September 11 Birthdays –
Estelle Axton (1918) – co-founder of Stax Records.
Charles Patrick (1938) – The Monotones.
Bernie Dwyer (1940) – drummer for Freddie and The Dreamers.
Mickey Hart (aka Michael Hartman, 1943) – The Grateful Dead.
Leo Kottke (1945)
Dennis Tufano (1946) – singer for The Buckinghams.
Richard "Snax" Jaeger (1947) – session percussionist.
John Martyn (1948) – British singer/songwriter and guitarist.
Tommy Shaw (1953) – guitarist/vocalist for Styx.
John Langford (1957) – The Mekons and The Waco Brothers.
Jon Moss (1957) – drummer for Culture Club.
Mick Talbot (1958) – keyboardist for Dexys Midnight Runners and The
Style Council.
Rory Lyons (1959) – drummer for King Kurt.
Moby (aka Richard Hall, 1965) – musician/producer.
Harry Connick, Jr. (1967)
Richard Ashcroft (1971) – singer for The Verve.
Jonny Buckland (1977) – guitarist for Cold Play.
Ludacris (Christopher Bridges, 1977) – rapper.
September 11 R.I.P. –
Leon Payne (1969) – Age 51. Country music singer/songwriter ("I Love
You Because").
Raymond “Raybeez” Barbieri (1997) – pneumonia. Age 35. Singer for
Warzone.
Fred Ebb (2004) – heart attack. Age 76. Broadway lyricist (“New York,
New York”).
Josef Zawinul (2007) – Merkel cell carcinoma. Age 75. Weather Report.
Jim Carroll (2009) – heart attack. Age 60. Punk musician, author/poet.
September 11 album releases –
Manfred Mann – The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann (1964) UK
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
(1973)
Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976) UK
Foreigner – Head Games (1979)
Melissa Etheridge – Brave And Crazy (1989)
September 11 events –
1945 – Ernest Tubb records “It Just Don't Matter Now” and “When Love
Turns To Hate” in Nashville. The session is considered to be the first
of the massive commercial recording that will come to take place in
Nashville.
1952 – Ray Charles holds his first session under his new contract with
Atlantic Records, recording “The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again.”
1956 – A riot breaks out at the London premiere of the Bill Haley film
Rock Around The Clock at the Trocadero Cinema, leading to national
outrage and a ban on the film in major UK cities.
1958 – LaVerne Baker records “I Cried A Tear” at Atlantic Studios in
New York City, with King Curtis in saxophone.
1958 – Lloyd Price records “Stagger Lee” at Bell Sound in New York.
1960 – Nina Simone appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing “I Loves
You, Porgy.” Also on the show is Eartha Kitt, who performs “Little
White Lies.”
1960 – Nancy Sinatra marries Tommy Sands in Las Vegas.
1961 – Fats Domino records “What A Party,” “Rockin’ Bicycle” and “Did
You Ever See A Dream Walking” at Cosimo Studios in New Orleans.
1962 – The Beatles return to Abbey Road Studios for their second
session to record a single. George Martin hires session drummer Andy
White to sit in on the session, and the group re-records “Love Me Do”
with White on drums and Ringo on tambourine.
1962 – Neil Sedaka marries Leba Strassburg. They’re still married.
1963 – Filming wraps on Elvis Presley’s fifteenth movie, Viva Las
Vegas.
1964 – George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd. as his music publishing
company. In three months the name will be changed to Harrisongs Ltd.
1964 – The Beatles make their only appearance in Florida, playing one
show at the Gator Bowl.
1964 – A Mick Jagger impersonation contest is held at Town Hall in
Greenwich, England, and is won by Mick’s 16-year old younger brother,
Chris.
1966 – The Rolling Stones, Louis Armstrong and Robert Goulet all
appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Stones perform “Paint It Black,”
“Lady Jane” and “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The
Shadows.” Armstrong performs “Cabaret.”
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays two shows at the Grona Lund
in Stockholm, Sweden.
1967 – The Beatles begin filming Magical Mystery Tour.
1968 – Larry Graham, bassist for Sly and The Family Stone, is arrested
for possession of marijuana in London, causing the cancellation of the
group’s hotel reservations and television appearances.
1968 – The Beatles begin recording “Glass Onion.” The backing track is
done in 34 takes.
1974 – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band, and
Jesse Colin Young all appear at Wembley in front of 50,000.
1977 – Bing Crosby and David Bowie record and film “Peace On Earth /
Little Drummer Boy.”
1977 – Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin makes his acting debut as the
leader of a rock band on "The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula"
episode of ABC-TV’s The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.
1979 – The Who play their first concert without Keith Moon at the
Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. Ex-Faces drummer Kenny Jones
sits in during the gig.
1984 – Country singer Barbara Mandrell is seriously injured in a near
fatal head-on car crash.
1984 – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band play the first of six
sold-out nights at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.
1987 – Prince’s Paisley Park recording and film studios open in
Chanhassen, Minnesota.
1988 – Michael Jackson appears at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool
in front of 125,000 on his Bad Tour.
1996 – David Bowie releases his new single “Telling Lies” exclusively
on the Internet from his web site: a first for a major recording
artist.
1997 – John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002 – James Brown's daughters, Deanna and Yamma, sue their dad for
alleged non-payment of songwriting royalties for songs they helped co-
write, including the 1976 hit "Get Up Offa That Thing," when they were
three and six-years old.
2003 – Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac and Steely Dan - all out
on their own tours - decide not to take the stage on the second
anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Events correction --
Bob Dylan's debut at Gerdes Folk City took place on April 11, 1961.
