Births
1735: Johann Christian Bach (Composer)
1945: Al
Stewart (Singer / Songwriter)
1946: Buddy
Miles (Drummer for Jimi Hendrix Band Of Gypsys)
1946: Freddie
Mercury (Vocals & Piano for Queen)
1946: Loudon
Wainwright III (Folk Singer)
1949: Dave
Clempson (Guitar for Humble Pie)
1963: Terry Ellis (Vocals for En Vogue &
Solo)
1968: Brad Wilk (Drums for Rage Against The
Machine & Audioslave)
1969: Dweezil Zappa (Guitarist)
1982: Sondre Lerche (Singer / Songwriter &
Guitarist)
Events
1955: Tennessee Ernie
Ford sings "Sixteen Tons" on his daytime variety show. Fan mail pours
in, and Ford records it two weeks later.
1964: The Animals started a three week run at
No.1 on the US singles chart with 'House Of The Rising Sun'. When first
released the record company printed the time of the song on the record as three
minutes feeling that the real time of four minutes was too long for radio
airplay.
1968: On their first ever visit to the UK, The
Doors appeared on Top of The Pops performing ‘Hello I Love You’ live on the TV
show.
1968: John
Lennon takes a plane to Germany to begin filming his first and only major movie
role, appearing as "Pvt. Gripweed" in director Richard Lester's
latest movie, the WWI satire How I Won the War. While filming, Lennon is
quite taken with the "granny glasses" his character uses, and begins
to wear them upon returning home, resulting in a major piece of his visual
iconography.
1976: During
Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day Telethon on NBC-TV, musical guest Frank Sinatra
announces that he's brought a friend along -- and produces Dean Martin, Lewis'
former comedy partner, who has not spoken to him since the duo's dissolution
twenty years earlier. The tearful crowd erupts in laughter when Lewis greets
Martin with, "So, you working?"
1976: Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington
was seriously injured in a car crash in Florida.
1987: After a
full three decades on ABC, Dick Clark's American Bandstand is canceled,
largely due to MTV's influence on the younger generation. The show will limp
along on the USA cable channel and in syndication for another three years, with
a different host, before finally throwing in the towel.
1987: Ian Astbury of The Cult
was arrested after a show in Vancouver ended in a riot. Staff at the concert
claimed they were assaulted by Astbury, who spent the night in the local police
cells.
1990: B.B. King received a star on
the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1992: John Mellencamp and Elain
Irwin get married.
1992: Vince Gill earns his first
#1 single in Billboard with "I Still Believe In You"
1993: Dave Navarro, guitarist, joined the Red Hot
Chili Peppers.
1998: Aerosmith scored their
first US No.1 single with the Diane Warren written song 'I Don't Want To Miss A
Thing'.
