September 18 Born –
Teddi King (1929) – Jazz singer with George Shearing (“Mr. Wonderful”).
Jimmie Rodgers (1933) – singer (“Honeycomb”).
Frankie Avalon (1939) – singer/actor.
Alan "Bam" King (1945) – guitarist for Ace.
Kerry Livgren (1949) – guitarist for Kansas.
Dee Dee Ramone (aka Douglas Colvin, 1951) – bassist for The Ramones.
Martin "Frosty" Beedle (1961) – drummer for Cutting Crew.
Joanne Catherall (1962) – vocalist for The Human League.
Richard Walmsley (1962) – songwriter/producers for The Beatmasters.
Ian "Spike" Spice (1966) – drummer for Breathe.
Nigel Clark (1966) – bassist/vocalist for Dodgy.
Ricky Bell (1967) – New Edition, and Bell Biv DeVoe.
Mike Heaton (1967) – drummer for Embrace.
September 18 R.I.P. –
Jimi Hendrix (1970) – overdose. Age 27.
Greg Arama (1979) – motorcycle crash. Age 29. Bassist for Amboy Dukes.
Earl Van Dyke (1992) – prostate cancer. Age 62. Keyboardist with the Funk
Brothers.
Jimmy Witherspoon (1997) – throat cancer. Age 77. Blues singer (“Ain’t
Nobody’s Business”).
Charlie Foxx (1998) – leukemia. Age 58. Inez and Charlie Foxx
("Mockingbird").
Opal Courtney (2008) – heart attack. Age 71. The Spaniels.
September 18 album releases –
The Beach Boys – Smiley Smile (1967)
Fleetwood Mac – Kiln House (1970)
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970) UK
KISS – Paul Stanley (1978)
KISS – Gene Simmons (1978)
KISS – Ace Frehley (1978)
KISS – Peter Criss (1978)
Hall and Oates – Along The Red Ledge (1978)
Twisted Sister – Under The Blade (1982)
Dokken – Breaking The Chains (1983) U.S.
KISS – Lick It Up (1983)
KISS – Crazy Nights (1987)
Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy (1989)
At The Drive-In – El Gran Orgo (1997)
Fantastic Plastic Machine – Luxury (1998)
Björk – Selmasongs: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Dancer In The
Dark (2000) UK
Billy Idol – Original Sound (2006)
Free – Chronicles (2006)
Pearl Jam – Live At Lollapalooza 2007 (2007)
September 18 events –
1942 – Singer “Tennessee” Ernie Ford marries his first and only wife, Betty
Heminger. They stay married until her death in 1989.
1947 – The first ever country music show takes place at Carnegie Hall, with
Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff headlining.
1954 – Elvis Presley performs at the Eagle’s Nest in Memphis, Tennessee.
1955 – The weekly variety program Toast Of The Town is re-named The Ed
Sullivan Show after its host.
1956 – A fight breaks out during a Fats Domino concert at the U.S. Naval
Station
in Newport, Rhode Island, causing a ban on further rock shows.
1957 – Frankie Avalon appears on American Bandstand.
1957 – The Big Record, CBS’s answer to American Bandstand, debuts with host
Patti Page. Guests include Tony Bennett, Sal Mineo, Hoagy Carmichael, David
Wayne with Ella Logan, Mitch Miller, Jayne Morgan, and Billy Ward and His
Dominos. The show lasts one season.
1957 – The Biggest Show Of Stars package tour hits the Coliseum in
Baltimore, Maryland, featuring The Crickets, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, The
Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, LaVerne Baker, Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, Clyde
McPhatter and others.
1960 – Frankie Avalon turns 21 and collects over $600,000 in royalties he
earned as a minor.
1962 – Dee Dee Sharp records “Ride!” at Cameo Parkway Studios in
Philadelphia.
1964 – The Beatles play one show at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas: their
only visit to the city.
1965 – Connie Smith joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1965 – The Dave Clark 5, The Righteous Brothers, We Five, Freddie and The
Dreamers, Jackie DeShannon, James Burton, Billy Preston, and Marianne
Faithfull all appear on Shindig!
1966 – The Doors appear at Bido Lito’s in Hollywood, with The Seeds as
opening act.
1967 – Filming continues on The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour at the
Raymond Revuebar, a Soho striptease club. Also sharing the stage with the
strippers is The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
1968 – The Beatles record the backing track for “Birthday” in 20 takes,
after which they take a break and go to Paul’s house to watch The Girl
Can’t Help It on television. After the movie, they return to the studio and
overdub the vocals, with Yoko Ono and Patti Harrison providing backing
vocals.
1969 – Tiny Tim announces his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger on The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson invites him to get married on
the show.
1971 – Pink Floyd becomes the first rock act to perform at Montreux,
Switzerland's Classical Music Festival.
1971 – ABC-TV debuts Getting Together, starring Bobby Sherman and Wes Stern
as songwriters - based loosely on the lives of real songwriters Tommy Boyce
and Bobby Hart. It lasts 14 weeks.
1972 – The Who, Mott The Hoople, Faces and Atomic Rooster all appear at the
Oval
Cricket Grounds in London.
1976 – Boston releases their single, “More Than A Feeling” b/w “Smokin’” on
Epic Records.
1978 – Neil Young and Crazy Horse appear at the Cobo Arena in Detroit.
1979 – ABBA performs at the Portland Opera House in Oregon on their only
tour of the U.S.
1979 – The Eagles release their single, “Heartache Tonight” b/w “Teenage
Jail.”
1980 – A multimedia event, featuring Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, is
held at the Paradise Club in Amsterdam to commemorate the 10th anniversary
of Jimi Hendrix’s death.
1981 – While attempting to fly around the world in a single engine Cessna
airplane, Gary Numan and his pilot experience engine trouble over India and
land the plane, only to be arrested for spying and smuggling.
1983 – To celebrate the release of their new album, Lick It Up, KISS
appears in public, on MTV, for the first time without their make-up.
1986 – Michael Jackson’s 3-D science fiction/fantasy film, Captain EO -
directed by Francis Ford Coppola - opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
1994 – Farm Aid VII is held at the Superdome in New Orleans, featuring The
Neville Brothers, The Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, John Conlee, Kris
Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Deanna Carter,
Shaver, Al Hirt and Pete Fountain, David Allen Coe, and Titty Bingo.
1996 – Julian Lennon outbids several buyers at a Sotheby’s auction in
London, and spends £25,000 on Paul McCartney’s recording notes for “Hey
Jude,” and another £35,000 on various items that belonged to his dad, John,
of which he has almost nothing.
1998 – Reba McEntire receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 – Tennessee governor Don Sundquist declares the day "Carl Perkins Day."
2004 – Britney Spears marries one of her dancers, Kevin Federline.
2004 – Farm Aid ’04 takes place at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn,
Washington. Artists include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp,
Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Dave Matthews Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, Trick
Pony, Tony Coleman, Blue Merle and others.
2005 – The 20th anniversary Farm Aid concert is held at the First Midwest
Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois, featuring Arlo Guthrie, Buddy
Guy, Emmylou Harris, Los Lonely Boys, Kenny Chesney, Wilco, Susan Tedeschi,
Widespread Panic, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young,
Dave Matthews Band and others. President Barak Obama also speaks at the
event.
2006 – Sir Cliff Richard unveils a plaque at the 2 I’s coffee bar in
London's Old Compton Street on its 50 anniversary, said to be the
birthplace of British rock and roll.
2006 – Echo and The Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch is convicted of breach of
the peace by shouting, swearing and threatening Gary Duncan and his
girlfriend, Juliet Sebley, backstage at Glasgow Barrowlands in Scotland,
after McCulloch found two fans in his private bathroom.
2006 – Willie Nelson's tour bus is stopped near Lafayette, Louisiana, and
Nelson, along with four members of his band, are arrested for possession of
marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.
2007 – Entertainment management company, The Firm, drops client Britney
Spears after only one month because of her erratic lifestyle.
2009 – Leonard Cohen collapses on stage during a concert in Valencia,
Spain, and is taken to a hospital where he is diagnosed with food poisoning.
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