... and more September 17 birthdays – “Brother” Jack McDuff (aka Eugene McDuffy, 1926) – Jazz organist. Sil Austin (1929) – Jazz saxophonist. LaMonte McLemore (1935) – The 5th Dimension. Phil Cracolici (1937) – The Mystics. Steve Sanders (1952) – The Oak Ridge Boys. Steve Williams (1953) – drummer for Budgie. Will Gregory (1959) – keyboardist for Goldfrapp and Portishead. Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (1962) – R&B/gospel singer. John Penney (1968) – vocalist for Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Adam Devlin (1969) – guitarist for The Bluetones.
September 17 R.I.P. – Jimmy Yancey (1951) – stroke. Age 57. Boogie woogie pianist. Hugo Winterhalter (1973) – cancer. Age 64. Musician/arranger (“Canadian Sunset”). Rob Tyner (1991) – heart attack. Age 46. Singer for MC5. Jessie Hill (1996) – heart and renal failure. Age 63. R&B/blues singer/ songwriter (“Ooh Poo Pah Doo”). Frankie Vaughan (1999) – heart failure. Age 71. British singer. Al Casey (2006) – Age 69. Session guitarist with the Wrecking Crew. September 17 album releases – Ringo Starr – Ringo’s Rotogravure (1976) The Doobie Brothers – One Step Closer (1980) Phil Lynott – The Phil Lynott Album (1982) Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion I (1991) Guns ‘N Roses – Use Your Illusion II (1991) Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears (1991) September 17 events – 1952 – Frank Sinatra holds his last session under his Columbia contract and records “Why Try To Change Me Now” in New York. 1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford records “Sixteen Tons.” 1955 – The Perry Como Show moves to NBC-TV and debuts as an hour-long variety show on Saturday night, expanding from its three 15-minute programs per week. 1955 – Capitol Records releases the shortest single of all time, Les Paul's "Magic Melody, Part 2" (which is merely the final two notes of the old "shave and a haircut" tag, lasting exactly one second) after DJs complain that Les Paul's "Magic Melody" single ends too abruptly. 1956 – The BBC bans Bill Haley's new single, "Rockin' Through The Rye," based on the 17th-century Scottish tune "Comin' Through The Rye," to avoid offending its Scots listeners. 1960 – The Everly Brothers record “Walk Right Back” in Nashville. 1960 – Loretta Lynn makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1962 – Arthur Alexander releases his single, “Anna (Go To Him)” b/w “I Hang My Head And Cry” on Dot Records. 1964 – The Beatles are offered $150,000 to forego a day off and add a date to their tour schedule by playing a show at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. They add “Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey” to their set for the show. 1964 – The Rolling Stones play two shows at the ABC Theatre in Carlisle, and the police are called in to control the unruly crowd. 1964 – The Supremes release their single, “Baby Love” b/w “Ask Any Girl.” 1967 – The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, and are asked to change the “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” lyrics of their song “Light My Fire.” Jim Morrison agrees, but sings the correct lyrics anyway during broadcast, leading to a life time ban from the show. 1967 – The Who appear on The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour, and in an ill-advised move, blow up Keith Moon’s bass drum at the end of "My Generation." 1968 – The Supremes begin recording “Love Child” at Hitsville U.S.A. 1969 – The “Paul is dead” hoax breaks at Iowa’s Drake University when student Tim Harper publishes his article, “Is Beatle Paul McCartney Dead?” in the university’s student newspaper. 1973 – Billy Joel begins recording his song “Piano Man” in L.A. 1975 – Mayor Stephen Juba of Winnipeg, Canada, declares the day "Guess Who Day" in honor of its native sons. 1976 – The Sex Pistols playa a show for the inmates at Chelmsford Top Security Prison. 1977 – Reba McEntire makes her debut appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. 1978 – The video for Queen’s “Bicycle Race,” featuring 65 nude models on bikes, is filmed at Wimbledon Stadium. 1983 – Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Eddie Money and Uriah Heep perform at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. 1997 – Fleetwood Mac begins their Dance Tour at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. 1998 – A 19-year-old man is taken off a plane in Denver after harassing members of Hootie & The Blowfish who were travelling in the first class section of the plane. 1998 – On the 75th anniversary of his birth, a bronze statue of the late Hank Williams is unveiled at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. 2000 – British television personality and ex-wife of Bob Geldof, and girlfriend of INXS’s Michael Hutchence, Paula Yates dies from a heroin overdose at age 41. 2000 – The 15th annual Farm Aid concert takes place at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia, featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Arlo Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Barenaked Ladies, Willie Nelson and Tipper Gore. 2003 – Moore and Bode Cigars sue P Diddy after film footage of their "secret" production process turns up in his latest video, “Shake Ya Tailfeather.” 2003 – David Lee Roth gets 21 stitches in his face after injuring himself on stage while doing a samurai move with a long staff. 2004 – Two of Madonna's bodyguards are arrested by Israeli police for assaulting photographers waiting for the singer outside her hotel. 2007 – Barry Manilow cancels his appearance on ABC-TV's The View after learning he would not be allowed to ignore conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
