Tores) (45)
• 1968 - Jon Brookes (Charlatans) (44)
• 1968 - Trugoy (born David Jude Jolicoeur) (De La Soul) (44)
• 1972 - Liam Gallagher (Oasis) (40)
• 1972 - David Silveria (Korn) (40)
• 1973 - Jimmy Constable (911) (39)
• 1977 - Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) (35)
• 1986 - Faris Rotter (Horrors) (26)

Deaths

• 1974 - Walter Brennan - Emphysema (80)
• 1987 - Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report, Blood, Sweat & Tears) - Brain hemorrhage after being beaten (35)
• 2006 - Boz Burrell (King Crimson, Bad Company) - Heart attack (60)

On This Day

• 1965 - The Moody Blues play their first major show at London's Royal Albert Hall.
• 1974 - Jeff “Skunk” Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers.
• 1980 - Bob Marley collapsed during a run in New York's Central Park. The ensuing examination showed that he was suffering from cancer.
• 1980 - Elton John signed with Geffen Records.
• 1986 - Britain's National Inquirer reported about Michael Jackson's goal of living to 150 and showed a picture of him in an oxygen chamber.
• 1989 - The Bangles announced that they were splitting up.
• 1991 - Status Quo played four cities (Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, London) in one day, setting a record.
• 1996 - Hank Williams III made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1999 - Melissa Auf Der Maur left Hole.
• 1999 - Diana Ross was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport for assaulting a guard.
• 2000 - Genesis reunited for one night at the British Music Roll of Honour show.
• 2000 - Bono was on Capitol Hill in Washington pushing his debt relief plan for third world nations.
• 2000 - Barenaked Ladies received the key to Toronto.
• 2002 - Farm Aid '02 was held in Burgettstown, PA with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Keith Urban, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, Gillian Welch, Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Double Trouble, The Drive-By Truckers, Los Lonely Boys and Anthony Smith
• 2004 - Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) was denied entrance into the U.S. when his name turned up on an anti-terrorist watch list.
• 2007 - Snoop Dogg received three years probation and 150 hours of community service for carrying a collapsible baton.

Released

• 1968 - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (single)
• 1974 - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (single)
• 1976 - Children of the World - Bee Gees
• 1984 - Tonight - David Bowie
• 1992 - Yes Please - Happy Mondays (last release for Factory Records
• 1992 - Creep - Radiohead (single)
• 1993 - In Utero - Nirvana

Broadcasts

• 1971 - Old Grey Whistle Test (debut) - America, Lesley Duncan
• 1972 - In Concert (ABC) (debut) - Alice Cooper
• 1984 - Burning Rage (Made for TV Movie) - Barbara Mandrell (acting debut)
• 1999 - Reverb (MTV) (debut) - Alanis Morissett, Everlast
• 2001 - America: A Tribute to Heroes (35 Different Networks)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1946 - To Each His Own - Ink Spots (1 week)
• 1959 - Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny (2 weeks)
• 1963 - Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton (3 weeks)
• 1968 - Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Reiley (1 week)
• 1974 - Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Baby - Barry White (1 week)
• 1985 - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits (3 weeks)
• 1991 - I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Bad (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• No albums made number 1 in the U.S. on September 21.

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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)

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Music Almanac: September 19

Birthdays

• 1921 - Billy Ward (Billy Ward & the Dominoes) (d. 2002)
• 1931 - Brook Benton (d. 1988)
• 1934 - Brian Epstein (d. 1967)
• 1935 - Nick Massi (Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
• 1936 - Gene Dinwiddie (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) (76)
• 1940 - Sylvia Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) (72)
• 1940 - Paul Williams (72)
• 1940 - Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) (72)
• 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot (Mamas & the Papas) (d. 1974)
• 1942 - Freda Payne (70)
• 1945 - David Bromberg (67)
• 1946 - John Coghlan (Status Quo) (66)
• 1947 - Lol Creme (10cc) (65)
• 1951 - Daniel Lanois (61)
• 1952 - Nile Rodgers (Chic, producer) (60)
• 1955 - Rex Smith (57)
• 1957 - Rusty Egan (Rich Kids, Misfits) (55)
• 1963 - Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) (49)
• 1963 - Jeff Bates (49)
• 1964 - Trisha Yearwood (48)
• 1969 - Candy Dulfer (43)
• 1971 - Paul Winterhart (Kula Shaker) (41)
• 1973 - A. Jay Popoff (Lit) (39)
• 1977 - Ryan Dusick (Maroon 5) (35)
• 1980 - Tegan Quin (Tegan & Sara) (32)
• 1980 - Sara Quin (Tegan & Sara) (32)
• 1984 - Eamon (born Eamon Doyle) (28)

Deaths

• 1968 - Red Foley - Respiratory failure (58)
• 1973 - Gram Parsons (Byrds) - Overdose of morphine and alcohol (26)
• 1999 - Ed Cobb (Four Preps, writer of Tainted Love) - Leukemia (61)
• 2003 - Slim Dusty (born David Kirkpatrick) - Cancer (76)
• 2004 - Skeeter Davis - Breast cancer (72)
• 2005 - Willie Hutch (60)
• 2006 - Danny Flores (aka Chuck Rio) (Champs) (77)
• 2008 - Earl Palmer (session drummer, member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) (83)

On This Day

• 1957 - Henry Webb, who would later become Cliff Richard, joined the Dick Teague Skiffle Group.
• 1958 - Elvis Presley leaves for his new service assignment in Germany.
• 1960 - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters became the first group to have three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time (Finger Poppin' Time, Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go, The Twist).
• 1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revivial had the number 1 song in the U.K. with Bad Moon Rising, something they never achieved in the U.S.
• 1970 - The first Glastonbury Festival took place with Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Ian Anderson, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, Amazing Blondel and Sam Apple Pie. 1,500 tickets were sold. T-Rex played in place of the Kinks.
• 1974 - Max Weinberg plays with the E-Street Band for the first time.
• 1975 - Queen signed with Elton John's manager John Reid.
• 1979 - The first of five No Nukes concerts was held at Madison Square Garden in New York with Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Poco, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, John Hall, Nicolette Larson, Ry Cooder, Sweet Honey on the Rock, Gil Scott-Heron, Raydio, Chaka Khan, Poco and Jesse Colin Young.
• 1981 - Simon & Garfunkel reunited for a free concert in Central Park.
• 1985 - A U.S. Senate subcommittee hears testimony from Tipper Gore's Parents Music Resource Center on the labeling and rating of records.
• 1987 - Farm Aid III was held in Lincoln, NB with Alex Harvey, Emmylou Harris, Steppenwolf, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, John Denver, Lou Reed, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Bandaloo Doctors, Joe Walsh, Willie Nelson, The Unforgiven and Dr. Starr
• 1995 - DJ JC Eternal of P.M. Dawn was arrested for allegedly having an affair with his 14-year-old cousin.
• 2002 - James Brown was sued by two of his daughters who said he had withheld royalties for 25 songs that they had co-written with him.
• 2003 - Jack Bruce underwent a successful liver transplant.
• 2003 - A chartered plane carrying the Dixie Cups clips a building at the Glasgow Airport. Nobody is hurt.
• 2003 - Mike Gordon of Phish has charges of child endangerment and trespassing dismissed.
• 2004 - Celine Dion signed a contract for an additional year in Las Vegas.
• 2004 - The Fugees reunited for a single performance in Brooklyn, NY.
• 2005 - Lil Kim began her prison sentence for perjury.

Marriages

• 1957 - Carl Smith and Goldie Hill

Released

• 1963 - Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (single)
• 1970 - Get Your Ya-Ya's Out - Rolling Stones
• 1978 - Living in the U.S.A. - Linda Ronstadt
• 1986 - Press to Play - Paul McCartney
• 1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
• 1989 - Oh, Mercy - Bob Dylan
• 1992 - The One - Elton John
• 2000 - Music - Madonna

Broadcasts

• 1955 - Producer's Showcase: Our Town - Frank Sinatra
• 1997 - VH1 Storytellers - Elton John (first time broadcast live)

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1960 - The Twist - Chubby Checker (1 week)
• 1970 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (3 weeks)
• 1987 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1981 - Tattoo You - Rolling Stones (9 weeks)
• 2009 - I Look to You - Whitney Houston (1 week)

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Music Almanac: September 18

Birthdays

• 1918 - Hank Penny (d. 1992)
• 1918 - Hardrock Gunter (87)
• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers (79)
• 1940 - Frankie Avalon (72)
• 1940 - Lonnie Lee (72)
• 1941 - Priscilla Mitchell (71)
• 1944 - Michael Franks (68)
• 1945 - Alan "Bam" King (Ace) (67)
• 1949 - Kelly Livgren (Kansas) (66)
• 1951 - Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin) (d. 2002)
• 1953 - Carl Jackson (59)
• 1958 - Lita Ford (Runaways) (54)
• 1961 - Martin Beedle (Cutting Crew) (51)
• 1962 - Richard Walmsley (Beatmasters) (50)
• 1962 - Joanne Catherall (Human League) (50)
• 1966 - Ian Spice (Breathe) (d. 2000)
• 1967 - Ricky Bell (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe) (45)
• 1967 - Mike Heaton (Embrace) (45)
• 1974 - Xzibit (born Alvin Joiner) (38)
• 1980 - Charles Hedger (Cradle of Filth) (32)

Deaths

• 1970 - Jimi Hendrix - Overdose (27)
• 1992 - Earl Van Dyke (Funk Brothers) - Prostate cancer (62)
• 1997 - Jimmy Witherspoon - Throat cancer (77)

On This Day

• 1947 - The first country music show ever was held at Carnegie Hall in New York with Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl.
• 1965 - Connie Smith joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1969 - Tiny Tim announced his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
• 1969 - Graham Bond was arrested while rehearsing in London on a contempt charge.
• 1971 - Pink Floyd performed Atom Mother Heart at the Classical Music Festival in Montreaux, Switzerland.
• 1974 - John Lennon guest DJ'd on WNEW-FM in New York.
• 1978 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse started a U.S. Tour for Comes a Time in Detroit, MI.
• 1981 - Gary Numan attempted to fly around the world in a single-engine Cessna plane. He was forced to land in India and arrested.
• 1983 - Kiss appeared for the first time, officially, without makeup on MTV.
• 1994 - Farm Aid VII was held in New Orleans, LA with the Neville Brothers, Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, John Conlee, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Deana Carter and Titty Bingo
• 1996 - Julian Lennon was the top bidder at a Sotheby's auction of the hand written lyrics by Paul McCartney of Hey Jude.
• 1998 - Jett Williams saluted her father, Hank Williams, at the Grand Ole Opry to honor his 75th birthday the day before.
• 2000 - Rick Springfield was arrested for alleged spousal abuse. 
• 2004 - Farm Aid '04 was held in Auburn, WA with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Trick Pony, Tony Coleman, Blue Merle, Tegan and Sara, Kate Voegele, Kitty Jerry and Marc Broussard.
• 2005 - The 20th Anniversary Farm Aid concert was held at Tinsley Park, IL with Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Arlo Guthrie, Buddy Guy, Congressman Collin Peterson and the Second Amendments, Drew Davis Band, Elizabeth Rainey, Emmylou Harris, James McMurtry, Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, John Mayer, Kate Voegele, Kathleen Edwards, Kenny Chesney, Los Lonely Boys, Shannon Brown, Supersuckers, Susan Tedeschi, Widespread Panic and Wilco.
• 2006 - Willie Nelson and four members of his band were charged with marijuana possession when police stopped their tour bus in Lafayette, LA. 
• 2006 - Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen was convicted of disturbing the peace after yelling at two fans he found in his dressing room's bathroom.
• 2006 - A plaque was unveiled by Cliff Richard at the 2 i's coffee bar in London, considered the birthplace of British rock and roll.
• 2007 - Britney Spears was dropped by the management company The Firm after only one month. 
• 2008 - The documentary It Might Get Loud, featuring Jimmy Page, Jack White and the Edge, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• 2009 - Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage from food poisoning in Valencia, Spain.

Marriages

• 1942 - Tennessee Ernie Ford and Betty Jean Heminger
• 2004 - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline

Recorded

• 1968 - Birthday - Beatles

Released

• 1961 - Fool No. 1 - Brenda Lee (single)
• 1976 - More Than a Feeling - Boston (single)
• 1978 - Gene Simmons - Gene Simmons
• 1978 - Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley
• 1978 - Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley
• 1978 - Peter Criss - Peter Criss
• 1983 - Lick It Up - Kiss
• 1987 - Crazy Nights - Kiss

Awards

• 1976 - Don Kirshner's Rock Music Awards
• Album - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
• Group - Fleetwood Mac
• Rock Personality - Peter Frampton

Broadcasts

• 1957 - The Big Record (debut of CBS dance show) - Patti Page (host), Sal Mineo, Tony Bennett

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1961 - Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee (3 weeks)
• 1976 - Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (3 weeks)
• 1999 - Unpretty - TLC (3 weeks)
• 2010 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1993 - In Pieces - Garth Brooks (3 weeks)
• 1999 - Fly - Dixie Chicks (2 weeks)
• 2010 - Asylum - Disturbed (1 week)

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