Musical birthdays today include guitarist Emmett Chapman [inventor of the Chapman Stick] (77), Ben E. King (75), original Steppenwolf bassist Nick St. Nicolas (70), Helen Shapiro (67), guitarist George Lynch (59), Jennifer Rush (53), Moon Zappa (46), singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur (42), A.J. Croce (42), Pussycat Dolls vocalist Melody Thornton (29), Hilary Duff (26), and classical violinist Chloë Hanslip (26).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for variety show host Ed Sullivan, born on this date in 1901... for Fugs co-founder Naphtali 'Tuli' Kupferberg, who would have been 90 today... for Koko Taylor, who would have been 85... for Johnny Mathis, who would have been 80... for Temptations vocalist Elbridge Bryant, who would have been 74... for harmonica virtuoso Phillip 'Norton Buffalo' Jackson, who would have been 62... for jazz pianist Kenny Kirkland, who would have been 58... for Miles Davis, who left us today in 1991... and for Lucy Vodden, the childhood friend of Julian Lennon who was the subject of his drawing that inspired one of his father to write 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. She lost a long battle with lupus today in 2009 at the age of 46.
Also on September 28: The Beatles start a 9-week run at no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Hey Jude' (1968)... Bad Company's eponymous debut is the no.1 album in the US (1974)... A&M Records sue George Harrison for $6 million for being two months late in delivering a new album (1976)... Tina Turner's hometown, made famous in her song 'Nutbush City Limits', names a section of Tennessee State Highway 19 the Tina Turner Highway. Turner was born in Nutbush, a small town some 50 miles northeast of Memphis, and lived there until she was 17 (2002)... The first John Lennon Northern Lights Festival is held in Durness, Scotland, one of the most northwesterly and remote villages in mainland Britain. Lennon spent his childhood holidays between the ages of 9 in 13 in the village, and also returned there in 1969 with Yoko and Julian (2007).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for variety show host Ed Sullivan, born on this date in 1901... for Fugs co-founder Naphtali 'Tuli' Kupferberg, who would have been 90 today... for Koko Taylor, who would have been 85... for Johnny Mathis, who would have been 80... for Temptations vocalist Elbridge Bryant, who would have been 74... for harmonica virtuoso Phillip 'Norton Buffalo' Jackson, who would have been 62... for jazz pianist Kenny Kirkland, who would have been 58... for Miles Davis, who left us today in 1991... and for Lucy Vodden, the childhood friend of Julian Lennon who was the subject of his drawing that inspired one of his father to write 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'. She lost a long battle with lupus today in 2009 at the age of 46.
Also on September 28: The Beatles start a 9-week run at no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Hey Jude' (1968)... Bad Company's eponymous debut is the no.1 album in the US (1974)... A&M Records sue George Harrison for $6 million for being two months late in delivering a new album (1976)... Tina Turner's hometown, made famous in her song 'Nutbush City Limits', names a section of Tennessee State Highway 19 the Tina Turner Highway. Turner was born in Nutbush, a small town some 50 miles northeast of Memphis, and lived there until she was 17 (2002)... The first John Lennon Northern Lights Festival is held in Durness, Scotland, one of the most northwesterly and remote villages in mainland Britain. Lennon spent his childhood holidays between the ages of 9 in 13 in the village, and also returned there in 1969 with Yoko and Julian (2007).
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