Thursday, September 1, 2011

September 1


Births
1925: Art Pepper (Alto Saxophonist)
1931: Boxcar Willie (Country Singer)
1933: Conway Twitty (Country Singer)
1944: Archie Bell (Singer for Archie Bell and the Drells)
1946: Barry Gibb (Singer & Guitar for The Bee Gees)
1946: Greg Errico (Drums for Sly and the Family Stone)
1955: Bruce Foxton (Bass & Vocals for The Jam & Stiff Little Fingers)
1957: Gloria Estefan (Singer)
1973: J.D. Fortune (Singer for INXS)
1984: Joseph Mark Trohman (Guitarist for Fall Out Boy)

Events
1887: Emile Berliner files the first patent for the gramophone, beating Thomas Edison to the punch.

1952: Ray Charles signs to Atlantic after leaving Swingtime Records; the label will take him in a harder R&B direction than the crooner-style pop and West Coast Blues he had been recording.

1953: Buddy and Bob, a country duo from Lubbock, TX, audition at local radio station KDAV, earning themselves a weekly Sunday afternoon show and officially kicking off the career of rock legend Buddy Holly.

1955: Legendary DJ Alan Freed holds his "First Anniversary Rock 'n Roll Party" at Brooklyn's Paramount Theater, featuring Chuck Berry, and for some reason, Tony Bennett.

1956: Elvis Presley shared his success with his family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac.

1956: Jerry Lee Lewis, then all of nineteen years old, travels to Memphis to audition for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. However, Phillips is vacationing in Florida, so Jerry Lee records a few songs for him to hear when he returns.

1957: A young Jimi Hendrix catches Elvis Presley's performance at Seattle's Sicks Stadium.

1965: James Brown introduces America to "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," his latest single, on tonight's episode of ABC-TV's Shindig!

1967: A young guitarist named Boz Scaggs joins the blues band led by his childhood friend, Steve Miller.

1971: After their successful summer-replacement series, Sonny and Cher begin their fall TV variety series on CBS-TV.

1977: Blondie, featuring former Playboy Bunny Debra Harry, signed their first major record company contract with Chrysalis Records.

1979: U2 released their very first record, an EP titled 'U2-3.'

1979: INXS made their live debut in Sydney, Australia.

1983: Mick Jones, lead guitarist with The Clash was fired by the other three members who claimed he'd 'drifted apart' from the original idea of the group.

1984: After a 25-year career, Tina Turner had her first solo No.1 single in the US with 'What's Love Got To Do With It'.

1986: Madness announced they were splitting up. They re-formed in 1992 and again in 1999.

1989: A judge in Dublin, Ireland, decided not to convict U2's Adam Clayton of marijuana possession, even though he had admitted to the crime. Clayton agreed to contribute money to a women's center in Dublin.

1995: Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum was opened with a seven-hour concert with dozens of stars.

1998: Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) was charged with assault and battery for allegedly hitting a security guard in the head with a microphone during a concert in August.

2000: The last remaining original member of the Platters, Herb Reed, is awarded a court injunction against a group using the same name but containing no actual original members.

2005: Barry Cowsill, bass guitarist for The Cowsills, died from injuries caused by Hurricane Katrina. His body was not recovered until December 28th, 2005, from the Chartres Street Wharf, New Orleans. He was 51.

2006: While still fighting his first murder trial for the death of actress Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector marries his fourth wife, Rachelle.

2006: Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers is sentenced to 37 months in jail for federal income tax evasion. He is scheduled for release in April 2010.

2006: Taylor Swift performs "Tim McGraw" in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.

2009: Jake Brockman, former keyboard player with Echo and the Bunnymen was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a converted ambulance on the Isle of Man. In 1989 the band's first drummer Pete De Freitas died in a similar crash.