... and more September 16 birthdays –
Andy Russell (aka Andrés Pérez, 1919) – American singer ("Bésame
Mucho").
Charlie Byrd (1925) – Jazz guitarist.
Joe Butler (1941) – drummer for The Lovin' Spoonful.
Bernie Calvert (1942) – keyboardist for The Hollies.
Ron Blair (1948) – bassist for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
David Bellamy (1950) – The Bellamy Brothers.
Alan Barton (1953) – vocalist for Smokie and Black Lace.
Colin Newman (1954) – singer/guitarist for Wire.
Frank Reed (1954) – The Chi-Lites.
Bilinda Butcher (1961) – guitarist/vocalist for My Bloody Valentine.
Richard Marx (1963) – singer/songwriter.
Marc Anthony (aka Marco Muñiz, 1968) – singer.
Chris Cester (1981) – drummer for Jet.September 16 R.I.P. – Marc Bolan (1977) – car crash. Age 29. T. Rex. Sheb Wooley (2003) – leukemia. Age 82. Izora Armstead (2004) – heart failure. Age 62. The Weather Girls (“It’s Raining Men”). Norman Whitfield (2008) – diabetes. Age 68. Motown producer. Mary Travers (2009) – leukemia. Age 72. Peter, Paul and Mary. Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (2011) – stroke. Age 75. Singer/drummer/ harmonica player. September 16 album releases – The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (1963) Neil Diamond – Just For You (1967) The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968) UK Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell – Easy (1969) Dennis Wilson – Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 (1977) Rory Gallagher – Top Priority (1979) Deep Purple – Perfect Strangers (1984) September 16 events – 1938 – Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra record "Boogie Woogie," his most famous instrumental, with pianist Howard Smith. 1960 – Johnny Burnette records “You’re Sixteen” for Liberty Records. 1963 – Small American record label, Swan, releases The Beatles single, “She Loves You” b/w “I’ll Get You” in the U.S. The single receives little attention. 1963 – Henry Mancini and His Orchestra record “The Pink Panther Theme” in Hollywood. 1964 – Shindig debuts on ABC-TV. 1964 – The Beatles make their only appearance in Louisiana, at City Park Stadium in New Orleans. 1965 – The Dean Martin Show debuts on NBC. The show runs for nine years. 1966 – Parliament member Tom Drilberg asks the House of Lords to censure a magistrate who recently spoken out against The Rolling Stones as "complete morons (who) wear their hair down to their shoulders, wear filthy clothes and act like clowns." 1966 – Kinks bassist Pete Quaife quits the band. 1967 – Jeannie Seely joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1968 – The Beatles, minus George Harrison, record “I Will” and a McCartney demo for Cilla Black, “Step Inside Love.” 1970 – Jimi Hendrix makes his last stage appearance with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott’s club in London. 1970 – After eight straight years, The Beatles are knocked from the #1 position in Melody Maker’s Poll Awards by Led Zeppelin. 1972 – Peter Frampton plays his first gig as a solo artist, opening for The J. Geils Band in New York. 1972 – The Buxton Festival takes place in Derbyshire, England, featuring Wishbone Ash, Family, Steppenwolf, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roy Wood and Wizzard, Wild Angels, Glencoe, Sunshine and others. 1974 – Bob Dylan begins recording his 15th studio album, Blood On The Tracks, at Columbia’s A&R Studios in New York City. 1979 – The Sugarhill Gang releases “Rapper’s Delight,” and begins a cultural urban phenomenon. 1988 – Former Clash drummer Topper Headon is released from jail after serving 10 months of a 15-month sentence on narcotics possession charges. 1991 – Willie Nelson marries his fourth wife, Annie D’Angelo. They’re still married. 1993 – Grace Slick's home is destroyed by a fire, ignited by sparks from a welder's torch. 1996 – Obsessed 21-year old Björk fan Ricardo López commits suicide after mailing an acid-spraying letter bomb to the singer’s London home on September 12. The package was intercepted by the Metropolitan Police. 1996 – Pearl Jam begins their No Code Tour at the Key Arena in Seattle. The group refuses to sell tickets through TicketMaster and goes through other vendors, which makes getting tickets for their shows difficult.
