September 29 Born –
Orvon Grover “Gene” Autry (1907) – Country music artist. Billy Strange (1930) – guitarist for the Wrecking Crew. Freddie Bell (aka Ferdinando Bello,* *1931) – Freddie Bell and The Bellboys. Jerry Lee Lewis (1935) – singer/songwriter/pianist. Joe “Guitar” Hughes (1937) – Blues musician. Tommy Boyce (1939) – songwriter (“Last Train To Clarksville”). Jean-Luc Ponty (1942) – violinist, Mothers Of Invention, Mahavishnu Orchestra. Manuel Fernandez (1943) – organist for Los Bravos. Tommy Tate (1944) – Soul singer (“School Of Love”). Anne Briggs (1944) – British folk singer. Mike Post (1944) – TV theme composer. Ian Wallace (1946) – drummer for King Crimson. Peter Hope-Evans (1947) – harmonica player for Medicine Head. Mike Pinera (1948) – guitarist for Blues Image. Mark Farner (1948) – Grand Funk Railroad. Mari Wilson (1954) – British singer (“Just What I Always Wanted”). Suzzy Roche (1956) – The Roches. Mick Harvey (1958) – multi-instrumentalist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Robert Jason “R.J.” Vealey (1962) – drummer for Atlanta Rhythm Section. Les Claypool (1963) – bassist for Primus. Iain Baker (1965) – keyboardist for Jesus Jones. Brett Anderson (1967) – vocalist for Suede. Brad Smith (1968) – bassist for Blind Melon. Jon Auer (1969) – The Posies. September 29 R.I.P. – Paul Jabara (1992) – AIDS. Age 44. Singer/songwriter (“Last Dance”). Mickey Newbury (2002) – pulmonary fibrosis. Age 62. Songwriter. Wesley Tuttle (2003) – Age 85. Country music singer, guitarist for Tex Ritter. Sylvia Robinson (2011) – heart failure. Age 75. Mickey and Sylvia. September 29 album releases – The Jackson 5 – Goin’ Back To Indiana (1971) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Glorified Magnified (1972) Rush – All The World’s A Stage (1976) Billy Joel – The Stranger (1977) Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July (1980) New Order – Brotherhood (1986) Chicago – Chicago 18 (1986) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – The Pacific Age (1986) Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) Stone Temple Pilots – Core (1992) Peter Gabriel – Us (1992) Alice In Chains – Dirt (1992) 10,000 Maniacs – Our Time In Eden (1992) Rammstein – Herzeleid (1995) The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (1997) The Fall – Levitate (1997) AFI – A Fire Inside (1998) (EP) Joni Mitchell – Taming The Tiger (1998) Dido – Life For Rent (2003) Drivin N Cryin – The Great American Bubble Factory (2009) September 29 events – 1930 – Bing Crosby marries singer/actress Dixie Lee. They stay married until her death from ovarian cancer on November 1, 1952. 1945 – Jimmy Wakely makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 1947 – Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie appear together at Carnegie Hall. The show is recorded for album release. 1954 – The movie musical A Star Is Born, starring Judy Garland, premieres at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. 1956 – Bill Haley has five songs in the UK Top 30: “Rockin’ Through The Rye,” “Saints Rock N' Roll,” “Rock Around The Clock,” “Razzle Dazzle” and “See You Later Alligator.” 1956 – Rose Maddox makes her Grand Ole Opry debut. 1957 – Alan Freed’s Biggest Show Of Stars ’57 tour plays the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, featuring Fats Domino, The Crickets, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Lymon, LaVerne Baker, Paul Anka, Buddy Knox, Clyde McPhatter, Eddie Cochran, and Jimmy Bowen and The Rhythm Orchids. 1959 – Little Anthony and The Imperials record “Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop.” 1959 – Cliff Richard’s “Living Doll” hits the Billboard singles chart, making him the first British rock and roll artist to have a hit in the U.S. 1961 – Bob Dylan plays harmonica at the recording session for Carolyn Hester’s third album. Producer John Hammond is so impressed by Dylan that he immediately signs him to a record contract. 1962 – The Broadway musical My Fair Lady has its curtain call after six years and 2,717 performances at the Mark Hellinger Theater. 1963 – The Rolling Stones begin their first British tour, opening for Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and The Everly Brothers at London's New Victoria Theatre. 1963 – The Judy Garland Show debuts on CBS-TV. The show lasts six months. 1964 – The Beatles record “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party,” Every Little Thing” and “What You’re Doing” at Abbey Road studios. 1966 – Jimi Hendrix meets guitarist Noel Redding at an audition for The New Animals. Redding doesn’t pass the audition, but is offered a job as bass player in a new group Hendrix is putting together. He accepts. 1966 – Elvis Presley records “She’s A Machine,” “The Love Machine,” “Yoga Is As Yoga Does” and “You Gotta Stop” for the soundtrack of his film Easy Come, Easy Go. “She’s A Machine” will not be used in the movie. 1967 – The Rolling Stones formally split from longtime manager Andrew Loog Oldham. 1967 – Drummer Mickey Hart joins The Grateful Dead. 1968 – Diana Ross and The Supremes perform “Love Child” on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on the show is Jefferson Airplane, who performs “Crown Of Creation” and “Saturday Afternoon.” 1969 – The Doors perform at the Lincoln Center's seventh New York Film Festival in New York City. 1971 – Gilbert O'Sullivan makes his stage debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London, opening for Sweet, Dave Edmund’s Rockpile, and Ashton, Gardner & Dyke. 1972 – The Eagles perform at Madison Square Garden’s Felt Forum in New Your City on their first tour. 1976 – At his 41st birthday party, a drunk Jerry Lee Lewis attempts to shoot a soda bottle with his .357 Magnum and instead hits his bass player, Norman Owens, twice in the chest. Owens will make a full recovery. 1977 – David Bowie sets up a trust fund for Rolan Bolan, son of recently deceased T. Rex leader Marc Bolan. 1977 – James Brown's entire backup band walks out on him before a gig in Hallendale, Florida, complaining of being underpaid. 1979 – ABBA performs at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Wisconsin on their only U.S. tour. 1989 – Don Henley appears at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles with opening act Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians. During Henley’s set, former Eagles bandmate Glen Frey joins him on stage for the first time in eight years. 1989 – While on a motorcycle trip through Arizona, Bruce Springsteen leaps onstage at Matt’s Saloon in Prescott to jam with local bar band The Mile High Band on his song "I'm On Fire." 1990 – Nelson’s single “Love And Affection” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which lands band leaders Matthew and Gunnar Nelson in the Guinness Book of World Records by becoming the third generation of Nelsons to have a #1 song on the record charts. Grandfather Ozzie had a #1 record in 1934 with “And Then Some,” and dad Rick Nelson had two #1 hits: “Poor Little Fool” in 1958, and “Travelin’ Man” in 1961. 1991 – Metallica appears at the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois on their Wherever We May Roam Tour. 1994 – The Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 – The Eagles’ Don Henley is awarded the National Medal of Humanities from the Clinton White House. 1998 – Frank Sinatra's estate sues Ross Dress For Less clothing stores of California for selling an unauthorized collection of the legend's songs called The Sinatra Collection. 1999 – The Manic Street Preachers play the final night of their North American tour at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, back in England, the group’s management is given a bill for £28,000 ($46,000) for smashing up equipment during their show at Scotland's T In The Park Festival the previous July. 2001 – Jennifer Lopez marries her second husband, dancer Cris Judd. The marriage lasts nine months. 2001 – Farm Aid 2001: A Concert For America is held at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, The Doobie Brothers, and Martina McBride. 2001 – Country music singer Lorrie Morgan marries her fifth husband, Country artist Sammy Kershaw, who is marrying for the fourth time. They stay married six years. 2004 – Country music singer/songwriter Randy Travis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2004 – Keith Moon's five-piece drum kit, custom-made for The Who drummer in 1968, sells for £120,000 pounds ($215,772) in London to an American collector, setting a world auction record for a set of drums. 2004 – British tabloid, The Sun reports that Michael Jackson has a secret fourth child who is now 19. The story claims that Norwegian Omar Bhatti was born after a one night stand, and had stayed with Jackson at his Neverland home in California. 2012 – Local resident Lisa Marie Presley dons an apron and cooks up battered cod and other deep-fried treats for other Rotherfield, East Sussex locals on the Mr. Chippy food truck. Kim Scales, who owns the business, said: "Lisa Marie likes to see how we live and experience British life. We were laughing because the customers didn't know who she was. She really enjoyed it." 2012 – The Global Citizen Festival takes place in New York’s Central Park to call attention to worldwide poverty. The free concert features Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, K’naan, John Legend, and Band Of Horses. 2012 – Radio personality, actor and former “bassist” for The Partridge Family Danny Bonaduce is bitten in the face by a crazed female fan at a meet-and-greet at the Skagit Valley Casino in Washington. The woman is arrested, and Bonaduce is treated for infection with antibiotics. He does not press charges. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
