September 2 Born –
Tom Glazer (1914) – Folk singer/songwriter (“Because All Men Are Brothers”).
Laurindo Almeida (1917) – classical guitarist with Stan Kenton.
Hugo Montenegro (1925) – film composer.
Russ Conway (1925) – British pianist ("Side Saddle").
Horace Silver (1928) – Jazz pianist/composer.
Rick Lewis (1933) – The Silhouettes.
Sam Gooden (1934) – The Impressions.
Bobby Purify (aka Robert Dickey, 1939) – James and Bobby Purify ("I'm Your
Puppet").
Jimmy Clanton (1940) – singer ("Venus In Blue Jeans").
Joe Simon (1943) – R&B/soul singer ("The Chokin' Kind").
Rosalind Ashford (1943) – Martha and The Vandellas.
Billy Preston (1946) – singer/songwriter/organist.
Marty Grebb (1946) – keyboardist for The Buckinghams.
Mik Kaminski (1951) – violinist for Electric Light Orchestra.
Fritz McIntyre (1952) – keyboardist for Simply Red.
Steve Porcaro (1957) – keyboardist for Toto.
Jerry Augustyniak (1958) – drummer for 10,000 Maniacs.
Paul Deakin (1959) – drummer for The Mavericks.
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey (1969) – Jodeci.
Tony Thompson (1975) – vocalist for Hi-Five.
Sam Rivers (1977) – bassist for Limp Bizkit.
September 2 R.I.P. –
Russ Columbo (1934) – accidental shooting. Age 26. Singer/violinist
(“Prisoner Of Love”).
Roy Castle (1994) – lung cancer. Age 62. British singer, jazz trumpeter,
entertainer/actor/TV show host.
Jay Migliori (2001) – colon cancer. Age 70. Saxophonist with the Wrecking
Crew and Supersax.
Roquel “Billy” Davis (2004) – Age 72. Singer/songwriter/producer (“Lonely
Teardrops”).
Fritz Fryer (2007) – pancreatic cancer. Age 62. The Four Pennies.
Guy Babylon (2009) – heart attack. Age 52. Tour keyboardist with Elton John.
Mark Abrahamian (2012) – heart attack. Age 46. Guitarist for Starship.
September 2 album releases –
Brenda Lee – Too Many Rivers (1965)
Van Der Graaf – The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (1977)
Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation (1977)
Ronnie Wood – 1234 (1981)
The Moody Blues – The Present (1983)
Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & II (1985)
Jeffrey Osbourne – Emotional (1986)
Tin Machine – Tin Machine II (1991)
Level 42 – Guaranteed (1991)
Zard – Hold Me (1992)
Sepultura – Chaos A.D. (1993)
Neneh Cherry – Man (1996)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Universal (1996)
War – Colección Latina (1997)
Joe Jackson – Heaven & Hell (1997)
Amon Amarth – The Avenger (1999)
The Innocence Mission – Befriended (2003)
Brian Wilson – That Lucky Old Sun (2008)
September 2 events –
1927 – Sophie Tucker records “Some Of These Days.”
1931 – Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut - and becomes an over-night
sensation - with his CBS radio network show, 15 Minutes With Bing Crosby.
1935 – George Gershwin puts the finishing touches on the orchestral score
of Porgy And Bess.
1953 – Singer Eddy Arnold fires his manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker.
1955 – Alan Freed holds his Labor Day Rock ‘N’ Roll Show at the Paramount
Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, featuring Chuck Berry, The Cadillacs, The
Moonglows, The Harptones and The Nutmegs.
1956 – Jimmy C. Newman joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1956 – Elvis Presley continues recording his second album, recording “When
My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Paralyzed,” “Old
Shep,” “Anyplace Is Paradise” and “Too Much” at Radio Recorders in
Hollywood.
1957 – The Everly Brothers release their single, “Wake Up Little Susie” b/w
“Maybe Tomorrow.”
1957 – Andy Williams performs “Lips Of Wine,” and The Bobbettes sing “Mr.
Lee” on American Bandstand.
1962 – Singer Tommy Roe quits his job at General Electric to focus on
becoming a full-time performer.
1964 – The Rolling Stones record “Little Red Rooster” at Regent Sound
Studios in London.
1964 – The Beatles appear at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia in front
of an all white audience. Clarence “Frogman” Henry replaces The Righteous
Brothers for the remainder of the tour after the duo complains that all the
screaming for The Beatles was drowning out their music.
1965 – Mick Jagger and Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham appear on
ITV's Ready Steady Go! to perform a mock-duet of Sonny and Cher's hit "I
Got You Babe."
1965 – Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, and Julie Driscoll
and The Brian Auger Trinity appear at the Marquee Club in London.
1965 – Connie Smith and Bob Luman join the Grand Ole Opry.
1965 – Rick and The Ravens - soon to become The Doors - record six Jim
Morrison demos at World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles.
1970 – An unknown art-rock band called Genesis runs an ad in Britain's
Melody Maker magazine looking for a drummer.
1971 – The former manager of The Grateful Dead, Lenny Hart (father of
drummer Mickey Hart), is arrested for embezzling $70,000 from the group.
1972 – The three-day Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival begins on Bull Island in
Illinois. 50,000 people are expected, but more than 200,000 show up,
spelling trouble for the promoters right off the bat. Many acts cancel
because of the poor planning, but those who do play include Black Oak
Arkansas, Albert King, Foghat, Canned Heat, Rory Gallagher, The Eagles,
Gentle Giant, Lee Michaels, The Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station, Ravi
Shankar, Cheech and Chong, and Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids.
1974 – David Bowie plays the first of seven nights at the Universal
Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on his Diamond Dogs Tour.
1975 – 60 people are arrested when more than 500 crash the gates at the
Great American Music Fair in Syracuse, New York, to see Jefferson Starship
and The Doobie Brothers.
1978 – Teddy Pendergrass promotes his latest album, Life Is A Song Worth
Singing, by staging a "Ladies Only" concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New
York. All female attendees are given white chocolate lollipops shaped like
teddy bears. The gimmick is so successful that Pendergrass will repeat it
several times during his career.
1978 – George Harrison marries his second wife, Olivia Arias, at the
Henley-on-Thames Register Office in London. They stay married until his
death in 2001.
1978 – Miami Sound Machine singer Gloria Fajardo marries the band’s leader,
Emilio Estefan. They are still married.
1981 – Prince releases his single, “Controversy” b/w “When You Were Mine.”
1982 – Queen performs at the Portland Memorial Coliseum in Oregon on their
Hot Space Tour.
1984 – U2 plays the second of two nights at the Logan Campbell Centre in
Auckland, New Zealand, on their Unforgettable Fire Tour.
1988 – The 20-date worldwide benefit concert tour Human Rights Now! begins
at Wembley Stadium, featuring Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band,
Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Youssou N’Dour.
1989 – Ozzy Osbourne is charged with trying to kill his wife, Sharon, and
is immediately sent to rehab. The charges are later dropped when the couple
reconciles.
1995 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame officially opens with several
ceremonies and presentations. The day culminates with a concert at
Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Performers include Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Al
Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, The Pretenders, John
Fogerty, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Clinton, The Kinks, John Mellencamp,
Bruce Springsteen, Booker T. and The MGs, Eric Burdon and Martha Reeves.
2002 – Thieves break into the swank Maida Vale apartment of pregnant singer
Björk, and steal recording equipment while the singer is asleep in another
room.
2005 – During the televised benefit concert telethon for Hurricane Katrina
relief, rapper Kanye West goes on an anti- President Bush tirade, claiming
that “Bush doesn’t care about Black people.”
2010 – Brooks & Dunn play their final concert together at the Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville as a benefit for the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2012 – The band Boston appears at the Divots Event Center in Norfolk,
Nebraska, with opening acts Survivor and Starship. Following Starship’s
set, guitarist Mark Abrahamian collapses backstage and is taken to a local
hospital where he is pronounced dead.
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