This Date In Music History-September 5

Birthdays:

Joe "Speedo" Frazier - Impalas (1943)

Al Stewart ("Year of the Cat")(1945)

Loudon Wainwright III ("Dead Skunk") (1946)

Dave "Clem" Clemson - Humble Pie (1949)

Jamie Oldaker - Tractors (1951)

Dweezil Zappa (1969)

Terry Ellis - En Vogue (1966)

Brad Wilk - Rage Against The Machine (1968)


They Are Missed:

Texas blues guitarist Zuzu Bollin was born in 1922. Died October 2, 1990.

Folk/bluesman Josh White died in 1965 (age 61).

Joe Negroni died in 1978 (age 37). He was the third member of the 1950s R&B group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers to die prematurely.

John Cage, one of the most influential and controversial American experimental composers of the 20th century, was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1912. Died August 12, 1992.

Born on this day in 1936, Willie Woods, Junior Walker and the All Stars. Woods died of lung cancer on May 27, 1997.

Born today in 1939, John Stewart, singer/songwriter with The Kingston Trio. He also wrote The Monkees hit "Daydream Believer." Stewart died on Jan 19, 2008 (age 68).

Born on this dayin 1946, Buddy Miles drummer with The Ink Spots, Wilson Pickett, Electric Flag and Jimi Hendrix. Featured on the 1970 album Band Of Gypsies. Miles died on Feb 28, 2008 after struggling with a long-term illness (age 60).

Born today in 1946, Freddie Mercury singer, Queen. Mercury died of bronchio-pneumonia on November 24, 1991 aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive.




History:

"And I Love Her" by the Beatles peaked at #12 on the pop singles chart in 1964.

Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" was released in 1964.



The Animals started a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart in 1964 with "House Of The Rising Sun." When first released the record company printed the time of the song on the record as three minutes feeling that the real time of four minutes was too long for radio airplay. They are also the first British group to top the US charts with a song not written by Lennon and McCartney.

The Rolling Stones recorded their eighth single "Get Off Of My Cloud" at RCA studios in Hollywood in 1965. The song peaked at #1 in the US and the UK.

In 1966, John Lennon started work in Germany on his role as Private Gripweed in the film "How I Won The War." He began to wear the granny glasses of his character, Pvt. Gripweed.

Working at Abbey Road studios, London, in 1967, the Beatles began recording John Lennon’s new song "I Am the Walrus," recording 16 takes of the basic backing track.

On their first ever visit to the UK in 1968, the Doors appeared on Top of The Pops performing "Hello I Love You" live on the TV show.

The Stooges made their New York debut in 1969 at The Pavilion.

In 1968, Tiny Tim (real name Herbert Khaury) sued Bouguet Records for $1 million in damages when the record label releases early recordings of him without his permission.

In 1972, the London Art Spectrum, held at the Alexandria Palace, was the showcade for five of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's avant-guarde films: "Cold Turkey," "The Ballad of John and Yoko," "Give Peace a Chance," "Instant Karma" and "Up Your Leg."

Dean Martin "reunited" with Jerry Lewis on Jerry's muscular dystrophy telethon in 1976, ending a 20-year separation.

"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks peaked at #3 on the singles chart in 1981; The Greg Kihn Band's "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" peaked at #15 and Foreigner's "Urgent" peaked at #4.

In 1986, Mary Wells says she, her husband and baby were kidnapped in Michigan and held captive for two days by fans eager for her to record a song they wrote. They were released in Mojave, CA. Police say the kidnapping was never reported.

Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" won the MTV award for Best Video in 1986.

In 1987, "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark, was canceled after 30 years on television.

Ian Astbury of The Cult was arrested after a show in Vancouver in 1987 ended in a riot. Staff at the concert claimed they were assaulted by Astbury, who spent the night in the local police cells.

Metallica released "And Justice For All" in 1988.

R.E.M. wins 5 MTV Video Music awards in 1991, including video of the year for "Losing My Religion."



Guitarist Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1993.

Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) released his first album in 18 years in 1995. Holding to his religious beliefs, the recording is 80 percent talk and includes a Muslim hymn. The musician says most of his 1970s love songs are "impure." No word on what he did with all the money the songs made him....

Capitol Records released "The Beatles Anthology" video tape set in 1996 which consists of 10 hours of material.

Aerosmith scored their first US #1 single in 1998 with the Diane Warren written song "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."

After spending 58 weeks on the UK album chart, Shania Twain went to #1 in 1999 with "Come On Over." It gave the Canadian singer the biggest selling UK album of the year. The album became an unprecedented blockbuster success, breaking many sales records around the world and becoming the biggest-selling album of all time by a female artist (surpassing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill), the biggest-selling country music album ever, the biggest-selling album of the 1990s and one of the biggest selling albums in music history.

"Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite Elvis Songs" was released exclusively in Japan in 2001. The collection of Elvis Presley songs were picked by Japan's prime minister.

Bob Dylan's "Modern Times" moves more than 192,000 copies in its first week to land at #1 on the Billboard 200 in 2006. This is the fourth time a Dylan album has topped the chart. But it’s been 30 years since his last #1, ‘76 release "Desire." "Modern Times," Dylan’s first album in five years, is also #1 in seven other countries.

In 2006, Iron Maiden unleashed “A Matter Of Life And Death.” Recorded in London, the album is produced by Kevin"Caveman" Shirley.

In 2008, a study of more than 36,000 people from around the world concluded that musical tastes and personality type were closely related. The research, which was carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh in the UK suggested classical music fans were shy, while heavy metal fans were gentle and at ease with themselves. Fans of Indie music had low self-esteem and were not hard working, fans of Rap music had high self-esteem and were outgoing. Country & Western fans were hardworking and outgoing, Reggae fans were creative but not hardworking, and fans of chart pop had high self-esteem, were not creative, but where hardworking and outgoing. Yeah, heavy metal fans are gentle....