... and more September 23 birthdays –
Frank Foster (1928) – saxophonist for Count Basie.
Howie Johnson (1932) – drummer for The Ventures.
Les McCann (1935) – Jazz/R&B pianist/vocalist.
Jerry Cole (aka Jerald Kolbrack, 1939) – session guitarist with the
Wrecking Crew.
John Banks (1943) – drummer for The Merseybeats.
Julio Iglesias (1943) – Spanish singer.
Steve Boone (1943) – bassist for The Lovin' Spoonful.
Wallace "Scotty" Scott (1943) – The Whispers.
Walter Scott (1943) – The Whispers.
Paul Petersen (1945) – actor/singer ("She Rides With Me").
Anthony "Duster" Bennett (1946) – British blues singer/musician.
Jerry Corbetta (1947) – vocalist/keyboardist for Sugarloaf.
Neal Smith (1947) – drummer for Alice Cooper.
Ani DiFranco (1970)
Jermaine Dupri (1972) – rapper/songwriter/producer.
September 23 R.I.P. –
Roy Drusky (2004) – lung cancer. Age 74. Country music singer ("Yes
Mr. Peters").
September 23 album releases –
The Temptations – Together (With Diana Ross & The Supremes) (1969)
The Temptations – Puzzle People (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band – Idlewild South (1970)
The Rolling Stones – Love You Live (1977)
Steely Dan – Aja (1977)
Frank Zappa – You Are What You Is (1981)
Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982)
Boston – Third Stage (1986)
September 23 events –
1952 – Hank Williams holds his final recording session, recording
“Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “Kaw-Liga,” and “Take These Chains From My
Heart” at Castle Studios in Nashville.
1953 – The Spaniels record “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight.”
1955 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “Burn That Candle” at Pythian
Temple in New York.
1956 – NBC-TV debuts its new series, Circus Boy, starring Mickey
Braddock (aka Mickey Dolenz).
1957 – Buddy Holly and The Crickets’ “That’ll Be The Day” hits #1 on
the Billboard Hot 100.
1957 – The Rays release their single, “Silhouettes” b/w “Daddy Cool”
on Cameo Records.
1958 – Fats Domino records “Whole Lotta Loving.”
1961 – 11-year old Stevland Morris auditions for Motown.
1963 – Lesley Gore records “You Don’t Own Me” at A&R Studios in New
York City.
1965 – The Walker Brothers hit #1 in the UK with “Make It Easy On
Yourself.”
1966 – The Rolling Stones begin the British leg of their 1966 world
tour at the Royal Albert Hall, with opening acts The Ike & Tina Turner
Revue, and The Yardbirds.
1967 – The Strawberry Alarm Clock performs "Incense And Peppermints"
on American Bandstand. Also on the show is Steve Alaimo.
1967 – “The Letter” by The Box Tops hits #1 on the Hot 100.
1968 – The Beatles record 45 takes of the new John Lennon song
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand.” Further recording is needed.
1969 – Picking up on the rumors from the U.S., the London Daily Mirror
reports that Paul McCartney is dead: the first time the hoax is
printed in a mainstream newspaper.
1970 – At a party after a concert in Paris, Mick Jagger is introduced
to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias.
1972 – Mott The Hoople’s “All The Young Dudes” peaks at #37 on the
Singles chart.
1974 – John Lennon releases his duet with Elton John single “Whatever
Gets You Through The Night” b/w “Beef Jerky” in the U.S.
1974 - In Memphis, Elvis Presley goes on a $100,000 shopping spree,
buying six Lincoln Continentals and five Cadillacs, which he gives
away to friends.
1978 – Foreigner releases their single, “Double Vision” b/w “Lonely
Children.”
1980 – David Bowie begins a three-month run on Broadway at the Booth
Theatre when he takes over the lead role of John Merrick in The
Elephant Man.
1980 – Having collapsed two days earlier while jogging in Central
Park, Bob Marley decides to continue his Uprising Tour at the Stanley
Theater in Pittsburgh, only to pass out again on stage. The remainder
of the tour is cancelled. It will be Marley’s stage appearance.
1992 – Actress Daryl Hannah accuses boyfriend Jackson Browne of
physical assault.
1996 – Abba’s Agnetha Fältskog publishes her autobiography, Som jag är
(As I Am), in Sweden.
1997 – The Rolling Stones begin their Bridges To Babylon Tour, playing
the first of two nights at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1998 – Once denied membership to the Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley is
inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame. Also inducted
are Tammy Wynette, George Morgan, and E.W. “Bud” Wendell.
2004 – Slipknot's Corey Taylor issues a statement denying he is dead,
after rumors start when a shock jock in Des Moines broadcasts the
announcement that the singer had died of a drug overdose… or in a
fatal car crash.
2004 – A bodyguard for rapper Lil' Kim, Suif Jackson, is sentenced to
12 years in prison after admitting firing at least 20 times in a shoot-
out with a rival gang in 2001 when the entourages of Lil' Kim and
Capone-N-Noreaga crossed at a New York radio station.
2006 – Neil Young is named Artist of the Year at the Americana Honors
and Awards at the fifth annual event in Nashville, Tennessee.
2007 – Lionel Richie “appears” as himself on the "He Loves To Fly And
He D'ohs" season opener of The Simpsons.
2009 – MacKenzie Phillips appears on Oprah and reveals that she had a
consensual sexual relationship with her father, Papa John Phillips.
2010 – Heart’s Nancy Wilson files for divorce from her husband Cameron
Crowe.
