... and more September 5 birthdays –
John Cage (1912) – composer.
Willie Woods (1936) – guitarist for Jr. Walker and The All Stars.
John Stewart (1939) – The Kingston Trio.
Joe "Speedo" Frazier (1943) – lead singer for The Impalas.
Al Stewart (1945) – Scottish singer/songwriter ("Year Of The Cat").
Dean Ford (aka Thomas McAleese, 1945) – vocalist for Marmalade.
Brad Wilk (1968) – drummer for Rage Against The Machine and
Audioslave.
Dweezil Zappa (1969)
Steve "Fuzz" Kmak (1970) – bassist for Disturbed.
September 5 R.I.P. –
Josh White (1969) – died while having open heart surgery. Age 55.
Guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Joe Negroni (1978) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 37. Frankie Lymon and
The Teenagers.
Charley Charles (1990) – cancer. Drummer for Ian Dury and The
Blockheads.
Sonny Knight (1998) – Age 64. R&B singer (“Confidential”).
Gisèle MacKenzie (2003) – colon cancer. Age 76. Singer on Your Hit
Parade ("Hard To Get").
September 5 album releases –
Poco – From The Inside (1971)
Jethro Tull – Minstrel In The Gallery (1975) UK
Soundgarden – Louder Than Love (1989)
The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang (2005)
September 5 events –
1956 – Johnny Cash’s “I Walk The Line” hits the record charts.
1956 – Elvis Presley gives his mother a pink Cadillac, even though she
doesn’t drive.
1957 – Elvis Presley begins recording his first Christmas album at
Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
1962 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein visits producer George Martin in
his London office to listen to the acetates of the group’s first
recordings from the previous day.
1962 – Ray Charles records “You Are My Sunshine” at Capitol Studios in
New York City.
1963 – The Rolling Stones begin their fourth tour of the UK at the
Astoria in London, with opening acts Mike Berry and The Innocents, The
Mojos, and Simon Scott and The Leroys.
1965 – The Rolling Stones record “Get Off My Cloud” and a number of
other songs at RCA Studios in Hollywood.
1965 – Sonny and Cher make their UK stage debut at The 100 Club in
London.
1966 – John Lennon flies to Hanover, Germany, to begin filming How I
Won The War.
1967 – The Beatles begin recording “I Am The Walrus.”
1968 – Tiny Tim files a $1 million lawsuit against his first label,
Bouquet Records, for releasing some of his early recordings without
authorization.
1968 – On their first tour of the UK, The Doors appear on Top Of The
Pops, performing “Hello, I Love You” live.
1976 – Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington is seriously injured
in a car accident in Florida.
1976 – Frank Sinatra appears on Jerry Lewis’ Muscular Dystrophy
Telethon, and brings out his friend, Dean Martin. Martin and Lewis had
rarely spoken to each other in 20 years, but got on well on the show.
1980 – A bronze statue of Buddy Holly is unveiled in his hometown of
Lubbock, Texas.
1987 – Bob Dylan begins his Temples In Flames Tour in Tel-Aviv,
Israel.
1987 – ABC-TV cancels American Bandstand after 30 years.
1987 – Lead singer for The Cult, Ian Astbury, is arrested and jailed
for allegedly inciting a riot during the band's concert in Vancouver.
1990 – B.B. King receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1993 – Guitarist Dave Navarro joins Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1994 – Oasis appears at The Hacienda in Manchester to celebrate the
release of their debut album Definitely Maybe.
1996 – The 10-hour, eight VHS tape Beatles Anthology is released.
2000 – Oasis lead singer/guitarist Noel Gallagher and first wife Meg
Matthews file for divorce after three years of marriage and a
daughter.
2002 – Heather Mills wins $78,000 in her libel suit against the Sunday
Mirror newspaper for an article the paper printed stating that Mills
acted dishonestly regarding cash she collected for earthquake relief.
2010 – Paintings by Bob Dylan go on display at Denmark’s National
Gallery, and are called amateurish by local art critics.
