... and more September 25 birthdays – Sam Rivers (1923) – Jazz multi-instrumentalist. Glenn Gould (1932) – classical pianist. Erik Darling (1933) – Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers. Ian Tyson (1933) – Ian & Sylvia (“Four Strong Winds”). Roosevelt “Booba” Barnes (1936) – Delta blues singer/guitarist. Jules Gary Alexander (1943) – guitar and vocals for The Association. Onnie McIntire (1945) – vocalist/guitarist for Average White Band. Bryan MacLean (1946) – singer/guitarist/songwriter for Love (“Alone Again Or”). Jerry “The Bear” Penrod (1946) – bassist for Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros. John Fiddler (1947) – Medicine Head (“One And One Is One”). Steven Severin (1955) – bassist for Siouxsie and The Banshees. Will “The Fresh Prince” Smith (1968) – actor/rapper. Richie “Wamma” Edwards (1974) – bassist/guitarist for The Darkness and Stone Gods.
September 25 R.I.P. – Stephen Canaday (1999) – plane crash. Age 55. Ozark Mountain Daredevils. September 25 album releases – The Doors – Strange Days (1967) Ringo Starr – Beaucoups Of Blues (1970) Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972) The J. Geils Band – Nightmares… And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle (1974) Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstacy (1976) Stevie Ray Vaughan – Family Style (1990) Bruce Springsteen – Magic (2007) September 25 events – 1934 – Henry Busse and His Orchestra records “Hot Lips” for the English Brunswick label. 1948 – Little Jimmy Dickens makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. Also, George Morgan becomes a member of the Opry. 1953 – Liberace makes his Carnegie Hall debut in front of a sell-out crowd. The critics are less than enthusiastic. 1954 – Elvis Presley releases his single “Good Rockin’ Tonight” b/w “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine” on Sun Records. 1954 – Montgomery, Alabama celebrates “Hank Williams Day.” 1956 – Elvis Presley's upcoming single, "Love Me Tender," becomes the first 45 to reach one million in pre-orders. 1961 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Fool #1” b/w “Anybody But Me.” 1962 – Loretta Lynn joins the Grand Ole Opry. 1964 – The Temptations begin recording “My Girl” at Hitsville U.S.A. 1964 – The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein is offered £3.5 million for the group's contract. He declines. 1965 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Get Off My Cloud” b/w “I’m Free” in the U.S. 1966 – The Supremes appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “You Can’t Hurry Love.” 1967 – The Doors release their single, “People Are Strange” b/w “Unhappy Girl.” 1967 – The Beatles begin recording “Fool On The Hill.” 1969 – The Plastic Ono Band - featuring John and Yoko, with Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman and Ringo Starr - begin recording “Cold Turkey” at Abbey Road Studios. 1970 – Janis Joplin records “Move Over,” “Trust Me” and “Me And Bobby McGee.” She will be dead in nine days. 1970 – The Partridge Family, based loosely on The Cowsills singing group, debuts on ABC-TV. 1971 – Cat Stevens releases his single, “Peace Train” b/w “Where Do The Children Play.” 1971 – David Bowie appears at the Friars Club in Aylesbury, England. 1975 – While performing "Lonely Teardrops" onstage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, during a Dick Clark oldies revue, Jackie Wilson collapses from a heart attack and bashes his head on the stage so hard he lapses into a coma, and remains that way until his death in 1983. 1976 – Wings play a charity concert in St. Mark’s Square in Venice to raise funds for the historic city. 1976 – Loggins and Messina play their final concert together as a duo in Hawaii. 1980 – The Grateful Dead plays the first of ten nights at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. 1981 – The Rolling Stones appear at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, and film and record the concert for record and movie release. 1982 – Queen is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. 1989 – Bette Midler sues the Ford Motor Company for using a sound- alike - Midler back-up singer Ula Hedwig - in their Mercury Sable ads. 1990 – The mayor of Macon, Georgia renames Mercer University Drive as Little Richard Penniman Boulevard in honor of its native son. 1990 – Drummer Dave Grohl auditions for Nirvana and is instantly given the job. 1992 – Two fans are stabbed and 20 are arrested after trouble breaks out at an Ozzy Osbourne/Alice In Chains show at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City. The sale of beer at the fair was blamed for the incident. 1993 – The U.S. Postal Service releases a Patsy Cline commemorative stamp as part of their Country Music Legends series. 1993 – Madonna begins her Girlie Show World Tour at Wembley Arena, playing the first of two sold-out nights. 1995 – Courtney Love is given a one-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, fined $1,000 and ordered to attend an anger management course after being found guilty of assaulting Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna on July 4. 1998 – Johnny Cash is admitted to a hospital in Nashville with severe pneumonia. 1999 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher is stopped by customs officials at Heathrow Airport and made to pay £1,300 after not declaring a fur coat he bought in America. 1999 – Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman becomes the first major artist to release an album on a digital MP3 player. 2000 – A collection of letters, drawings, and other writings from Janis Joplin circa 1965 is sold on eBay. 2000 – Ozzy Osbourne formally requests that Black Sabbath be removed from the nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, calling the inclusion "meaningless.” 2001 – XM satellite radio begins broadcasting. ____________________ Events correction -- Elvis Presley made his first and only appearance at the Grand Ole Opry on October 2, 1954.
