... and more September 2 birthdays –
Laurindo Almeida (1917) – classical guitarist with Stan Kenton.
Hugo Montenegro (1925) – film composer.
Russ Conway (1925) – British pianist ("Side Saddle").
Rick Lewis (1933) – The Silhouettes.
Sam Gooden (1934) – The Impressions.
Bobby Purify (aka Robert Dickey, 1939) – James and Bobby Purify ("I'm
Your Puppet").
Jimmy Clanton (1940) – singer ("Venus In Blue Jeans").
Billy Preston (1946)
Marty Grebb (1946) – keyboardist for The Buckinghams.
Mik Kaminski (1951) – violinist for Electric Light Orchestra.
Fritz McIntyre (1952) – keyboardist for Simply Red.
Steve Porcaro (1957) – keyboardist for Toto.
Jerry Augustyniak (1958) – drummer for 10,000 Maniacs.
Paul Deakin (1959) – drummer for The Mavericks.
Sam Rivers (1977) – bassist for Limp Bizkit.September 2 R.I.P. – Jay Migliori (2001) – colon cancer. Age 70. Saxophonist with the Wrecking Crew and Supersax. Roquel “Billy” Davis (2004) – Age 72. Singer/songwriter/producer (“Lonely Teardrops”). Guy Babylon (2009) – heart attack. Age 52. Tour keyboardist with Elton John. September 2 album releases – Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation (1977) Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & II (1985) Tin Machine – Tin Machine II (1991) Brian Wilson – That Lucky Old Sun (2008) September 2 events – 1927 – Sophie Tucker records “Some Of These Days.” 1931 – Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut - and becomes an over- night sensation - with his CBS radio network show, 15 Minutes With Bing Crosby. 1953 – Singer Eddy Arnold fires his manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker. 1956 – Jimmy C. Newman joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1957 – The Everly Brothers release their single, “Wake Up Little Susie” b/w “Maybe Tomorrow.” 1962 – Singer Tommy Roe quits his job at General Electric to focus on becoming a full-time performer. 1964 – The Rolling Stones record “Little Red Rooster” at Chess Studios in Chicago. 1964 – The Beatles appear at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia in front of an all white audience. Clarence “Frogman” Henry replaces The Righteous Brothers for the remainder of the tour because they complained that all the screaming for The Beatles was drowning out their music. 1965 – Mick Jagger and Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham appear on ITV's Ready Steady Go! to perform a mock-duet of Sonny and Cher's hit "I Got You Babe." 1965 – Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, and Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity all appear at the Marquee Club in London. 1965 – Rick and The Ravens - soon to become The Doors - record six Jim Morrison demos at World Pacific Studios in L.A. 1970 – An unknown art-rock band called Genesis runs an ad in Britain's Melody Maker magazine looking for a drummer. 1971 – The former manager of The Grateful Dead, Lenny Hart (father of drummer Mickey Hart), is arrested for embezzling $70,000 from the group. 1972 – The three-day Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival begins on Bull Island in Illinois. 50,000 people are expected, but more than 200,000 show up, spelling trouble for the promoters right off the bat. Many acts cancel because of the poor planning, but those who do play include Black Oak Arkansas, Albert King, Foghat, Canned Heat, Rory Gallagher, The Eagles, Gentle Giant, The Amboy Dukes and others. 1974 – David Bowie plays the first of seven sold-out nights at the Universal Amphitheatre in L.A. 1975 – 60 people are arrested when more than 500 crash the gates at the Great American Music Fair in Syracuse, New York, to see Jefferson Starship and The Doobie Brothers. 1978 – Teddy Pendergrass promotes his latest album, Life Is A Song Worth Singing, by staging a "Ladies Only" concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. 1978 – Miami Sound Machine singer Gloria Fajardo marries the band’s leader, Emilio Estefan. 1981 – Prince releases his single, “Controversy” b/w “When You Were Mine.” 1988 – The 20-date worldwide benefit concert tour, Human Rights Now! begins at Wembley Stadium, featuring Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Youssou N’Dour. 1989 – Ozzy Osbourne is charged with trying to kill his wife, Sharon, and is immediately sent to rehab. The charges are later dropped when the couple reconciles. 2002 – Thieves break into the swank Maida Vale apartment of pregnant singer Björk, and steal recording equipment while the singer is asleep in another room. 2005 – During the televised benefit concert telethon for Hurricane Katrina relief, rapper Kanye West goes on an anti- President Bush tirade, claiming that “Bush doesn’t care about Black people.”
