September 5 Born –
John Cage (1912) – composer.
Willie Woods (1936) – guitarist for Jr. Walker and The All Stars.
John Stewart (1939) – The Kingston Trio.
Joe "Speedo" Frazier (1943) – lead singer for The Impalas.
Al Stewart (1945) – Scottish singer/songwriter ("Year Of The Cat").
Dean Ford (aka Thomas McAleese, 1945) – vocalist for Marmalade.
Freddie Mercury (aka Farrokh Bulsara, 1946) – Queen.
Loudon Wainwright III (1946) – singer/songwriter.
Buddy Miles (aka George Miles, Jr., 1947) – drummer for Electric Flag and
Band Of Gypsys.
Mel Collins (1947) – British session saxophonist with King Crimson, Camel
and Caravan.
Dave “Clem” Clempson (1949) – guitarist for Colosseum and Humble Pie.
Sal Solo (aka Christopher Stevens, 1961) – vocalist for Classix Nouveaux.
Terry Ellis (1963) – R&B singer, En Vogue.
Brad Wilk (1968) – drummer for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave.
Dweezil Zappa (1969) – guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Steve "Fuzz" Kmak (1970) – bassist for Disturbed.
September 5 R.I.P. –
Josh White (1969) – died while having open heart surgery. Age 55.
Guitarist/singer/songwriter.
Joe Negroni (1978) – cerebral hemorrhage. Age 37. Frankie Lymon and The
Teenagers.
Charlie Charles (1990) – cancer. Drummer for Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
Georg Solti (1997) – died in his sleep. Age 84. Conductor/director of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Sonny Knight (1998) – Age 64. R&B singer (“Confidential”).
Gisèle MacKenzie (2003) – colon cancer. Age 76. Singer on Your Hit Parade
("Hard To Get").
Joe South (2012) – heart attack. Age 72. Singer ("Games People Play").
September 5 album releases –
Poco – From The Inside (1971)
The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine (1974)
Jethro Tull – Minstrel In The Gallery (1975) UK
Gary Numan – Telekon (1980)
Skinny Puppy – Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (1986)
Y&T – Contagious (1987)
Alice Cooper – Raise Your Fist And Yell (1987)
Motörhead – Rock ‘N’ Roll (1987)
Grim Reaper – Rock You To Hell (1987)
Siouxsie And The Banshees – Peepshow (1988)
Soundgarden – Louder Than Love (1989)
Big Audio Dynamite – Megatop Phoenix (1989)
Shed Seven – Change Giver (1994)
Die Flippers – Sommersprossen (1995)
Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000)
The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang (2005)
September 5 events –
1935 – The movie Tumbling Tumbleweeds, starring “singing cowboy” Gene
Autry, opens in theaters across the U.S. The film features seven songs -
six by Autry - including the title track.
1956 – Johnny Cash’s “I Walk The Line” hits the record charts.
1956 – Ivory Joe Hunter records “Since I Met You Baby” in New York City.
1956 – Elvis Presley records “Poor Boy” and “Let Me” at 20th Century Fox
Stage 1 in Hollywood for the Love Me Tender film soundtrack.
1957 – Elvis Presley records “Treat Me Nice” and “Blue Christmas” at Radio
Recorders in Hollywood.
1962 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein visits producer George Martin in his
London office to listen to the acetates of the group’s first recordings
from the previous day.
1962 – Ray Charles records “You Are My Sunshine” at Capitol Studios in New
York City.
1963 – The Rolling Stones begin their fourth tour of the UK at the Astoria
in London, with opening acts Mike Berry and The Innocents, The Mojos, and
Simon Scott and The Leroys.
1964 – Manfred Mann’s “Doo Wah Diddy” debuts on the Billboard Hot 100.
1965 – The Rolling Stones record “Get Off My Cloud” at RCA Studios in
Hollywood.
1965 – Sonny and Cher make their UK stage debut at The 100 Club in London.
1966 – John Lennon flies to Hanover, Germany, to begin filming How I Won
The War.
1967 – The Beatles begin recording “I Am The Walrus” at Abbey Road studios.
1968 – Tiny Tim files a $1 million lawsuit against his first label, Bouquet
Records, for releasing some of his early recordings without authorization.
1968 – On their first tour of the UK, The Doors appear on Top Of The Pops,
performing “Hello, I Love You” live.
1971 – Led Zeppelin appears at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago,
Illinois.
1976 – Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington is seriously injured in a
car accident in Florida.
1976 – Frank Sinatra appears on Jerry Lewis’ Muscular Dystrophy Telethon,
and brings out his friend, Dean Martin. Martin and Lewis had rarely spoken
to each other in 20 years, but got on well on TV.
1980 – A bronze statue of Buddy Holly is unveiled in his hometown of
Lubbock, Texas.
1987 – Bob Dylan begins his Temples In Flames Tour in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1987 – ABC-TV cancels American Bandstand after 30 years.
1987 – Lead singer for The Cult, Ian Astbury, is arrested and jailed for
allegedly inciting a riot during the band's concert in Vancouver.
1990 – B.B. King receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1992 – John “Cougar” Mellencamp marries his third wife, Elaine Irwin. They
stay married for 19 years.
1993 – Guitarist Dave Navarro joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1994 – Oasis appears at The Hacienda in Manchester to celebrate the release
of their debut album, Definitely Maybe.
1996 – The 10-hour, eight VHS tape Beatles Anthology is released.
2000 – Oasis lead singer/guitarist Noel Gallagher and first wife Meg
Matthews file for divorce after three years of marriage and a daughter.
2002 – Heather Mills wins $78,000 in her libel suit against the Sunday
Mirror newspaper for an article the paper printed stating that Mills “acted
dishonestly” regarding cash she collected for earthquake relief.
2010 – Paintings by Bob Dylan go on display at Denmark’s National Gallery,
and are called amateurish by local art critics.
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