Birthdays:
B.B. (“Blues Boy”) King was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi in 1925.
Drummer Kenny Jones was born in London in 1948. He will go on to beat skins for the Faces and the Who.
Richard Marx was born in Chicago in 1963.
Frank Reed - lead vocalist for The Chi-Lites ("Oh Girl") was born in 1954.
History:
65 year old Bob Dylan held the #1 spot on the US album chart in 2006with "Modern Times,” making him the oldest living musician to ever top the Billboard album chart.
"Shindig" premiered on ABC-TV in 1964 with Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, the Righteous Brothers and Bobby Sherman (it runs two seasons).
The Beatles have their single "She Loves You" released on the tiny American label Swan Records in 1963. It becomes a hit only after "I Want to Hold Your Hand," issued by Capitol, goes to No. 1 in 1964.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono released "Some Time in New York City" in 1972. The album comes free with a second disc that features an atrocious live performance in which the Mothers of Invention back the couple.
In 1977, Marc Bolan of T. Rex ("Bang a Gong (Get It On)" was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree. An investigation would later blame the accident on mechanical failure. Bolan was just weeks away from his 30th birthday.
Jimi Hendrix made his final public appearance in 1970. He appeared with Eric Burdon and War at a club in London. The opening performance was Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra."
The classic “Are You Experienced?” from the Jimi Hendrix Experience entered the LP charts in 1967.
Originally recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. in the late ‘50s, Three Dog Night take the “racial harmony” song, “Black And White,” to #1 in 1972. In the UK however, the record failed to chart at all.
In 1959, the first package tour organized by Dick Clark and veteran Rock 'n' Roll promoter Irvin Feld kicks off a 52 day run with Paul Anka, Lloyd Price, The Coasters, Duane Eddy, The Drifters, Annette and LaVern Baker.
Johnny Burnette recorded the original version of "You're 16", which will rise to #8 in the US in 1960. Fourteen years later, Ringo Starr would take the same song to #1.
In 1966, member of Parliament Tom Drilberg asks Britain's House of Commons to officially "deplore" the action of a magistrate who'd earlier called the Rolling Stones "complete morons...who wear filthy clothes."
In 1979, the first Rap record makes it onto vinyl when the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was recorded over the instrumental break from Chic's "Good Times". The single becomes a Disco smash, selling two million copies in the US. Rap has gone on to open up a whole new industry for people who can't sing, write music or play an instrument.
Sheb Wooley, best remembered for his 1958 #1 hit, "The Purple People Eater", died of leukemia on September 16, 2003, at the age of 82. As an actor, he appeared in more than 60 films, including High Noon and Giant. He also appeared as Pete Nolan in the US television series Rawhide.
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