Musical birthdays today include scat singer Jon Hendricks (92), B.B. King (88), George Chakiris [leader of the Sharks in the film version of West Side Story] (79), blues harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold (78), World Saxophone Quartet founding member Hamiet Bluiett (73), Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler (72), ex-Hollies bassist Bernie Calvert (71), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair (65), former Small Faces and The Who drummer Kenney Jones (65), singer-songwriter Vince Bell (62), jazz guitarist Earl Klugh (60), Wire frontman Colin Newman (59), ex-Runaways bassist Victory Tischler-Blue (59), My Bloody Valentine singer & guitarist Bilinda Butcher (52), former Elastica lead singer Justine Frischmann (44), Katie Melua (29), and Nick Jonas (21).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, who would have been 88 today... for boogie-woogie pianist Little Willie Littlefield, who would have been 82... for blues sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who would have been 79... for Jamaican session drummer Winston Grennan, who would have been 69... for Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Schulthise, who would have been 57... for Marc Bolan, who was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 29 today in 1977, and for opera singer Maria Callas who died on the same day... for Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who passed away in 2008... and for Mary Travers, who left us today in 2009.
Also on September 16: She Loves You is released in the US on the Swan label. Although the song is currently no.1 in the UK, it will be dormant on the US charts until the Beatles visit America for the first time in February of the following year (1963)... The new Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center opens with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1966)... MP Tom Drilberg asks the House of Commons to officially deplore the actions of a London magistrate who the day before called the Rolling Stones "...complete morons who wear filthy clothes" (1966)... The Beatles continue to work on 'Your Mother Should Know' at Abbey Road Studios (1967)... Led Zeppelin are voted group of the year in a Melody Maker readers' poll. For the first time in 8 years, the honour goes to a band other than the Beatles (1970)... Jimi Hendrix joins Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scott's in London for what would prove to be the guitarist's final public appearance (1970)... The Sugar Hill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight', often considered the song that first popularized hip-hop in the US and subsequently around the world, is released (1979)... U2 jam with B.B. King on a yacht in Sydney Harbour rented for the blues legend's 64th birthday (1989)... Pearl Jam kick off their 'No Code' tour at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA. Because of the band's refusal to play in Ticketmaster's venue areas, they are forced to use alternate ticketing companies, wh0 book the shows in halls which fans complain are remote and hard to get to (1996)... For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has the no. 1 album in the US, with 'Modern Times'. The last time the singer achieved the feat was in 1976, with 'Desire'. Dylan also sets a record as the oldest performer to date to top the Billboard album chart, at the age of 65 (2006).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, who would have been 88 today... for boogie-woogie pianist Little Willie Littlefield, who would have been 82... for blues sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who would have been 79... for Jamaican session drummer Winston Grennan, who would have been 69... for Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Schulthise, who would have been 57... for Marc Bolan, who was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 29 today in 1977, and for opera singer Maria Callas who died on the same day... for Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who passed away in 2008... and for Mary Travers, who left us today in 2009.
Also on September 16: She Loves You is released in the US on the Swan label. Although the song is currently no.1 in the UK, it will be dormant on the US charts until the Beatles visit America for the first time in February of the following year (1963)... The new Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center opens with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1966)... MP Tom Drilberg asks the House of Commons to officially deplore the actions of a London magistrate who the day before called the Rolling Stones "...complete morons who wear filthy clothes" (1966)... The Beatles continue to work on 'Your Mother Should Know' at Abbey Road Studios (1967)... Led Zeppelin are voted group of the year in a Melody Maker readers' poll. For the first time in 8 years, the honour goes to a band other than the Beatles (1970)... Jimi Hendrix joins Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scott's in London for what would prove to be the guitarist's final public appearance (1970)... The Sugar Hill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight', often considered the song that first popularized hip-hop in the US and subsequently around the world, is released (1979)... U2 jam with B.B. King on a yacht in Sydney Harbour rented for the blues legend's 64th birthday (1989)... Pearl Jam kick off their 'No Code' tour at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA. Because of the band's refusal to play in Ticketmaster's venue areas, they are forced to use alternate ticketing companies, wh0 book the shows in halls which fans complain are remote and hard to get to (1996)... For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has the no. 1 album in the US, with 'Modern Times'. The last time the singer achieved the feat was in 1976, with 'Desire'. Dylan also sets a record as the oldest performer to date to top the Billboard album chart, at the age of 65 (2006).
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