... and more September 14 birthdays –
Mae Boren Axton (1914) – songwriter ("Heartbreak Hotel").
Alex St. Clair (1941) – guitarist for Captain Beefheart and The Magic
Band.
Pete Agnew (1946) – bassist for Nazareth.
Steve Gaines (1949) – guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Barry Cowsill (1954) – The Cowsills.
Steve Berlin (1955) – keyboardist/saxophonist for Los Lobos.
Morten Harket (1959) – vocalist for A-ha.
John Power (1967) – bassist for The La's.
Craig Montoya (1970) – bassist for Everclear.
Mark Webber (1970) – guitarist for Pulp.
Amy Winehouse (1983)
September 14 R.I.P. –
Vernon Dalhart (1948) – Age 65. Country singer/songwriter (“The
Prisoner’s Song”).
Perez Prado (1989) – stroke. Age 72. Cuban band leader, “King of the
Mambo.”
Thomas Kaye (1993) – Keyboardist for Jay and The Americans.
Johnny Adams (1998) – prostate cancer. Age 66. Blues/jazz singer, The
Tan Canary.
Patrick Swayze (2009) – pancreatic cancer. Age 57. Actor/dancer/singer
("She's Like The Wind").
September 14 album releases –
The Byrds – (Untitled) (1970)
Jethro Tull – Storm Watch (1979)
Genesis – Abacab (1981)
Mick Jagger – Private Cool (1987)
Blind Melon – Blind Melon (1992)
Prince – The Hits/The B-Side (1993)
Gov’t Mule – Dèjá Voodoo (2004)
September 14 events –
1927 – Gene Austin and the Victor Orchestra record “My Blue Heaven.”
The song will go on to be the best selling record of 1928, selling 5
million copies.
1955 – Little Richard records “Tutti Frutti” at J&M Studios in New
Orleans.
1958 – Tommy Edwards sings “It’s All In The Game” on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the program is the Broadway cast of West Side Story.
1963 – The Beatles’ “She Loves You” hits #1 in the UK and becomes the
best selling single of all time in England… until Paul McCartney
breaks that record in 1977.
1963 – Labeled as a communist sympathizer and blackballed by the
media, folk singer Pete Seeger agrees to appear on the ABC-TV show,
Hootenanny, until he is asked to sign an oath of loyalty to the United
States.
1964 – The Bing Crosby Show debuts on CBS-TV. It lasts seven months.
1968 – The Archie comic strip, adapted as a singing group cartoon
series, debuts on CBS. Cuff Links singer Ron Dante supplies the
singing voice for The Archies.
1968 – In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, The Who’s Pete
Townshend reports that he’s working on a “rock opera” about a deaf,
dumb and blind boy.
1968 – The U.S. Information Agency sends 40 foreign diplomats to a
Blood, Sweat & Tears show in Washington DC, considering it a crash
course in America's new cultural scene.
1968 – While on tour in Europe, Roy Orbison’s family home in
Hendersonville, Tennessee, burns to the ground, killing two of his
three sons - Roy Jr. (age 10) and Tony (age 6).
1970 – Stevie Wonder marries Motown artist Syreeta Wright. The
marriage lasts two years.
1971 – Led Zeppelin plays at the Berkeley Community Theatre in
California.
1976 – NBC-TV airs Bob Dylan’s Hard Rain concert, which was filmed at
Hughes Stadium on the Colorado State University at Fort Collins
campus.
1978 – The Grateful Dead play at the foot of the Great Pyramid in
Egypt, at the Son Et Lumiere Theater.
1979 – L.A. mayor Tom Bradley declares the day, “Kenny Rogers Day,”
and Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1979 – The Who’s movie, Quadrophenia, premieres at the Toronto
International Film Festival and opens in theaters.
1984 – The first MTV Video Music Awards is held at Radio City Music
Hall in New York.
1987 – American Bandstand becomes the longest running entertainment
variety show in U.S. history.
1994 – The Temptations receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 – Singer/songwriter Steve Earle is sentenced to a year in jail
for possession of crack cocaine.
1995 – Paul McCartney's handwritten lyrics for The Beatles' "Getting
Better" fetches $249,000 at a Sotheby's auction in London.
1995 – Earth, Wind & Fire receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
1997 – Pete Townshend unveils the first English Heritage blue plaque
in honor of Jimi Hendrix at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, where
Hendrix lived from 1968 to 1969.
1999 – The policeman who arrested singer George Michael in a public
lavatory, Marcelo Rodriguez, sues the singer for $10 million for
mocking him in the video, “Outside.”
1999 – A free concert is held in New York’s Central Park, featuring
Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Sarah McLachlan, Chrissie Hynde, Keith
Richards, Stevie Nicks, and The Dixie Chicks.
2000 – Paul Simon, Crosby Stills & Nash, and Eagles Don Henley and
Glenn Frey perform at the joint VH1/Rolling Stone fundraiser for
Presidential candidate Al Gore.
2001 – In the wake of the September 11th attacks, Clear Channel
Communications releases a list of songs banned from radio stations
until further notice for possibly being upsetting to American
listeners. Included are Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World;"
The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,"
and "Ticket To Ride;" Petula Clark's "Sign Of The Times;" Sam Cooke's
"Wonderful World;" Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Travelin' Band;"
Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife;" The Drifters' "On Broadway;" The Jimi
Hendrix Experience's "Hey Joe;" The Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy, He's My
Brother;" Elton John's "Bennie And The Jets," "Daniel," and "Rocket
Man;" John Lennon's "Imagine;" Martha and the Vandellas' "Nowhere To
Run" and "Dancing In The Street;" Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels'
"Devil With A Blue Dress On;" Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man;" Elvis
Presley's "(You're The) Devil In Disguise;" The Rolling Stones' "Ruby
Tuesday;" Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water;" Cat
Stevens' "Morning Has Broken" and "Peace Train;" The Surfaris'
"Wipeout;" The Youngbloods' "Get Together;" Zager and Evans' "In The
Year 2525," and The Zombies' "She's Not There."
2002 – No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani marries the frontman for Bush, Gavin
Rossdale.
2003 – Gerry Marsden, of Gerry and The Pacemakers, undergoes triple
bypass heart surgery in Liverpool.
2005 – The Grateful Dead's original tour bus, now newly refurbished,
goes on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois.
2005 – HMV Canada, the country's largest music retailer, removes all
Bob Dylan products from its shelves after learning that Dylan signed
an exclusive deal with Starbucks to sell his new album.
2006 – Marianne Faithfull is diagnosed with breast cancer.
2010 – George Michael is sent to jail for eight weeks for driving
under the influence of alcohol and drugs. He barely serves a month
before being released.
