September 3 Born –
Memphis Slim (aka John Chatman, 1915) – Blues pianist/singer ("Nobody
Loves Me").
Hank Thompson (1925) – Country singer (“The Wild Side Of Life”).
Thomas “Tompall” Glaser (1933) – Country artist, Tompall and The
Glaser Brothers.
Freddie King (1934) – Blues guitarist/singer ("Hide Away").
Al Jardine (1942)
George Biondo (1945) – bassist for Steppenwolf.
Eric Bell (1947) – original guitarist for Thin Lizzy.
Don Brewer (1948) – drummer for Grand Funk Railroad.
Leroy Smith (1952) – keyboardist for Sweet Sensation.
Steve Jones (1955) – guitarist for The Sex Pistols.
Susanne Freytag (1957) – keyboardist/vocalist for Propaganda.
Perry Bamonte (1960) – guitarist for The Cure.
Jonathan Segel (1963) – multi-instrumentalist for Camper Van
Beethoven.
Vaden Todd Lewis (1965) – singer/guitarist for The Toadies.
Mike Wengren (1971) – drummer for Disturbed.
Jay “Cone” McCaslin (1980) – bassist for Sum 41.September 3 R.I.P. – Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (1970) – drug overdose. Age 27. Canned Heat. Harry Partch (1974) – heart attack. Age 73. Composer, inventor of the Monophone. Johnny Marks (1985) – Age 75. Christmas songwriter (“Rudolph, The Red- Nosed Reindeer”). Major Lance (1994) – heart disease. Age 55. R&B singer. Janis Martin (2007) – cancer. Age 67. Rockabilly/country singer. Mike Edwards (2010) – car crash. Age 62. Cellist for Electric Light Orchestra. September 3 album releases – Fleetwood Mac – Future Games (1971) Rush – Roll The Bones (1991) Blues Traveler – Travelers And Thieves (1991) September 3 events – 1940 – Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five record “Summit Ridge Drive” at RCA Studios in L.A. The song is later voted the #8 record of all-time in a 1956 Billboard magazine disc jockey poll. 1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets turn down a $2,000 offer for a 15- date tour of Australia. 1955 – Jim Reeves leaves the Louisiana Hayride with his sights set on the Grand Ole Opry. 1956 – Elvis Presley holds his final session for his second album, recording “Rip It Up” and “Ready Teddy” at Radio Recorders in L.A. 1961 – Loretta Lynn signs her first major record deal with Decca Records. 1963 – Warner Bros. Records buys Frank Sinatra’s Reprise Records company. 1964 – The Beatles perform two shows at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. 1965 – Lou Christie records “Lightnin’ Strikes” for MGM. 1965 – A riot ensues at a Rolling Stones gig at the Adelphi Theatre in Dublin, when fans rush the stage. Mick Jagger is knocked to the floor, and the rest of the band flees for their lives. 1967 – Young Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad wins a talent show contest on the TV program Hyland's Corner with her group the Anni-Frid Four. She will later go on to worldwide fame with Abba. 1968 – Sly and The Family Stone win the final round on NBC-TV's summer talent competition, Showcase '68. 1968 – Ringo Starr returns to Abbey Road and The Beatles after walking out in disgust on August 22. 1969 – Elvis Presley’s 30th movie, The Trouble With Girls (And How To Get Into It), opens in theaters. 1970 – The Dave Clark 5 calls it quits. 1970 – In his divorce from Marianne Faithfull, John Dunbar cites an affair with Mick Jagger as its cause. 1970 – Arthur Brown is arrested after a performance at the Palermo Pop Festival in Italy for completely disrobing on stage. He spends four days in solitary confinement before being deported. 1971 – Paul McCartney dubs his new band, Wings. 1975 – An all-star jam takes place at the 50th birthday party for Peter Sellers in L.A. The line-up for the group, who named themselves “The Trading Faces,” is Bill Wyman on bass, Ronnie Wood, Jesse Ed Davis, and Danny Kortchmar on guitars, Keith Moon on organ and drums, Joe Cocker on vocals, Nigel Olsson on drums, and David Bowie and Bobby Keys on saxes. 1982 – Shawn Love gives birth to Dennis Wilson’s son, Gage. 1982 – The three-day US Festival begins in San Bernardino with 110° temperatures. Artist performing at the festival include Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads, The Kinks, The Ramones, The B-52s, The English Beat, Gang Of Four, The Grateful Dead, Pat Benatar, Jackson Browne, and many others. 1991 – Ike Turner is released from the California Men's Colony state prison in San Luis Obispo after serving only 18 months of his four year sentence for cocaine possession. 1999 – Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is arrested after a show in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is charged on four counts of felony riot, plus misdemeanor offenses of assault, disorderly conduct and inciting a riot. All charges stem from a concert in Greensboro in October 1997 when Sixx hurled racist remarks at a security guard and encouraged the crowd to attack him. 1999 – The largest music bootleg bust in U.S. history takes place when agents confiscate recording equipment valued at $250,000 and almost one million CDs and tapes, thus ending the operation that alone was responsible for an estimated $100 million in lost music revenues. 2002 – The Rolling Stones kick off their Licks tour at the Fleet Center in Boston, celebrating their 40th anniversary. 2003 – Judge Roger Davies sentences Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty to six months in jail for burglary and drug possession. 2004 – After 46 years with EMI, Cliff Richards signs with Universal Records. 2006 – Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums are tampered with in record stores throughout the UK in the latest stunt by "guerrilla artist" Banksy, who replaced the original CDs with own mixes of the songs. 2007 – On the final date of their tour with Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way marries Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn Z backstage after the show in Colorado. 2008 – R&B singer Ne-Yo is awarded a $700,000 judgment in his lawsuit against rapper R. Kelly, who dropped the singer from his tour because he was stealing the show. 2009 – A private funeral is held, and Michael Jackson is laid to rest at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California. 2010 – In a ceremony in Ottawa, The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings is awarded the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor.
