September 5

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'.