Musical
birthdays today include George Chakiris [leader of the Sharks in the film version of West Side
Story] (87), blues harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold (86), World
Saxophone Quartet founding member Hamiet Bluiett (81), Lovin' Spoonful
drummer Joe Butler (80), ex-Hollies bassist Bernie Calvert (79), Tom
Petty & the Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair (73), former Small Faces
and The Who drummer Kenney Jones (73), singer-songwriter Vince Bell
(70), jazz guitarist Earl Klugh (68), Wire frontman Colin Newman (67),
ex-Runaways bassist Victory Tischler-Blue (67), My Bloody Valentine
singer & guitarist Bilinda Butcher (60), former Elastica lead singer
Justine Frischmann (52), Katie Melua (37), and Nick Jonas (29).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for English librettist John Gay [best remembered for The Beggar's Opera], born on this day in 1685... for scat singer Jon Hendricks, born in 1921... for B.B. King, and for jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, both born in 1925... for boogie-woogie pianist Little Willie Littlefield, who would have been 90... for blues sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who would have been 76... for Jamaican session drummer Winston Grennan, who would have been 77... for Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Schulthise, who would have been 65... for Marc Bolan, who was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 29 today in 1977, and for operatic diva 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: In a Victor Records studio in Camden, NJ, Enrico Caruso makes his final recording (1920)... No No Nanette has its Broadway premiere (1925)... She Loves You is released in the US on the Swan label. Although the song is currently № 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' starring Leontyne Price... The Kinks' bassist Pete Quaife announces that he is leaving the band ~ he will be replaced by John Dalton... 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... Jimi Hendrix joins Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scott's in London for what will prove to be the guitarist's final public appearance (1970)... Bob Dylan goes into the studio in NYC to begin the sessions that will produce the Blood on the Tracks album (1974)... 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, who book the shows in halls which fans complain are remote and hard to get to (1996)... The original lineup of Mott the Hoople reunite for the first time in 24 years for a one-off performance at the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, London (1998)... For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has the № 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... The members of R.E.M., including original drummer Bill Berry, are inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta (2006).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for English librettist John Gay [best remembered for The Beggar's Opera], born on this day in 1685... for scat singer Jon Hendricks, born in 1921... for B.B. King, and for jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, both born in 1925... for boogie-woogie pianist Little Willie Littlefield, who would have been 90... for blues sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith, who would have been 76... for Jamaican session drummer Winston Grennan, who would have been 77... for Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Schulthise, who would have been 65... for Marc Bolan, who was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 29 today in 1977, and for operatic diva 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: In a Victor Records studio in Camden, NJ, Enrico Caruso makes his final recording (1920)... No No Nanette has its Broadway premiere (1925)... She Loves You is released in the US on the Swan label. Although the song is currently № 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' starring Leontyne Price... The Kinks' bassist Pete Quaife announces that he is leaving the band ~ he will be replaced by John Dalton... 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... Jimi Hendrix joins Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scott's in London for what will prove to be the guitarist's final public appearance (1970)... Bob Dylan goes into the studio in NYC to begin the sessions that will produce the Blood on the Tracks album (1974)... 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, who book the shows in halls which fans complain are remote and hard to get to (1996)... The original lineup of Mott the Hoople reunite for the first time in 24 years for a one-off performance at the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, London (1998)... For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has the № 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... The members of R.E.M., including original drummer Bill Berry, are inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta (2006).
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