... and more September 4 birthdays –
Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy (1930) – producer/songwriter ("Time Is On My
Side").
Ronald La Pread (1946) – bassist for The Commodores.
Kim Thayil (1960) – guitarist for Soundgarden.
Igor Cavalera (1970) – drummer for Sepultura.
Ty Longley (1971) – guitarist for Great White.
Guto Pryce (1972) – bassist for Super Furry Animals.
Beyoncé Knowles (1981)
____________________Birthday correction -- Gene Parsons was born in 1944. ____________________ September 4 R.I.P. – Dottie West (1991) – internal injuries from a car crash. Age 58. Country music singer/songwriter. Charlie Barnet (1991) – Alzheimer’s disease, pneumonia. Age 77. Jazz saxophonist (“Cherokee”). Carl Butler (1992) – heart attack. Age 65. Carl Butler and Pearl (“Don’t Let Me Cross Over”). David Brown (2000) – liver and kidney failure. Age 50. Bassist for Santana. September 4 album releases – The Rolling Stone – ‘Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!’ The Rolling Stones In Concert (1970) The Who – It’s Hard (1982) September 4 events – 1951 – Nat “King” Cole records “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” at Capitol. 1952 – At her brother’s 10th birthday party, 8-year old Gladys Knight gathers her brothers and cousins together to sing, forming The Pips. 1954 – Elvis Presley releases his second Sun single, “Good Rockin’ Tonight” b/w “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine.” 1957 – Baltimore's local dance program, The Buddy Deane Show, premieres on WJZ-TV, becoming a regional institution and a major inspiration behind Baltimore native John Waters' film Hairspray. 1958 – Jerry Butler and The Impressions appear on American Bandstand, lip-synching their hit, “For Your Precious Love.” 1959 – Dick Clark’s Caravan Of Stars package tour plays the first of four days at the Michigan State Fair, featuring The Coasters, LaVerne Baker, Duane Eddy, Jan and Dean, Frankie Avalon and others. 1959 – New York radio station WCBS bans the Bobby Darin hit "Mack The Knife" after 17-year old gang member Salvador Agron fatally stabs two teens. 1962 – The Beatles take part in their first recording session at Abbey Road as EMI recording artists, recording “Love Me Do” and “How Do You Do It.” 1964 – The Animals make their U.S. stage debut at Brooklyn's Paramount Theatre. 1964 – The Beatles play their only show ever in Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Arena. 1965 – The Who have their equipment van stolen after leaving it parked outside the Battersea Dogs' Home while they go in to buy a guard dog. 1968 – The Beatles gather at Twickenham Studios to film promo videos for “Hey Jude” and “Revolution.” The videos are earmarked for The David Frost Show, so to give the impression that the group was live on the show, David Frost is present to introduce the band. 1968 – The Rolling Stones’ current single, "Street Fighting Man," is banned in Chicago and other American cities because of the “fighting in the streets” lyrics. 1969 – The Youngbloods are canceled from NBC's Tonight Show at the last minute. The Youngbloods tell the press they left because the show went back on their promise to let them play two songs. Host Johnny Carson stated on air that, "They complained about the set, the lighting, the sound, the show -- everything. So we wiped their noses, told them they'd been in show business a day and a half, and sent them home." It would be years before the show would book another rock band. 1972 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Jerry Lewis' nationally televised Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, performing "Imagine" and "Give Peace A Chance." 1972 – The final day of the poorly organized Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival ends in anarchy with three people drowning in the Wabash River, and the stage being burned to the ground. 1972 – Concessionaire Francisco Caruso is killed during a Wishbone Ash concert in Texas after refusing to give a fan a free sandwich. 1976 – The Sex Pistols make their television debut on the Granada TV program So It Goes. 1979 – The Grateful Dead play the first of three sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. 1980 – A new version of Yes, minus Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, plus new members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn, play the first of three sold- out nights at Madison Square Garden. 1982 – Mike Joyce, drummer for The Smiths, quits the group. 1986 – Gregg Allman is arrested in Florida for drunk driving. 1996 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher outrages the producers of the MTV Awards show when he spits on stage and throws a beer into the audience during their performance. 2003 – Songwriter Winfield Scott finds the original acetate recording of Elvis Presley’s “I’m A Roustabout” in his basement. The song was originally intended for Presley’s 1964 movie Roustabout, but was replaced by a different song. 2008 – The very first Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix set on fire while performing is auctioned off at Sotheby's in London for approximately $500,000. Also sold at the auction was the original 1962 management contract signed by The Beatles and Brian Epstein, which fetched almost $400,000.
