Musical birthdays today include Bill Medley (73), Sylvia Tyson (73), Freda Payne (71), David Bromberg (68), ex-10cc lead singer Lol Creme (66), Daniel Lanois (62), free jazz guitarist Henry Kaiser (61), Nile Rogers (61), Rex Smith (58), former Runaways lead guitarist Lita Ford (55), Jarvis Cocker (50), Trisha Yearwood (49), heavy metal guitarist & drummer Jimmy Bower (45), Amil (35), Tegan and Sara Quinn (33), and Eamon (30).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Brian Epstein, who would have been 79 today... for former Chieftains fiddler Martin Fay, who would have been 77... for Cass Elliot, who would have been 72... for country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who died today in 1973 at the age of 26... and for session drummer Earl Palmer [played on the original studio recordings of 'Tutti Frutti', 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' and 'River Deep, Mountain High' among many others], who left us today in 2008.
Also on September 19: 16-year-old English singer Cliff Richard joins his first band, The Dick Teague Skiffle Group (1957)... Chubby Checker hits no.1 on the Billboard chart with 'The Twist' (1960)... Creedence Clearwater Revival score their only British no.1 singled with 'Bad Moon Rising' (1969)... The first Glastonbury Festival opens with T Rex and Jethro Tull among the headliners (1970)... The no. 1 album in the US today is the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You ~ it will stay atop the charts for the next two months (1981)... Tipper Gore and other US political wives form the PMRC [Parents Music Resource Center] as Frank Zappa, Dee Snider and other musicians testify at Congressional hearings on obscenity in popular music (1985)... Pearl Jam release their second album, Vs. It sets a record for most copies sold in its first week in shops that will stand for 5 years, despite the group's refusal to produce any videos for the album's singles (1993)... James Brown is sued by his own daughters for nearly one million dollars of song royalties they say they are owed. The suit brought by Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr. Yamma Brown Lummar, a Houston physician, alleges that Brown is withholding the money because of family grudges (2002).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Brian Epstein, who would have been 79 today... for former Chieftains fiddler Martin Fay, who would have been 77... for Cass Elliot, who would have been 72... for country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who died today in 1973 at the age of 26... and for session drummer Earl Palmer [played on the original studio recordings of 'Tutti Frutti', 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' and 'River Deep, Mountain High' among many others], who left us today in 2008.
Also on September 19: 16-year-old English singer Cliff Richard joins his first band, The Dick Teague Skiffle Group (1957)... Chubby Checker hits no.1 on the Billboard chart with 'The Twist' (1960)... Creedence Clearwater Revival score their only British no.1 singled with 'Bad Moon Rising' (1969)... The first Glastonbury Festival opens with T Rex and Jethro Tull among the headliners (1970)... The no. 1 album in the US today is the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You ~ it will stay atop the charts for the next two months (1981)... Tipper Gore and other US political wives form the PMRC [Parents Music Resource Center] as Frank Zappa, Dee Snider and other musicians testify at Congressional hearings on obscenity in popular music (1985)... Pearl Jam release their second album, Vs. It sets a record for most copies sold in its first week in shops that will stand for 5 years, despite the group's refusal to produce any videos for the album's singles (1993)... James Brown is sued by his own daughters for nearly one million dollars of song royalties they say they are owed. The suit brought by Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr. Yamma Brown Lummar, a Houston physician, alleges that Brown is withholding the money because of family grudges (2002).
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