... and more September 12 birthdays –
Eddy Howard (1914) – vocalist, band leader ("To Each His Own").
Judy Clay (1938) – The Sweet Inspirations.
Jewel Akens (1940) – singer/producer (“The Birds And The Bees”).
Barry White (aka Barry Carter, 1944) – Soul singer/songwriter.
Colin Young (1944) – The Foundations.
Anthony "T-Bone" Bellamy (1946) – guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist for
Redbone.
Ali-Ollie Woodson (aka Ollie Creggett, 1951) – The Temptations.
Neil Peart (1952) – drummer for Rush.
Barry Andrews (1956) – keyboardist for XTC.
Brian Robertson (1956) – guitarist for Thin Lizzy and Motörhead.
Norwood Fisher (1965) – bassist for Fishbone.
Ben Folds (1966) – singer/songwriter.
Reid "Larry" LaLonde (1968) – guitarist for Primus and Possessed.
Jennifer Nettles (1974) – singer for Sugarland.
James McCartney (1977)
Jennifer Hudson (1981)September 12 R.I.P. – Stig Anderson (1997) – heart attack. Age 66. Manager for ABBA. Stanley Turrentine (2000) – stroke. Age 66. Jazz saxophonist. Johnny Cash (2003) – diabetes. Age 71. Kenny Buttrey (2004) – cancer. Age 59. Nashville session drummer. Don Wayne (2011) – Age 78. Country songwriter (“Country Bumpkin”). September 12 album releases – Brenda Lee – …”Let Me Sing” (1963) Thin Lizzy – Fighting (1975) Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975) Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976) U.S. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980) Aerosmith – Pump (1989) Lenny Kravitz – Circus (1995) Paul McCartney – Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005) September 12 events – 1948 – Vernon and Gladys Presley and their son Elvis move from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee. 1957 – Larry Williams records “Bony Moronie” at Cosimo Studios in New Orleans. 1957 – Nick Noble and The Tune Weavers appear on American Bandstand, performing “Moonlight Swim” and “Happy Happy Birthday Baby.” 1958 – The Crickets release their single, “Its So Easy” b/w “Lonesome Tears” on the Brunswick label. 1962 – Marvin Gaye records “Pride And Joy” at Hitsville U.S.A. 1964 – The Beatles play one show at the Boston Garden. 1965 – The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show via video tape (filmed August 14th). 1966 – The Roger Miller Show debuts on NBC-TV. It lasts four months. 1970 – An equipment truck belonging to Pink Floyd, containing $40,000 worth of equipment, is stolen in New Orleans. 1970 – A cartoon series about an all-female rock band, Josie And The Pussycats, debuts on CBS. 1970 – A Woody Guthrie tribute concert is held at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and others. 1972 – Faces appears at Madison Square Garden. 1974 – Guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter joins The Doobie Brothers. 1977 – B.T. Express performs at the White House for President and Mrs. Carter. 1980 – ABC news program 20/20 airs an in-depth expose on the death of Elvis Presley, and whether he died from a drug overdose instead of a heart attack. 1986 – Public Image Ltd. guitarist John McGeoch needs 40 stitches to his face when a two liter bottle of wine is thrown at the stage during a show in Vienna. 1986 - The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward collapses in Los Angeles and is hospitalized for exhaustion. 1987 – The Richie Valens bio-pic La Bamba soundtrack album hits #1 on the Billboard 200. 1990 – Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks announce they have left Fleetwood Mac. 1994 – On his 63rd birthday, Country music singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass heart surgery. 1995 – INXS singer Michael Hutchence pleadsd guilty to punching photographer Jim Bennett outside a London hotel, and is fined £400, and ordered to pay £1,875 costs. 1995 – Bono, The Edge and Brian Eno all appear with Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, at his annual Pavarotti And Friends benefit concert for the children of Bosnia. 1999 – Farm Aid ’99 takes place in Bristow, Virginia, featuring Susan Tedeschi, Keb’ Mo', Deana Carter, Barenaked Ladies, The Dave Matthews Band, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and others. 2001 – The Band's Garth Hudson declares bankruptcy for a third time. 2002 – Rod Stewart’s son, Sean, is sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to undergo drug rehabilitation after pleading no contest to attacking a man outside a Malibu, California restaurant. 2003 – The Beatles’ Apple Corps. sues Apple Computers again, this time for breach of contract. 2003 – Former singer and organist for The Dave Clark 5, Mike Smith is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from a fence on his estate in Spain. 2007 – Led Zeppelin announces they are re-uniting for one show for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at the O2 Arena in November. 2009 – Rapper Kanye West is arrested on suspicion of vandalism after an altercation with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport in which the photographer’s $10,000 camera is broken.
