... and more September 28 birthdays – Tuli Kupferberg (1923) – The Fugs Koko Taylor (aka Cora Walton, 1928) – Chicago blues singer. Tommy Collins (aka Leonard Sipes, 1930) – Country singer/songwriter. Johnny “Country” Mathis (1933) – Country singer/songwriter (“Please Talk To My Heart”). Paul Burgess (1950) – drummer for 10cc. Norton Buffalo (1951) – singer/songwriter/harmonica player, The Steve Miller Band. Andy Ward (1952) – drummer for Camel. Keni Burke (1953) – R&B/soul singer/songwriter, The Five Stairsteps. Jim Diamond (1953) – Scottish singer/songwriter (“I Won’t Let You Down”). George Lynch (1954) – guitarist for Dokken. Peter Hooton (1962) – vocalist for The Farm. Ginger Fish (aka Kenny Wilson, 1966) – drummer for Marilyn Manson. Moon Unit Zappa (1967) Hilary Duff (1987) – singer/actress. ____________________
Birthday correction -- Ed Sullivan was born in 1901. ____________________ September 28 R.I.P. – Nacio Herb Brown (1964) – Age 68. Songwriter (“Singin’ In The Rain”). “Daddy-O” Dewey Phillips (1968) – heart failure. Age 42. Pioneer rock and roll DJ. Rory Storm (1972) – chest infection. Age 33. Rory Storm and The Hurricanes. Miles Davis (1991) – stroke, pneumonia and respiratory failure. Age 65. Bob Gibson (1996) – progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Age 64. Folk singer. Scott Muni (2004) – Age 74. New York DJ. Evelyn Knight (2007) – lung cancer. Age 89. Singer (“Buttons And Bows”). DJ AM (aka Adam Goldstein, 2009) – drug overdose. Age 36. Re-mixer/ producer, Crazy Town. September 28 album releases – Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same (1976) Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) Black Sabbath – Never Say Die! (1978) Alice Cooper – Da Da (1983) Yes – Big Generator (1987) Brian May – Back To The Light (1992) UK Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE (2004) September 28 events – 1956 – Elvis Presley releases his single, “Love Me Tender” b/w “Any Way You Want Me.” 1957 – The Gisele MacKenzie Show debuts on NBC-TV. The show lasts one season. 1958 – The Teddy Bears release their single, “To Know Him Is To Love Him” b/w “Don’t Worry My Little Pet.” 1958 – Chuck Berry records four songs at Chess Studios in Chicago: “Anthony Boy,” “Joe Joe Gun,” “Memphis, Tennessee” and “Sweet Little Rock And Roll.” 1959 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Sweet Nothin’s” b/w “Weep No More My Baby” on Decca. 1962 – The Beatles play their fourth and final Riverboat Shuffle aboard the Mersey River ferry, MV Royal Iris. 1963 – New York disc jockey Murray the K receives a copy of The Beatles' "She Loves You" and plays it on the radio to a tepid response. 1963 – The Ronettes appear on American Bandstand, lip-synching to “Be My Baby.” Also on the show is Bobby Rydell, performing “Let’s Make Love Tonight.” 1965 – The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales. 1965 – Mary Wells, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Jimmie Rodgers and Georgie Fame all appear on Shindig! 1967 – Gladys Knight and The Pips release their single, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” b/w “It’s Time To Go Now” on Motown. 1969 – The Temptations, Barbara Streisand and Tony Bennett all appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 – Led Zeppelin plays the first of two nights at the Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan. 1972 – David Bowie makes his Carnegie Hall debut on his Ziggy Stardust tour. 1972 – The Temptations release their single, “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,” with the vocal version on Side A, and the instrumental version on Side B. 1973 – Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert debuts on ABC-TV, with The Rolling Stones - appearing for the first time on U.S. television in six years - as opening night guests, performing “It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It).” 1974 – John Lennon appears on Dennis Elsas’ WNEW radio show in New York to promote his new album Walls And Bridges, and spends a few hours playing DJ, spinning records and reading commercials. 1974 – King Crimson disbands. 1976 – A&M Records sues George Harrison - who is sick with hepatitis - for $6 million for not delivering his album, 33 1/3, on time. 1987 – The British tabloid The Sun reports erroneously that Elton John keeps several guard dogs with their larynxes removed so that he can't hear them bark. Elton will sue and win. 1987 – U2 plays the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden on their Joshua Tree Tour. 1987 – Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight are celebrity contestants on the $100,000 Pyramid game show. 1989 – Jimmy Buffett publishes his first book, a collection of short fiction, entitled Tales From Margaritaville. 1991 – Nirvana hits New York and makes an in-store appearance at Tower Records during the day, then appears at the Marquee Club in New York that evening. 1991 – Bryan Adams is awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia. 1996 – Bob Dylan is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for his songwriting by Gordon Ball, literature professor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. 2000 – Ballet For Life, a ballet tribute to late Queen singer and AIDS casualty Freddie Mercury, premieres at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre. 2000 – Barbara Streisand plays the final night of her Timeless: Live In Concert Tour at Madison Square Garden. 2002 – Madonna is voted the greatest female singer of all-time by 750,000 music fans in a VH1 poll. 2002 – The city of Nutbush, Tennessee re-names a section of State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush the Tina Turner Highway. 2004 – A tribute concert in honor of Ray Charles, featuring Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, and Patti Austin, is held in Beverly Hills, and raises $15 million for Atlanta's African-American institution, Morehouse College. 2007 – The three day John Lennon Northern Lights Festival takes place in Durness, Scotland. 2009 – Lucy Vodden, schoolmate of Julian Lennon (and the inspiration for John’s “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”), passes away from lupus at age 46. 2010 – Kelly Osbourne tells reporters that her father, Ozzy, was once banned from her school for farting and sleeping through a parent/ teacher conference.
