September 25 Born –
Sam Rivers (1923) – Jazz multi-instrumentalist.
Glenn Gould (1932) – classical pianist.
Erik Darling (1933) – Folk singer/songwriter, The Weavers.
Ian Tyson (1933) – Ian & Sylvia (“Four Strong Winds”).
Roosevelt “Booba” Barnes (1936) – Delta blues singer/guitarist.
“Sweet” Joe Russell (1939) – The Persuasions (“Papa Oom Mow Mow”).
Wade Flemons (1940) – vocalist for Earth, Wind & Fire.
Delia “Dee Dee” Warwick (1942) – Soul singer (“I Want To Be With You”).
John Locke (1943) – keyboardist for Spirit and Nazareth.
Jules Gary Alexander (1943) – guitar and vocals for The Association.
Onnie McIntire (1945) – vocalist/guitarist for Average White Band.
Bryan MacLean (1946) – singer/guitarist/songwriter for Love (“Alone Again
Or”).
Jerry “The Bear” Penrod (1946) – bassist for Iron Butterfly and Rhinoceros.
John Fiddler (1947) – Medicine Head (“One And One Is One”).
Burleigh Drummond (1951) – drummer for Ambrosia.
Steven Severin (1955) – bassist for Siouxsie and The Banshees.
Adelmo “Zucchero” Fornaciari (1955) – Italian blues/boogie singer/guitarist.
Will “The Fresh Prince” Smith (1968) – actor/rapper.
Richie “Wamma” Edwards (1974) – bassist/guitarist for The Darkness and
Stone Gods.
September 25 R.I.P. –
John Bonham (1980) – aspiration of vomit. Age 32. Led Zeppelin.
Stephen Canaday (1999) – plane crash. Age 55. Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Andy Williams (2012) – bladder cancer. Age 84. Singer (“Moon River”).
Billy Barnes (2012) – Age 85. Composer/lyricist ("(Have I Stayed) Too Long
At The Fair").
September 25 album releases –
The Doors – Strange Days (1967)
Ringo Starr – Beaucoups Of Blues (1970)
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972)
The J. Geils Band – Nightmares… And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle (1974)
Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstacy (1976)
Barry Manilow – One Voice (1979)
Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle (1979)
The Creatures – Wild Things (1981) (EP)
The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now (1982)
They Might Be Giants – Lincoln (1988)
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Family Style (1990)
The Replacements – All Shook Down (1990)
The Grateful Dead – Without A Net (1990)
John Cale – Fragments Of A Rainy Season (1992)
Harem Scarem – Voice Of Reason (1995)
Kylie Minogue – Light Years (2000)
Ryan Adams – Gold (2001)
.38 Special – A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night (2001)
Melissa Etheridge – The Awakening (2007)
Bruce Springsteen – Magic (2007)
September 25 events –
1934 – Henry Busse and His Orchestra records “Hot Lips” for the English
Brunswick label.
1948 – Little Jimmy Dickens makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. George Morgan
also becomes a member of the Opry.
1953 – Liberace makes his Carnegie Hall debut in front of a sell-out crowd.
The critics are less than enthusiastic.
1954 – Elvis Presley releases his single “Good Rockin’ Tonight” b/w “I
Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine” on Sun Records.
1954 – Montgomery, Alabama, celebrates “Hank Williams Day.”
1956 – Elvis Presley's upcoming single, "Love Me Tender," becomes the first
45 to reach one million in pre-orders.
1961 – Brenda Lee releases her single, “Fool #1” b/w “Anybody But Me.”
1962 – Loretta Lynn joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1962 – Bobby Darin records “You’re The Reason I’m Living” in Hollywood.
1964 – The Temptations begin recording “My Girl” at Hitsville U.S.A. in
Detroit.
1964 – A group of businessmen offer Beatles manager Brian Epstein £3.5
million to buy out the group's contract. He declines.
1964 – Record company owner Archie Bleyer closes Cadence Records after 12
years, and retires to Wisconsin with his wife, Janet Ertel of The
Chordettes. In the 50s, the Cadence label was home to The Everly Brothers,
Andy Williams, Julius LaRosa, Johnny Tillotson, The Chordettes, Link Wray
and others.
1965 – The Rolling Stones release their single, “Get Off My Cloud” b/w “I’m
Free” in the U.S.
1965 – The Beatles cartoon series debuts in the U.S. on ABC-TV.
1966 – The Supremes appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing “You Can’t
Hurry Love.” Other musical guests include Ethel Merman, Steve Rossi and
Frank Fontaine.
1967 – The Beatles begin recording “Fool On The Hill” at Abbey Road studios.
1969 – The Plastic Ono Band - featuring John and Yoko, with Eric Clapton,
Klaus Voorman and Ringo Starr - begin recording “Cold Turkey” at Abbey Road
studios.
1970 – Janis Joplin records “Move Over,” “Trust Me” and “Me And Bobby
McGee” at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood. Later in the day, she makes
her last television appearance on The Dick Cavett Show, and performs “Move
Over.” She will be dead in nine days.
1970 – The Partridge Family, based loosely on The Cowsills singing group,
debuts on ABC-TV.
1971 – Cat Stevens releases his single, “Peace Train” b/w “Where Do The
Children Play.”
1971 – David Bowie appears at the Friars Club in Aylesbury, England.
1975 – While performing "Lonely Teardrops" onstage at the Latin Casino in
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, during a Dick Clark oldies revue, Jackie Wilson
collapses from a heart attack and hits his head on the stage so hard he
lapses into a coma and remains that way until his death in 1983.
1976 – Wings play a charity concert in St. Mark’s Square in Venice to raise
funds for the historic city.
1976 – Loggins and Messina play their final concert together as a duo in
Hawaii.
1976 – Boz Scaggs performs “Lowdown” and “What Can I Say” as the musical
guest on Saturday Night Live.
1980 – The Grateful Dead plays the first of ten nights at the Warfield
Theatre in San Francisco.
1981 – The Rolling Stones appear at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, and record
and film the concert for the group’s concert film, Let’s Spend The Night
Together. The movie will prove to be a huge flop.
1982 – Queen is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
1989 – Bette Midler sues the Ford Motor Company for using a sound-alike -
Midler back-up singer Ula Hedwig - in their Mercury Sable ads.
1989 – After firing his brother-in-law manager Frank Weber on August 30 for
embezzling $90 million from his bank accounts, Billy Joel sues Weber for
the $90 million in New York State Supreme Court. Joel will ultimately win
the lawsuit, but will recoup only $2 million.
1990 – The mayor of Macon, Georgia, renames Mercer University Drive as
Little Richard Penniman Boulevard in honor of its native son.
1990 – Drummer Dave Grohl auditions for Nirvana and is instantly given the
job.
1992 – Two fans are stabbed and 20 are arrested after trouble breaks out at
an Ozzy Osbourne/Alice In Chains show at the Oklahoma State Fair in
Oklahoma City. The sale of beer at the fair is blamed for the incident.
1993 – The U.S. Postal Service releases a Patsy Cline commemorative stamp
as part of their Country Music Legends series.
1993 – Madonna begins her Girlie Show World Tour at Wembley Arena, playing
the first of two sold-out nights.
1995 – Courtney Love is given a one-year prison sentence suspended for two
years, fined $1,000, and ordered to attend an anger management course after
being found guilty of assaulting Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna on July
4.
1998 – Johnny Cash is admitted to a hospital in Nashville with severe
pneumonia.
1999 – Oasis’ Liam Gallagher is stopped by customs officials at Heathrow
Airport in London and made to pay £1,300 after not declaring a fur coat he
bought in America.
1999 – Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman becomes the first major
artist to release an album on a digital MP3 player.
2000 – A collection of letters, drawings, and other writings from Janis
Joplin circa 1965 is sold on eBay.
2000 – Ozzy Osbourne formally requests that Black Sabbath be removed from
the nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, calling the
inclusion "meaningless.”
2001 – XM satellite radio begins broadcasting.
2008 – Despite threats from Islamic extremists, Paul McCartney performs at Park
HaYarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel - 43 years after The Beatles were banned from
playing in the country.
2011 – The New York Post reports that Sly Stone is living in a van parked
in the notoriously rough Los Angeles neighborhood of Crenshaw. The article
quotes the 68-year old singer/songwriter as saying, "I like my small
camper. I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being
in one place. I must keep moving."
2012 – Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
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