... and more September 6 birthdays –
Mathis "Jimmy" Reed (1925) – Blues guitarist/songwriter ("Baby What
You Want Me To Do").
David Allan Coe (1939)
Jackie Trent (1940) – British singer/songwriter ("I Couldn't Live
Without Your Love").
Dave Bargeron (1942) – trombonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Sylvester James (1947) – disco/soul singer ("Do You Wanna Funk?").
Claydes Smith (1948) – guitarist for Kool and The Gang.
Buster Bloodvessel (aka Doug Trendle, 1958) – vocalist for Bad
Manners.
Pal Waaktaar (1961) – guitarist for A-ha.
Scott Travis (1961) – drummer for Judas Priest and Racer X.
William DuVall (1967) – guitarist/vocalist for Alice In Chains.
Macy Gray (aka Natalie McIntyre, 1967) – R&B singer.
Dolores O'Riordan (1971) – singer for The Cranberries.September 6 R.I.P. – Tom Wilson (1978) – heart attack. Age 47. Producer for Bob Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel. Ernest Tubb (1984) – emphysema. Age 70. Country singer/songwriter (“Walking The Floor Over You”). Johnny Desmond (1985) – cancer. Age 65. Singer. Tom Fogerty (1990) – AIDS. Age 48. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Nicky Hopkins (1994) – complications from intestinal surgery. Age 50. Luciano Pavarotti (2007) – pancreatic cancer. Age 71. Opera singer. Wardell Quezergue (2011) – Age 81. Producer/arranger, the “Creole Beethoven.” September 6 album releases – Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (1974) Widespread Panic – Ain’t Life Grand (1994) September 6 events – 1955 – Elvis Presley appears in the gymnasium at Bono High School in Arizona, and the capacity crowd causes the floor to drastically sag and nearly collapse. 1957 – The first Flexi-Disc is produced for the Nestle Chocolate company as a promotion device for a new chocolate bar. 1958 – The first national exposure of the hula-hoop craze takes place when Georgia Gibbs sings "The Hula-Hoop Song" on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1961 – Bob Dylan is recorded live for the first time during his series of appearances at the Gaslight Café in New York City. 1963 – Jerry Lee Lewis’ contract with Sun Records expires, with Sun refusing to release his latest material due to continuing scandals. Lewis signs with Smash Records. 1963 – Priscilla White signs a management contract with Brian Epstein, and changes her stage name to Cilla Black. 1965 – The Rolling Stones finish their sessions at RCA Studios in Hollywood after recording the bulk of their album, December’s Children (And Everybody’s). 1967 – The Beatles begin recording “Fool On The Hill” and “Blue Jay Way” at Abbey Road. 1967 – D.A. Pennebaker's Bob Dylan documentary, Don't Look Back, premieres in New York. 1968 – At George Harrison’s invitation, Eric Clapton goes to Abbey Road Studios and records lead guitar on Harrison’s song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” 1969 – During his concert in Memphis, James Brown announces his plans to retire from live performances. 1969 – David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” hits the UK charts at #48. 1970 – Jimi Hendrix makes his last concert appearance at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany. 1974 – George Harrison’s Dark Horse record label issues its first release: the album The Place I Love by the group Splinter. The album was produced by Harrison. 1982 – Paul McCartney releases his single, “Tug Of War” b/w “Get It.” 1985 – Madonna’s film debut, Desperately Seeking Susan, premieres in the UK. 1988 – Declaring that he will never wear his outrageous trademark costumes again, Elton John auctions off 2,000 pieces of wardrobe at Sotheby's in London over the next three days. 1989 – The Rolling Stones appear at Three Rivers Stadium, forcing the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers to find somewhere else to practice. 1993 – Don Henley, Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Sting and Aerosmith perform at a benefit concert in Boston for Walden Woods. 1997 – Elton John performs “Candle In The Wind ‘97” at Princess Diana’s funeral. 1999 – Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is sentenced to a year in prison for violating his parole. 2000 – The Oxford University Debating Society invites Michael Jackson to give a speech. 2001 – Earth, Wind & Fire announces their 30th anniversary tour, which will be sponsored by Viagra. 2004 – Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is fined £750 and loses his driver’s license for six months for speeding. 2006 – Village People “policeman” Victor Willis is sentenced to three years’ probation for cocaine possession. 2008 – U.S. rock band Great White agrees to pay $1million to survivors and victims' relatives who were killed when pyrotechnics sparked a fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island. 2010 – Morrissey causes controversy after he claims that the Chinese are a "sub-species" because of the way they treat animals. 2011 – A California judge rules that Madonna does not hold a trademark over the phrase "Material Girl" for her line of clothing just because she wrote a song by that name, and that an L.A. retailer called LA Triumph has been using the name "Material Girl" clothing and has registered it as a trademark.
