... and more September 22 birthdays –
Alvin LeRoy Holmes (1913) – composer/conductor ("It's All In The
Game").
Joni James (aka Giovanna Babbo, 1930) – singer ("Why Don't You Believe
Me?").
Toni Basil (aka Antonia Basilotta, 1943) – dancer/singer (“Mickey”).
Mark Panker (1953) – guitarist for American Music Club.
Doug Wimbish (1956) – bassist for Living Colour.
Johnette Napolitano (1957) – singer/songwriter/bassist for Concrete
Blonde.
Nick Cave (1957) – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
Pete Jones (1957) – bassist for Public Image Ltd.
Mystikal (aka Michael Tyler, 1970) – rapper.September 22 R.I.P. – Harry Warren (1981) – Age 87. Composer/lyricist (“I Only Have Eyes For You”). Norman Luboff (1987) – lung cancer. Age 70. TV and movie composer. Isaac Stern (2001) – congestive heart failure. Age 81. Violinist, conductor. Eddie Fisher (2010) – complications from hip surgery. Age 82. Entertainer. Jack Neal (2011) – Age 80. Bassist for Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. September 22 album releases – The Band – The Band (1969) George Harrison – Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975) U.S. Jethro Tull – Bursting Out (1978) The Ramones – Road To Ruin (1978) King Crimson – Discipline (1981) September 22 events – 1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie” at Pythian Temple in New York. 1957 – Singer Bobby Helms makes his national television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, singing “My Special Angel.” 1958 – Pvt. First Class Elvis Presley gives an interview then boards the U.S.S. General Randall at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and sets sail for Germany. 1962 – Bob Dylan makes his debut performance at Carnegie Hall, where he introduces his song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” 1964 – The original Broadway production of Fiddler On The Roof, starring Zero Mostel, opens at the Imperial Theater, where it will play for 3,242 performances. 1965 – The Supremes begin recording “I Hear A Symphony” at Hitsville U.S.A. 1967 – The cover of Time magazine features a caricature of The Beatles (drawn by Pink Floyd’s The Wall artist Gerald Scarfe), with the byline, “The New Incarnation.” 1967 – The Doors appear on the Murray The K show on WPIX-TV in New York City, performing “People Are Strange” and “Light My Fire.” 1969 – Diana Ross, now a solo artist, appears on Rowan And Martin’s Laugh-In. 1969 – ABC-TV debuts its new show, The Music Scene. Guests include Tom Jones, James Brown, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Buck Owens, Three Dog Night, and Oliver. It lasts 17 weeks. 1972 – David Bowie begins the North American leg of his Ziggy Stardust Tour at the Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. 1974 – Following his split from Cher, Sonny Bono debuts his ABC television show, The Sonny Comedy Revue. It lasts two months. 1980 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign with Geffen Records. 1982 – The Who begin their “farewell tour” by playing the first of two nights at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. 1983 – The Everly Brothers reunite for the first time in almost a decade and play the first of two shows at the Royal Albert Hall. 1984 – The first York Rock Festival takes place at the York Racecourse in Yorkshire, featuring Echo and The Bunnymen, Spear Of Destiny, The Chameleons, Sisters Of Mercy, and The Redskins. 1985 – The first Farm Aid concert is held at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, featuring The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, and many, many others. 1992 – Bruce Springsteen decides to forego MTV’s unplugged format, and performs an electric set for the show at the Warner Hollywood Studios in L.A. 1992 – Def Leppard is forced to cancel two U.S. shows after their sound equipment truck is found abandoned, after one of the band’s drivers attempted to rob a store. 1998 – Jazz singer Keely Smith receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2000 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher and actress Patsy Kensit divorce after 3½ years of marriage and one son. 2003 – After a crippling fall at his home, Dave Clark 5 vocalist Mike Smith undergoes back surgery in an attempt to repair broken vertebrae. The operation is a failure, and Smith remains paralyzed. 2004 – The FCC sues Viacom $27,500 for each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations (for a total of $550,000) that aired the Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson Super Bowl Halftime Show where Janet’s breast was exposed. 2005 – Jimmy Page is made an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro after opening a center to care for the city's many impoverished street children. 2006 – A monument is erected in Beaumont, Texas, for native son J.P. Richardson, also known as The Big Bopper. 2007 – New York judge Marc Whiten gives West Coast rapper The Game (aka Jayceon Taylor) a conditional discharge for impersonating a police officer. 2007 – Britney Spears is charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid license after she was accused of hitting a parked car in an L.A. parking lot and driving away on August 6.
