September 21 Born –
Jimmy Young (1921) – British DJ, singer ("Too Young").
Don Preston (1932) – keyboardist for The Mothers of Invention.
Leonard Cohen (1934) – Canadian singer/songwriter/musician.
Dickey Lee (aka Royden Lipscomb, 1936) – singer/songwriter ("Patches").
Rory Storm (aka Alan Caldwell, 1939) – Rory Storm and The Hurricanes.
Jesse Ed Davis (1944) – guitarist for Taj Mahal.
Don Felder (1947) – guitarist for The Eagles.
Dave Gregory (1952) – guitarist for XTC.
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (1954) – drummer for Motörhead.
Corinne Drewery (1959) – vocalist for Swing Out Sister.
Faith Hill (1967) – Country music singer.
Tyler Stewart (1967) – drummer for Barenaked Ladies.
Jon Brooks (1968) – drummer for The Charlatans.
Trugoy the Dove (aka David Jolicoeur, 1968) – rapper/producer, De La Soul.
David Silveria (1972) – drummer for Korn.
Liam Gallagher (1972) – Oasis.
Jimmy Constable (1973) – singer for 911.
Disco D (aka Dave Shayman, 1980) – DJ, hip-hop producer.
September 21 R.I.P. –
Walter Brennan (1974) – emphysema. Age 80. Actor/singer ("Old Rivers").
Jaco Pastorius (1987) – beaten to death. Age 35. Bassist for Weather Report.
Paul "Oz" Bach (1998) – cancer. Age 59. Spanky and Our Gang.
Lu Ann Simms (2003) – pancreatic cancer. Age 70. Singer with Arthur Godfrey.
Boz Burrell (2006) – heart attack. Age 60. Bassist for Bad Company.
Geoffrey Burgon (2010) – Age 69. British film and television composer
(Brideshead Revisited).
John Du Cann (2011) – heart attack. Age 65. Guitarist for Atomic Rooster.
John Larson (2011) – cancer. Age 61. Trumpeter for The Ides Of March
(“Vehicle”).
September 21 album releases –
Thin Lizzy – Vagabonds Of The Western World (1973)
Billy Preston – Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music (1973)
The Bee Gees – Children Of The World (1976)
Foghat – Boogie Motel (1979)
Cheap Trick – Dream Police (1979)
Sheena Easton – You Could Have Been With Me (1981)
Luther Vandross – Forever, For Always, For Love (1982)
Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson (1982)
America – Perspective (1984)
ABBA – Gold: Greatest Hits (1992)
Seam – The Problem With Me (1993)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 (1993)
Sting – Demolition Man (1993) (EP)
Scorpions – Face The Heat (1993)
Bad Religion – Recipe For Hate (1993)
Melissa Etheridge – Yes I Am (1993)
Skunk Anansie – Paranoid And Sunburnt (1995)
Diabolical Masquerade – Nightwork (1998)
Pete Townshend – Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit For Maryville Academy (1999)
Tori Amos – To Venus And Back (1999)
Green Day – American Idiot (2004)
John Waite – The Hard Way (2004)
John Fogerty – Deja Vu All Over Again (2004)
Keith Urban – Be Here (2004) U.S.
Santana – Guitar Heaven (2010)
September 21 events –
1954 – Bill Haley and His Comets record “Dim Dim The Lights (I Want Some
Atmosphere).”
1956 – Pittsburgh city officials bar Elvis Presley from performing at the Syria
Mosque - except for one previously scheduled show - due to damage from
previous rock ‘n’ roll shows.
1956 – Johnny Mathis records "It's Not For Me To Say," "When Sunny Gets
Blue" and "Wonderful! Wonderful!” at CBS Studios in New York City.
1957 – Scotty Moore and Bill Black quit Elvis Presley’s band because of
manager Colonel Tom Parker’s refusal to give them a pay raise.
1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars package tour plays the Coliseum
in Charlotte, North Carolina. Acts include Chuck Berry, The Everly
Brothers, The Crickets, The Drifters, Frankie Lymon, LaVerne Baker, Paul
Anka, Buddy Knox, Eddie Cochran, Jimmy Bowen, Harold Cromer and others.
1961 – The Beatles play two shows: a lunch time gig at the Cavern Club, and
an evening show at the Litherland Town Hall, with opening acts Gerry and
The Pacemakers and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes.
1962 – The Springfields’ “Silver Threads And Golden Needles” becomes the
first British song to enter the U.S. Top 20.
1964 – Elvis Presley becomes an official “Special Deputy Sheriff” for
Shelby County in Tennessee.
1965 – Under their new management contract with Brian Epstein, The Moody
Blues play their first major gig at the Royal Festival Hall, along with
Manfred Mann, The Kinks, Gerry and The Pacemakers, and Georgie Fame and The
Blue Flames.
1966 – Jimmy Hendrix changes the spelling of his first name to Jimi.
1968 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience releases their single, “All Along The
Watchtower” b/w “Long Hot Summer Night” in the U.S. It will become
Hendrix’s only Top 20 hit.
1971 – The Old Grey Whistle Test debuts on BBC2. Host Richard Williams
features film clips of The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing “Wild Thing”
at the Monterey Pop Festival, and Bob Dylan performing “Maggie’s Farm.” In
studio artists include America and Lesley Duncan.
1972 – The Eagles perform at Cobo Hall in Detroit on their first tour.
1974 – Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” debuts on
the Billboard Hot 100 at #65.
1976 – The second day of the 100 Club Punk Special takes place, with
performances by Stinky Toys, Chris Spedding and The Vibrators, The Damned
and The Buzzcocks.
1979 – UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim asks The Beatles to reunite and
play a benefit concert to help the Vietnamese boat people. They don’t.
1979 – ABBA appears at the ACC Arena in Anaheim, California, on their only
tour of North America.
1980 – Bob Marley, who has refused treatment for a spreading melanoma due
to his religious beliefs, collapses while jogging in New York's Central
Park and is hospitalized.
1980 – Elton John leaves longtime label, MCA, and signs a six-year contract
with Geffen Records.
1986 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services honors Dionne
Warwick for "exceptional service as a leading health ambassador" in
fighting the spread of AIDS.
1986 – The National Enquirer tabloid runs a photo of Michael Jackson lying
in an oxygen chamber, with the headline, "Michael Jackson's Bizarre Plan to
Live to 150.” He missed by 100 years.
1988 – Def Leppard plays the first of three nights at the Meadowland Arena
in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on the fourth and final North American leg
of their Hysteria World Tour.
1989 – The Bangles officially call it quits.
1989 – U2 plays the first of three nights at the Perth Entertainment Centre
in Australia, with opening act B.B. King.
1991 – Over an 11-hour period, Status Quo plays four separate shows on four
different stages at Sheffield Arena, Glasgow SE&CC, Birmingham NEC, and
Wembley Arena.
1992 – Radiohead releases their single, “Creep” b/w “Lurgee,” “Inside My
Head” and “Million Dollar Question” in the UK on Parlophone. Even though
the record contains four songs, it is categorized as a single and not an EP.
1993 – Michael Jackson appears at Park HaYarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel, on his
Dangerous World Tour.
1996 – Paul Simon begins holding auditions for his new musical, The
Capeman, which ultimately turns into one of Broadway's biggest flops.
1999 – Diana Ross allegedly assaults a security guard while being searched
at London's Heathrow Airport, and is detained for five hours before being
arrested.
2001 – All major television networks in the U.S. simultaneously air the
all-star benefit concert America: A Tribute To Heroes, the proceeds of
which will go to the victims and families of the 9/11 attacks. Performing
guests include Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Tom
Petty, Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson and others.
2002 – Paul McCartney begins the second half of his Driving/Back In The
U.S. World Tour at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2002 – Farm Aid ’02 takes place at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in
Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John
Mellencamp, Dave Matthews Band, Keith Urban, Drive-By Truckers, Kenny Wayne
Shepherd and Double Trouble, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock, Gillian Welch, Los
Lonely Boys, Duane Cahill, and Anthony Smith.
2003 – Duran Duran headlines the Now & Zen Fest at Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco, as a part of their Reunion Tour. Opening acts include Liz Phair,
Seal, and Maroon 5.
2004 – Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens) and his daughter are stopped from
entering the U.S. after his name is found on a terrorism watch list.
2007 – Snoop Dogg is sentenced to three years probation and 160 hours of
community service after pleading guilty to carrying a collapsible baton in
his bag at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.
2011 – R.E.M. announces they are disbanding after 30 years.
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