Musical birthdays today include traditional pop singer Joni James (83), jazz singer Marlena Shaw (71), Lighthouse co-founder Paul Hoffert (70), King Sunny Adé (67), David Coverdale (62), Right Said Fred frontmen Fred & Richard Fairbrass (60), Debby Boone (57), Nick Cave (56), Joan Jett (55), ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp (44), Rilo Kiley lead guitarist Blake Sennett (37), violinist Emilie Autumn (34), and Cribs drummer Ross Jarman (29).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for American composer and bandleader Arthur Pryor, born on this date in 1870... for songwriter Harry Warren ['That's Amore', 'Chatanooga Choo Choo'], who died on this day in 1981... for Irving Berlin, who died in 1989 at the age of 101... and for violin virtuoso Isaac Stern, who left us today in 2001.
Also on September 22: Elvis Presley gives a final press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn, NY before shipping out to Germany with the US 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall (1958)... Herman's Hermits have their first and only UK no.1 with 'I'm into Something Good' (1964)... San Francisco band The Great Society, with then husband and wife Jerry and Grace Slick on drums and lead vocals, respectively, make their live debut at The Coffee Gallery in North Beach (1965)... The Doors perform 'Light My Fire' and 'People Are Strange' on The Murray the K Show on WPIX-TV in New York (1967)... The Band release their eponymous second album, which will yield the hit singles 'Up on on Cripple Creek', 'Rag Mama Rag' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' (1969)... David Bowie kicks off the North American leg of the Ziggy Stardust world tour at The Music Hall in Cleveland, OH (1972)... The Rolling Stones have the no. 1 album in Britain today with Goats Head Soup (1973)... Def Leppard receive their first major press notice when Melody Maker reviews a gig the band had recently played in Wolverhampton (1979)... Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell and Tom Petty headline the first Farm Aid concert at the stadium of the University of Illinois-Champaign (1985)... Nirvana play their largest gig to date, at Seattle's Motor Sports International Garage. Dave Grohl, who will audition for the band two days from now, is in the audience of 15,000 (1990)... Bryan Adams makes British chart history when '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' comes in at no.1 for the 12th consecutive week (1991)... Diana Ross is arrested on the Concorde after an incident at Heathrow Airport. The singer claimed that a female security guard had fondled her breasts when frisking her; Ross retaliated by grabbing the guard's genital area (1999)... 'A Tribute to Heroes' is aired commercial-free on most of the major US TV networks. The live program was organized to raise money for 9/11 charities. Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, Billy Joel, Pearl Jam and Limp Bizkit all perform (2001)... Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is escorted off a diverted transatlantic flight and refused entry into the US by FBI agents. His name showed up on a State Department watch list after the plane had taken off from London. The flight lands in Portland, ME, where Islam, travelling with his 21-year-old-daughter, is detained and questioned (2004)... Jimmy Page is made an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro for his work raising money to help the city's street children (2005)... Research conducted by UK car maker SEAT shows that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is the song most likely to be found on British iPods, with 40% of owners of the device having the Queen hit on their playlists (2011).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for American composer and bandleader Arthur Pryor, born on this date in 1870... for songwriter Harry Warren ['That's Amore', 'Chatanooga Choo Choo'], who died on this day in 1981... for Irving Berlin, who died in 1989 at the age of 101... and for violin virtuoso Isaac Stern, who left us today in 2001.
Also on September 22: Elvis Presley gives a final press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal in Brooklyn, NY before shipping out to Germany with the US 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall (1958)... Herman's Hermits have their first and only UK no.1 with 'I'm into Something Good' (1964)... San Francisco band The Great Society, with then husband and wife Jerry and Grace Slick on drums and lead vocals, respectively, make their live debut at The Coffee Gallery in North Beach (1965)... The Doors perform 'Light My Fire' and 'People Are Strange' on The Murray the K Show on WPIX-TV in New York (1967)... The Band release their eponymous second album, which will yield the hit singles 'Up on on Cripple Creek', 'Rag Mama Rag' and 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' (1969)... David Bowie kicks off the North American leg of the Ziggy Stardust world tour at The Music Hall in Cleveland, OH (1972)... The Rolling Stones have the no. 1 album in Britain today with Goats Head Soup (1973)... Def Leppard receive their first major press notice when Melody Maker reviews a gig the band had recently played in Wolverhampton (1979)... Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell and Tom Petty headline the first Farm Aid concert at the stadium of the University of Illinois-Champaign (1985)... Nirvana play their largest gig to date, at Seattle's Motor Sports International Garage. Dave Grohl, who will audition for the band two days from now, is in the audience of 15,000 (1990)... Bryan Adams makes British chart history when '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' comes in at no.1 for the 12th consecutive week (1991)... Diana Ross is arrested on the Concorde after an incident at Heathrow Airport. The singer claimed that a female security guard had fondled her breasts when frisking her; Ross retaliated by grabbing the guard's genital area (1999)... 'A Tribute to Heroes' is aired commercial-free on most of the major US TV networks. The live program was organized to raise money for 9/11 charities. Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, Billy Joel, Pearl Jam and Limp Bizkit all perform (2001)... Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is escorted off a diverted transatlantic flight and refused entry into the US by FBI agents. His name showed up on a State Department watch list after the plane had taken off from London. The flight lands in Portland, ME, where Islam, travelling with his 21-year-old-daughter, is detained and questioned (2004)... Jimmy Page is made an honorary citizen of Rio de Janeiro for his work raising money to help the city's street children (2005)... Research conducted by UK car maker SEAT shows that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is the song most likely to be found on British iPods, with 40% of owners of the device having the Queen hit on their playlists (2011).
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