... and more September 19 birthdays –
Helen Ward (1913) – Jazz singer with Benny Goodman and Harry James.
Billy Ward (aka Robert Williams, 1921) – founder of The Dominos.
Helen Carter (1927) – The Carter Family.
Lol Coxhill (aka George Coxhill, 1932) – improvisational saxophonist.
Gene Dinwiddle (1936) – saxophonist for The Butterfield Blues Band.
Paul Williams (1940) – songwriter ("We've Only Just Begun").
Sylvia Tyson (1940) – Ian & Sylvia, songwriter ("You Were On My
Mind").
Freda Payne (1942) – singer ("Band Of Gold").
Mike Arnone (1943) – The Duprees.
Austin Roberts (aka George Robertson, Jr., 1945) – singer (“Rocky”).
John Coghlan (1946) – drummer for Status Quo.
Laurence "Lol" Creme (1947) – 10cc and Godley & Creme.
Daniel Lanois (1951) – producer.
Rusty Egan (1957) – drummer for The Rich Kids.
Lita Ford (1958) – guitarist for The Runaways.
Jarvis Cocker (1963) – vocalist for Pulp.
Trisha Yearwood (1964) – Country artist.
Paul Winter-Hart (1971) – drummer for Kula Shaker.
Ryan Dusick (1977) – drummer for Maroon 5.
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Birthday correction --
"Mama" Cass Elliot was born in 1941.
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September 19 R.I.P. –
Red Foley (1968) – died in his sleep. Age 58. Country music singer/
songwriter ("Peace In The Valley").
Joe "Fingers" Carr (1979) – car crash. Age 69. Ragtime/jazz pianist,
A&R for Capitol Records.
Ed Cobb (1999) – leukemia. Age 61. Singer/songwriter/producer, The
Four Preps.
Skeeter Davis (2004) – breast cancer. Age 72.
Willie Hutch (2005) – Age 60. Singer/songwriter/producer for Motown.
Danny Flores (2006) – pneumonia. Age 77. Singer/songwriter/saxophonist
for The Champs (“Tequila”).
Arthur Ferrante (2009) – natural causes. Age 88. Pianist/composer,
Ferrante & Teicher.
September 19 album releases –
Elvis Presley – King Creole (1958)
Triumph – Allied Forces (1981)
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule (1989)
Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
David Bowie – Sound + Vision (1989)
Pearl Jam – Vs. (1993)
September 19 events –
1936 – Nelson Eddy and Jeannette McDonald record “Indian Love Call,”
their signature tune.
1955 – Pat Boone’s version of “Ain’t That A Shame” hits #1 on the
Billboard singles chart.
1957 – 16-year old Harry Webb - soon to become Cliff Richard - joins
The Dick Teague Skiffle Group.
1958 – Pvt. Elvis Presley completes basic training and leaves Fort
Hood in Texas for New York, where he will depart for Germany.
1960 – Hank Ballard and The Midnighters becomes the first artist to
have three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time: "Finger
Poppin’ Time (#19)," "Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go (#87)," and Chubby
Checker’s version of "The Twist (#1)."
1963 – The Jimmy Dean Show debuts on ABC-TV.
1966 – Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform for Princess Grace of
Monaco at her palace.
1967 – With really nowhere else to go, The Beatles choose to continue
filming Magical Mystery Tour at West Malling Air Station in Maidstone,
Kent, where they will remain for the next week.
1968 – The Beatles’ video for “Revolution” receives its only UK
showing on Top Of The Pops.
1970 – 1,500 people attend the first Glastonbury Festival, which
features Marc Bolan, Ian Anderson, and Quintessence.
1971 – ABC-TV airs The Jackson 5 special, Goin’ Back To Indiana, with
guests Diana Ross and Bobby Darin.
1974 – Drummer Max Weinberg and keyboardist Roy Bittan join The E
Street Band.
1975 – Queen signs with Elton John’s manager, John Reid.
1976 – Promoter Sid Bernstein places a full-page ad in the New York
Times (as a "symbol of hope”) in an attempt to reunite The Beatles.
1979 – Fleetwood Mac releases their single, “Tusk” b/w “Never Make Me
Cry.”
1991 – An all-star benefit concert honoring Ray Charles, titled Ray
Charles: 50 Years In Music, Uh-Huh!, takes place in Pasadena,
featuring performances by Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Michael
McDonald and others, benefiting the Starlight and Starbright Pavilion
Foundations for terminally ill children.
1993 – Former Mamas & Papas singer Michelle Phillips is robbed at
gunpoint outside a Los Angeles restaurant.
1996 – Guitarist George Benson receives a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame.
2003 – Diagnosed with liver cancer, former Cream bassist Jack Bruce
undergoes a successful liver transplant in Los Angeles.
2003 – Paul McCartney scuffles with a photographer when the singer
goes to see magician David Blaine, who is in a plastic box dangling
over the River Thames.
2004 – With their latest hit, "You'll Come Around," Status Quo becomes
the all-time leader of chart hits in the UK, with an amazing 61
charted singles since 1968.
2004 - Canadian singer Celine Dion extends her Las Vegas show for
another year. Dion was paid $100 million for the original three-year
run of five 90-minute concerts a week.
2008 – George Michael is arrested in a public toilet in the Hampstead
Heath area of London for possession of Class A and C drugs.
2010 – Julian Lennon tells the press that he has ended his long-
running feud with his half-brother Sean and his step-mother Yoko Ono.
