... and more September 29 birthdays – Billy Strange (1930) – session guitarist for the Wrecking Crew. Joe “Guitar” Hughes (1937) – Blues musician. Tommy Boyce (1939) – songwriter (“Last Train To Clarksville”). Manuel Fernandez (1943) – organist for Los Bravos. Tommy Tate (1944) – Soul singer (“School Of Love”). Anne Briggs (1944) – British folk singer. Mike Post (1944) – TV theme composer. Ian Wallace (1946) – drummer for King Crimson. Mick Harvey (1958) – multi-instrumentalist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Les Claypool (1963) – bassist for Primus. Brad Smith (1968) – bassist for Blind Melon. Jon Auer (1969) – The Posies.
September 29 R.I.P. – Paul Jabara (1992) – AIDS. Age 44. Singer/songwriter (“Last Dance”). Mickey Newbury (2002) – pulmonary fibrosis. Age 62. Songwriter. Wesley Tuttle (2003) – Age 85. Country music singer, guitarist for Tex Ritter. Sylvia Robinson (2011) – heart failure. Age 75. Mickey and Sylvia. September 29 album releases – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Glorified Magnified (1972) Rush – All The World’s A Stage (1976) Billy Joel – The Stranger (1977) Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July (1980) Stone Temple Pilots – Core (1992) Peter Gabriel – Us (1992) Alice In Chains – Dirt (1992) The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (1997) September 29 events – 1930 – Bing Crosby marries singer/actress Dixie Lee. 1945 – Jimmy Wakely makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 1947 – Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie appear together at Carnegie Hall. The show is recorded. 1954 – The movie musical, A Star Is Born, starring Judy Garland, premieres at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. 1956 – Bill Haley has five songs in the UK Top 30: “Rockin’ Through The Rye,” “Saints Rock N' Roll,” “Rock Around The Clock,” “Razzle Dazzle” and “See You Later Alligator.” 1956 – Rose Maddox makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1959 – Little Anthony and The Imperials record “Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop.” 1959 – Cliff Richard’s “Living Doll” hits the Billboard singles chart, making him the first British rock and roll artist to have a hit in the U.S. 1962 – The Broadway musical My Fair Lady has its curtain call after six years and 2,717 performances at the Mark Hellinger Theater. 1963 – The Judy Garland Show debuts on CBS-TV. The show lasts six months. 1964 – The Beatles record “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party,” Every Little Thing” and “What You’re Doing” at Abbey Road Studios. 1966 – Jimi Hendrix meets Noel Redding. 1967 – The Rolling Stones formally split from longtime manager Andrew Loog Oldham. 1967 – Drummer Mickey Hart joins The Grateful Dead. 1968 – Diana Ross and The Supremes perform “Love Child” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Jefferson Airplane, who performs “Crown Of Creation” and “Saturday Afternoon.” 1969 – The Doors perform at the Lincoln Center's seventh New York Film Festival in New York City. 1971 – Gilbert O'Sullivan makes his stage debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London, opening for Sweet, Dave Edmund’s Rockpile, and Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. 1976 – At his 41st birthday party, a drunk Jerry Lee Lewis attempts to shoot a soda bottle with his .357 Magnum and instead hits his bass player, Norman Owens, twice in the chest. Owens will make a full recovery. 1977 – David Bowie sets up a trust fund for Rolan Bolan, son of recently deceased T. Rex leader Marc Bolan. 1977 – James Brown's entire backup band walks out on him before a gig in Hallendale, Florida, complaining of being underpaid. 1989 – Glen Frey joins Don Henley on stage for the first time in eight years. 1989 – Bruce Springsteen leaps onstage at Matt’s Saloon in Prescott, Arizona, to jam with local bar band The Mile High Band, playing his song "I'm On Fire." 1994 – The Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 – The Eagles’ Don Henley is awarded the National Medal of Humanities from the Clinton White House. 1998 – Frank Sinatra's estate sues Ross clothing stores of California for selling an unauthorized collection of the legend's songs called The Sinatra Collection. 1999 – The Manic Street Preachers play the final night of their North American tour at the Troubadour in L.A. 2004 – Country artist Randy Travis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2004 – Keith Moon's five-piece drum kit, custom-made for The Who drummer in 1968, sells for £120,000 pounds ($215,772) in London to an American collector, setting a world auction record for a set of drums. 2004 – British tabloid, The Sun reports that Michael Jackson has a secret fourth child who is now 19. The story claims that Norwegian Omar Bhatti was born after a one night stand, and had stayed with Jackson at his Neverland home in California. ____________________ Confirmations -- Suzzy Roche's birthday is correct. The Dylan/Hester recording sessions took place on September 29 and 30, 1961. The Robert Shelton New York Times review of Dylan's Gerdes performance appeared in the paper on September 29, 1961. I found nothing for Dylan on September 28, 1961.
