September 15 Born –
Roy Acuff (1903) – Country music singer ("Wabash Cannonball").
Bobby Short (1924) – cabaret singer/pianist.
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1928) – Jazz saxophonist ("Mercy Mercy
Mercy").
Pat Barrett (1933) – The Crew Cuts.
Les Braid (1937) – bassist for The Swinging Blue Jeans.
Jimmy Gilmer (1940) – Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs ("Sugar Shack").
Signe Anderson (1941) – original singer for Jefferson Airplane.
Lee Dorman (1942) – bassist for Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond.
Ola Brunkert (1946) – drummer for ABBA.
Jaki Graham (1956) – British singer (“Ain’t Nobody”).
Tim Whelan (1958) – guitarist/multi-instrumentalist for Furniture.
Michel "Mitch" Dorge (1960) – drummer for The Crash Test Dummies.
Paul Thomson (1976) – drummer for Franz Ferdinand.
September 15 R.I.P. –
Tommy Leonetti (1979) – cancer. Age 50. Singer/songwriter (“Free”).
Bill Evans (1980) – cirrhosis, pneumonia, hepatitis. Age 51. Jazz pianist.
Willie Bobo (1983) – cancer. Age 49. Jazz percussionist.
Charles "Cootie" Williams (1985) – Age 74. Jazz/blues trumpeter with Duke
Ellington.
Johnny Ramone (2004) – prostate cancer. Age 55. Guitarist for The Ramones.
Gordon "Specs" Powell (2007) – Age 85. Jazz drummer, CBS musician.
Richard Wright (2008) – cancer. Age 65. Keyboardist for Pink Floyd.
September 15 album releases –
Otis Redding – Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
Deep Purple – Fireball (1971) UK, Europe
The Band – Cahoots (1971)
Bobby Womack – Communication (1971)
John Denver – Rocky Mountain High (1972)
Grand Funk Railroad – Phoenix (1972)
Poco – Crazy Eyes (1973)
David Crosby and Graham Nash – Wind On The Water (1975)
Frank Zappa – Studio Tan (1978)
Huey Lewis and The News – Sports (1983)
Motörhead – No Remorse (1984)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Blood And Chocolate (1986)
Ric Ocasek – This Side Of Paradise (1986)
Love And Rockets – Express (1986)
The Ramones – Halfway To Sanity (1987)
Donna Summer – All Systems Go (1987)
Tiffany – Tiffany (1987)
Rick Wakeman – 2000 A.D. Into The Future (1991)
Michael Penn – Free-For-All (1992)
New Edition – Home Again (1996)
The Band – Jubilation (1998)
America – Human Nature (1998)
Ace Frehley – Anomaly (2009)
September 15 events –
1930 – Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, with Bix
Beiderbecke<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bix_Beiderbecke>
on muted cornet and Hoagy on vocals, records “Georgia On My Mind.”
1954 – Jerry Lee Lewis marries his second wife, Jane Mitcham, 23 days
before his divorce from first wife, Dorothy Barton, is final. Lewis, who
was married to Barton for only 20 months, will stay married to Mitcham for
three years.
1956 – 15-year old Paul Anka records his first record, “I Confess.”
1957 – Country music singer Patsy Cline marries her second husband, Charlie
Dick. They remain married until her death in 1963.
1957 – Billy Ward and The Dominoes perform “Star Dust” on The Ed Sullivan
Show. Also on the show are The Andrews Sisters.
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars package tour stops for a concert
at the Montreal Forum in Quebec, Canada, featuring The Everly Brothers,
Fats Domino, LaVerne Baker, The Crickets, The Drifters, Chuck Berry,
Frankie Lymon, Eddie Cochran, The Bobettes, Buddy Knox, Clyde McPhatter,
The Spaniels, Jimmy Bowen and others.
1959 – Lloyd Price records two songs for his next single, “Come Into My
Heart” and “Won’tcha Come Home” at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.
1961 – Hawthorne, California, singing group The Pendletones have their
first demo recording session at the home studio of Hite and Dorinda Morgan.
The group demos three songs, including one of their own compositions,
“Surfin.”
1962 – Chinese newspapers report on "ugly displays" of kids in Maoming
Cultural Park dancing The Twist.
1964 – The Beatles perform one show at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland,
Ohio, on their first U.S. tour. The group is forced to leave the stage for
10 minutes mid-show while the police try to maintain order.
1965 – Frankie Avalon appears as himself in the “A Foggy Day In Brooklyn
Heights” episode of The Patty Duke Show.
1965 – The Ford Motor Company becomes the first American car company to
offer 8-track tape players in its entire 1966 line of new models.
1965 – Dean Martin records “I Will,” “Down Home” and “Old Yellow Line” at
United in Hollywood.
1968 – CBS airs Barbra Streisand’s fourth television special, A Happening
In Central Park.
1968 – The Doors appear as a three piece when Jim Morrison collapses and
passes out while dancing during Jefferson Airplane’s set at Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek handles all the vocals.
1968 – NBC-TV airs a variety special simply called Soul, touted as being
staffed and starring only African-Americans. Guests include Lou Rawls and
Martha and The Vandellas.
1969 – A bit late in the game, Ed Sullivan releases his first and only rock
'n' roll record, "The Sulli-Gulli."
1970 – In a speech, Vice President Spiro Agnew states, "The youth of
America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies,
books and tabloid newspapers."
1972 – The Eagles perform at the Sportatorium in Miami, Florida, on their
first tour.
1978 – Bob Dylan begins the second North American leg of his year-long
world tour at the Augusta Civic Center in Maine.
1979 – ABBA performs at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British
Columbia, on their only tour of North America.
1982 – Queen performs at The Forum in Inglewood, California, with opening
act Billy Squier. It is Freddie Mercury’s last U.S. concert.
1987 – The Willie Nelson biography, Heartworn Memories, is published by his
daughter, author Susie Nelson.
1988 – Mark Knopfler announces the official dissolution of Dire Straits.
1990 – The business manager for New Kids On The Block has his briefcase
stolen - with $100,000 in cash inside - from a Hollywood hotel.
1994 – A tape of The Quarrymen playing at St. Peter's Parish Church garden
fete on July 6, 1957 in Liverpool - the day John Lennon met Paul McCartney,
and the earliest known recording of John Lennon - fetches $125,000
(£78,500) at a Sotheby's auction in London.
1997 – Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana, “Candle In The Wind 1997,”
sells more than 600,000 copies in its first day in British stores.
1997 – A 34-year old man is awarded more than £20,000 by a French court
after suing U2 for hearing loss stemming from a 1993 concert when he stood
too close to the loudspeakers.
1998 – Reba McEntire receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001 – Wynonna Judd makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
2003 – According to a survey conducted by England’s Performing Right
Society, ABBA tribute groups have overtaken Elvis impersonators as the most
tributed cover acts. The Swedish group jumped from third in 2001 to first
in 2002 with imitators like ABBA Fever and Voulez Vous putting on ABBA
shows. Elvis acts dropped to number two, while Beatles acts dropped to
three.
2003 – Johnny Cash is laid to rest in the family cemetery at
Hendersonville, Tennessee, next to the grave of his recently-deceased wife
June Carter Cash. Emmylou Harris, Al Gore, and Sheryl Crow attend the
private ceremony along with family members, including daughter Rosanne Cash.
2003 – Madonna’s children’s picture book, The English Roses, is published
worldwide by Callaway Editions.
2006 – The Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool is given a Grade II building
status after a recommendation from English Heritage. Today, The Casbah
exists exactly as it was on the day it closed on June 24, 1962.
2007 – Singer Rihanna begins her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour at GM Place in
Vancouver, British Columbia, with opening act, R&B and hip-hop artist Akon.
2012 – Former Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox marries her third husband,
American doctor Mitch Besser, in a private ceremony in London.
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