September 9 Born –
Hoyt Curtin (1922) – songwriter/producer for Hanna-Barbera cartoons (The
Flintstones).
Jacob "Jake" Carey (1926) – The Flamingos.
Elvin Jones (1927) – Jazz drummer with John Coltrane, The Elvin Jones Jazz
Machine.
Joe Negroni (1940) – Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers.
Duffy Power (aka Raymond Howard, 1941) – British singer.
Otis Redding (1941) – R&B singer/songwriter.
Danny Kalb (1942) – guitarist for The Blues Project.
Inez Foxx (1942) – Inez and Charlie Foxx ("Mockingbird").
Luther Simmons (1942) – The Main Ingredient.
Dee Dee Sharp (aka Dione LaRue, 1945) – singer ("Mashed Potato Time").
Doug Ingle (1945) – keyboardist/vocalist for Iron Butterfly.
Andrea Simpson (1946) – The Caravelles.
Bruce Palmer (1946) – original bassist for Buffalo Springfield.
Trevor Oakes (1946) – guitarist for Showaddywaddy.
Freddy Weller (1947) – guitarist for Paul Revere and The Raiders.
John McFee (1950) – guitarist for The Doobie Brothers.
Dave Stewart (1952) – guitarist/singer/songwriter for The Eurythmics.
Mark Linkous (1962) – Sparklehorse.
Chris Caffery (1967) – guitarist for Savatage.
Michael Bublé (1975) – Canadian singer.
September 9 R.I.P. –
Norrie Paramor (1979) – cancer. Age 65. British record producer.
Sandra Tilley (1981) – brain aneurysm surgery. Age 35. Martha and The
Vandellas.
Helen O'Connell (1993) – Hepatitis C. Age 73. Singer ("Tangerine").
Bill Munroe (1996) – stroke. Age 84. Country/bluegrass musician ("Blue Moon
Of Kentucky").
Peter Tetteroo (2002) – liver cancer. Age 55. Dutch singer/songwriter for
Tee Set (“Ma Belle Amie”).
Ernie Ball (2004) – Age 74. Musician, guitar accessories entrepreneur.
Hughie Thomasson (2007) – heart attack. Age 55. Guitarist for The Outlaws
and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Earl Palmer (2008) – Age 83. Session drummer for Little Richard and the
Wrecking Crew.
September 9 album releases –
Marvin Gaye – Marvin Gaye Recorded Live On Stage (1963)
Manfred Mann – Mann Made Hits (1966) UK
Fleetwood Mac – Then Play On (1969)
John Lennon – Imagine (1971) U.S.
John Sebastian – Tarzana Kid (1974)
George Harrison – Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975) UK
Rush – Signals (1982)
Love And Rockets – Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)
Jimmy Barnes – Two Fires (1990)
The Cross – Blue Rock (1991)
Catherine Wheel – Like Cats And Dogs (1996)
Amy Grant – Behind The Eyes (1997)
Incubus – S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
Frank Black and The Catholics – Frank Black and The Catholics (1998)
John Mayer – Heavier Things (2003)
September 9 events –
1926 – The Radio Corporation of America, RCA, launches its new radio
network, the National Broadcasting Company, soon to be known simply as NBC.
1954 – Elvis Presley, along with Scotty Moore and Bill Black, appear on the
back of a flat-bed truck in the parking lot of Lamar-Airways Shopping
Center in Memphis for their grand opening. In the audience is Johnny Cash,
who meets Presley after the show.
1955 – The J.P. Seeburg Corporation introduces their Dual Music System Jukebox,
the first to hold a hundred singles.
1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on
CBS-TV. Sullivan is recovering from a car accident, so actor Charles
Laughton is the host. Presley’s gyrations are broadcast across America, and
the show is a smash.
1956 – While Elvis is performing on CBS, The Ted Mack Amateur Hour airs on
ABC-TV, broadcast from Madison Square Garden, and features Johnny Burnette
and The Rock and Roll Trio performing “Hound Dog.” The group goes on to win
the contest.
1957 – The Diamonds perform “Zip Zip” on American Bandstand.
1964 – Murray the K’s Big Holiday Show takes place at the Fox Theatre in
Brooklyn, featuring The Supremes, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Dusty
Springfield, The Temptations, The Ronettes, Martha and The Vandellas, The
Contours, The Searchers, Jay and The Americans, The Dovells, The
Shangri-Las, Little Anthony and The Imperials and Millie Small.
1967 – The Doors appear at the Village Theater - soon to become Fillmore
East - in New York City.
1967 – Fans unable to get tickets and left standing outside begin to riot
at a sold-out Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich concert in Bergen,
Norway.
1967 – Sam and Dave release their single, “Soul Man” b/w “May I Baby” on
Stax Records.
1968 – The Beatles record their fourth and final version of “Helter
Skelter” at Abbey Road studios.
1968 – Buck Owens and The Buckaroos play at the White House for President
and Mrs. Johnson.
1970 – Elvis Presley begins his first tour in 13 years at Arizona Veteran’s
Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The performance is filmed for the
documentary, Elvis: That’s The Way It Is.
1971 – Led Zeppelin appears at the Hampton Rhodes Coliseum in Virginia.
1973 – Todd Rundgren records the audience singing one of his new songs,
"Sons Of 1984," during his concert at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park,
only to have police disrupt the crowd during the performance in order to
arrest a pot dealer. A riot breaks out, and eleven more concertgoers are
arrested.
1974 – Neil Sedaka records “Laughter In The Rain” and “Endlessly” at Clover
Recording Studios in Hollywood.
1975 – Wings begin their Wings Over The World Tour at the Gaumont Theatre
in Southampton.
1977 – David Bowie appears on Marc Bolan’s ITV show, Marc, dueting with
Bolan on “Heroes” and “Standing Next To You,” which ends suddenly when
Bolan falls off the stage, much to Bowie’s amusement.
1978 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Beast Of Burden” b/w “When
The Whip Comes Down” in the U.S.
1979 – Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) marries Fauzia Mubarak Ali. They
are still married.
1981 – The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball benefit concert for Amnesty
International is held at the Drury Theatre in London, featuring Sting, Eric
Clapton, Phil Collins, Jeff Beck, Bob Geldof, Pete Townshend and others.
1982 – Al Green and Patti LaBelle appear on Broadway in the gospel musical,
Your
Arms Too Short To Box With God.
1987 – Pink Floyd begins their A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Tour - their
first tour without Roger Waters - at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada.
1992 – Nirvana's Krist Novoselic knocks himself unconscious during the MTV
Video Music Awards after being hit on the head with his bass guitar after
throwing it up in the air.
1995 – Singer Chynna Phillips marries actor William Baldwin. They are still
married.
1996 – Tom Petty and his first wife, Jane Benyo, are divorced after 22
years of marriage.
2000 – After being widowed for more than two years, Rush drummer/lyricist
Neil Peart marries his second wife, photographer Carrie Nuttall. They are
still married.
2003 – Simon and Garfunkel announce plans for a reunion tour; the first in
20 years, and the first onstage reunion of any kind in a decade.
2005 – Despite protests from fans, the Liverpool City Council decides to
bulldoze Ringo Starr’s birthplace at 9 Madryn Street, as it has “no
historical significance.”
2005 – Former Ray Charles employee and engineer Terry Howard is exonerated
in a Los Angeles court for allegedly stealing dozens of the singer’s
recordings.
2005 – Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium is held at Monmouth
University in New Jersey devoted to the life, work, and influence of Bruce
Springsteen. The festivities include various live acts, as well as keynote
addresses by rock critics and figures from the music industry.
2005 – The one hour, commercial free Hurricane Katrina television benefit,
Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast, is simulcast
worldwide, featuring performances by Randy Newman, Neil Young, Foo
Fighters, Paul Simon, Dr. John, U2, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Sheryl
Crow, Kelly Clarkson, Rod Stewart, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Alicia
Keys, Mary J. Blige and others.
2005 – U2 begins the North American leg of their Vertigo Tour, playing the
first of six non-consecutive nights at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
2006 – The two-day Beijing Pop Festival begins at Chao Yang Park in China.
Western music acts performing at the festival include Supergrass, Placebo,
Sebastian Bach, Don Juan Dracula, Johnny Hi-Fi, and The Wildhearts.
2007 – Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Festival takes place at Randall’s Island
in New York, with performances by The Allman Brothers Band, Counting Crows,
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, John Mellencamp, Ray Price, Dave
Matthews Band, Warren Haynes, The Derek Trucks Band, Supersuckers, Guster,
The Ditty Bops, Titty Bingo, Billy Joe Shavers and others.
2008 – Former Raspberries singer Eric Carmen is arrested in his hometown of
Cleveland for drunk driving.
2008 – Toronto resident Daniel Sullivan appears in court and is charged
with assault for jumping on stage at Oasis’ concert at the V Festival and
pushing guitarist Noel Gallagher down the previous evening.
2008 – Apple Computers announces that iTunes music downloads have reached
the 100 million mark.
2009 – The Beatles’ entire music catalog is re-released in re-mastered
stereo and mono formats. Also released is the first video game to feature
Beatles music, Beatles Rock Band.
2012 – George Michael becomes the first pop singer to perform at the
strictly operatic and classical venue Opera Garnier in Paris, France, for
an AIDS benefit.
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