Musical birthdays today include composer Joan Tower (75), country singer David Allan Coe (74), former Blood, Sweat & Tears horn player Dave Bergeron (71), Roger Waters (70), multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick O'Hearn (59), country singer Mark Chesnutt (50), House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers (50), Alice in Chains lead singer William DuVall (46), ex-Scissor Sisters drummer Paddy Boom (45), Dolores O'Riordan (42), Nina Persson (39) and Kerry Katona (33).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for bluesman Jimmy Reed, who would have been 88 today... for Kool & the Gang co-founder Claydes Charles Smith, who would have been 65... for producer Tom Wilson, who died on this day in 1978... for Grand Ole Opry stalwart Ernest Tubb, who died in 1984... for Creedence Clearwater Revival rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who passed away in 1990... and for session pianist Nicky Hopkins, who left us in 1994.
Also on September 6: Mozart's opera La Clemenza di Tito premieres in Prague (1791)... As the Beatles continue to work on the White Album, Eric Clapton adds the guitar solo to 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and George lays down his lead vocal (1968)... Jimi Hendrix makes his final live appearance, at a festival on the German Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn (1970)... The Jam are at no. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'Start!' (1980)... No. 1 in the US today is Bananarama's 'Venus' (1986)... Elton John performs a new version of 'Candle in the Wind' at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey. The broadcast of the event is seen by some 2.5 billion people worldwide, and the rewrite of the singer's 1973 tribute to Marilyn Monroe will go on to become the biggest-selling single of all time (1997)... Earth, Wind & Fire announce that Viagra will be sponsoring their upcoming 30th anniversary US tour (2001)... Morrisey causes controversy after claiming that the Chinese are a 'sub-species' because of the way they treat animals. In an interview with the Guardian, the former Smiths frontman says "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a sub-species" (2010).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for bluesman Jimmy Reed, who would have been 88 today... for Kool & the Gang co-founder Claydes Charles Smith, who would have been 65... for producer Tom Wilson, who died on this day in 1978... for Grand Ole Opry stalwart Ernest Tubb, who died in 1984... for Creedence Clearwater Revival rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who passed away in 1990... and for session pianist Nicky Hopkins, who left us in 1994.
Also on September 6: Mozart's opera La Clemenza di Tito premieres in Prague (1791)... As the Beatles continue to work on the White Album, Eric Clapton adds the guitar solo to 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and George lays down his lead vocal (1968)... Jimi Hendrix makes his final live appearance, at a festival on the German Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn (1970)... The Jam are at no. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'Start!' (1980)... No. 1 in the US today is Bananarama's 'Venus' (1986)... Elton John performs a new version of 'Candle in the Wind' at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in Westminster Abbey. The broadcast of the event is seen by some 2.5 billion people worldwide, and the rewrite of the singer's 1973 tribute to Marilyn Monroe will go on to become the biggest-selling single of all time (1997)... Earth, Wind & Fire announce that Viagra will be sponsoring their upcoming 30th anniversary US tour (2001)... Morrisey causes controversy after claiming that the Chinese are a 'sub-species' because of the way they treat animals. In an interview with the Guardian, the former Smiths frontman says "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a sub-species" (2010).
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