... and more September 30 birthdays –
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (1917) – Jazz drummer and bandleader.
Oscar Pettiford (1922) – Jazz bassist/cellist.
Emily “Cissy” Houston (1933) – Gospel singer.
Arzell "Z.Z." Hill (1935) – Blues singer ("Down Home Blues").
Jill Corey (aka Norma Speranza, 1935) – singer on Your Hit Parade.
Mike Harrison (1942) – singer for The V.I.P.'s and Spooky Tooth.
Marilyn McCoo (1943) – The 5th Dimension.
Marc Bolan (aka Mark Feld, 1947) – T. Rex.
John Lombardo (1952) – guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs.
Deborah Allen (1953) – Country singer.
Trey Anastasio (aka Ernest Anastasio III, 1964) – guitarist/vocalist
for Phish.
Robby Takac (1964) – bassist for The Goo Goo Dolls.September 30 R.I.P. – Mary Ford (1977) – diabetes. Age 53. Les Paul and Mary Ford. Freddy Martin (1983) – Age 76. Saxophonist, bandleader (“Tonight We Love”). Ellis Larkins (2002) – Age 79. Jazz pianist with Ella Fitzgerald. Ronnie Dawson (2003) – throat cancer. Age 64. Rockabilly musician. Marv Tarplin (2011) – Age 70. Guitarist for Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. September 30 album releases – Martha and The Vandellas – Heat Wave (1963) Joe Walsh and Barnstorm – Barnstorm (1972) Ringo Starr – Ringo The 4th (1977) U.S. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (1982) Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985) Stevie Ray Vaughan – Soul To Soul (1985) Wang Chung – To Live And Die In L.A. (1985) Robbie Robertson – Storyville (1991) Prince – Indigo Nights (2008) September 30 events – 1933 – Chicago radio station WLS’s popular program, The National Barn Dance - one of the first country music radio shows - goes national with a move to NBC radio. 1935 – The Gershwin musical, Porgy And Bess, opens at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. 1950 – The Grand Ole Opry radio show is broadcast on television for the first time on NBC affiliate WSM-TV in Nashville. 1954 – Julie Andrews makes her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend at the Royal Theatre. 1955 – Fifties youth icon James Dean is killed in a car crash. 1957 – Marty Robbins releases his single, “The Story Of My Life” b/w “Once A Week Date.” 1957 – Sonny James appears on American Bandstand. 1961 – Paul McCartney and John Lennon, who was given £100 ahead of his 21st birthday, decide to hitchhike to Spain for a holiday. In the end, they go no further than Paris. 1964 – Gale Garnett, The Newbeats, The Walker Brothers and Jackie & Gayle all appear on Shindig! 1965 – The Young Rascals begin recording “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore.” 1965 – Donovan makes his U.S. television debut on Shindig! Also on the show is The Hollies, The Turtles and The Dave Clark 5. 1965 – Tom Jones meets Elvis Presley on the set of his movie, Paradise, Hawaiian Style. 1965 – The Rolling Stones play two shows at the Gaumont Theatre in Hanley, Staffordshire, with opening acts The Moody Blues, The Spencer Davis Group, The End, and The Habits. 1967 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney appear on The David Frost Show to talk about the Maharishi. 1967 – Pink Floyd appears at the Imperial Ballroom in Nelson, Lancashire. 1967 – The new UK radio network BBC Radio 1 takes to the airwaves, opening with a spin of The Move's "Flowers In The Rain." 1968 – Diana Ross and The Supremes release their single, “Love Child” b/w “Will This Be The Day.” As was often the case with many of the records released under the "Diana Ross and the Supremes" name, Supremes members Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not appear on the record; Motown session singers The Andantes performed the background vocals. 1969 – David Crosby’s longtime girlfriend, and founder of The Byrds’ fan club, Christine Hinton is killed in a head-on car crash near San Francisco. 1974 – Police are called to the Louisville Convention Center during a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Öyster Cult concert when a fight breaks out between Skynyrd roadies and Cult sound engineers, who are accused of shutting off Skynyrd’s sound during their set. 1987 – Roy Orbison And Friends: A Black And White Night is filmed at the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, with guests Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and others. 1988 – John Lennon is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yoko attends the ceremony. 1989 – Bette Midler is awarded $400,000 in a landmark "intellectual property" lawsuit against Ford Motor Company when the car giant used a Midler sound alike version in one of their commercials. 1989 – Neil Young performs “Rockin’ In The Free World” on Saturday Night Live. 1991 – Liza Minnelli receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1992 – Country artist Steve Earle is arrested in Nashville for failing to appear for jury duty. 1993 – George Harrison and David Crosby “appear” as themselves in the “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” episode of The Simpsons. 1993 – Kate Pierson of the B-52s is arrested while staging a sit-in, protesting the use of fur in ads and clothing, at the New York offices of Vogue. 1998 – Joe Walsh, Rick Neilsen, Dave Mustaine, Matthew Sweet, Slash, and Joey Ramone all appear in the "In Ramada Da Vida" episode of The Drew Carey Show. 1999 – Chris de Burgh's web site is closed down after countless obscene messages are posted on the guestbook. 2003 – An auction of the contents of Elton John's London home raises more than £1.4 million. He sells off the items so he can redecorate his home in a more modern style. 2004 – Mick Jagger and Eurythmics Dave Stewart hold a press conference at the Essex House in New York City to promote the soundtrack to the movie re-make of Alfie. 2007 – Country artist Keith Urban crashes his motorcycle on the way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting near his home in Sydney, Australia. He is uninjured. 2009 – Oklahoma City names an alley for rockabilly artist Wanda Jackson in the Bricktown entertainment district. Wanda Jackson Way is officially christened with a live performance by Jackson in her "Way."
