This Date In Music History- September 6

Birthdays:

Born on this day in 1969, Marc Anthony, US singer, songwriter.

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd was born in 1944.

David Allan Coe was born in Akron, Ohio in 1939.

The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan was born in 1971.

History:

Ritchie Blackmore's new group Rainbow, made its chart debut with their self-titled LP in 1975.

'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was released in 1975. The album garners critical raves, and Springsteen appears on the covers of both 'Time' and 'Newsweek' at the end of October.

Also in 1975, the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell topped the charts and stayed there for 2 weeks.

Producer Tom Wilson died in Los Angeles in 1978. He helmed seminal records by Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited), the Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground & Nico), and Frank Zappa (Freak Out!).

Tom Fogerty, who played rhythm guitar with his brother John in Creedence Clearwater Revival, died of AIDS in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1990.

Pianist Nicky Hopkins died at age 50 in London in 1994. Following his performance on the Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request," he became an in-demand session player, making appearances on albums by the Beatles, the Kinks, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, and even Spinal Tap.

Bob Dylan debuted at the Gaslight Cafe in New York City in 1961.

"The Biggest Show of Stars for 1957" launched in Pittsburgh in 1957. The bill included Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and Frankie Lyman & the Teenagers. Due to Southern segregation laws, white performers were forbidden from playing on the same stage as African-Americans, so they missed several dates.

After a show in the Memphis Mid-Southern Coliseum in 1969, James Brown announced his retirement from live performing, effective July 4, 1970. The Godfather of Soul says he's tired. At the same time, he's fighting a paternity suit filed by a one-time president of the local James Brown fan club.

Jimi Hendrix made his last major concert appearance at the Love and Peace Festival in Puttgarden, Germany in 1970.

The late Bluesman Jimmy Reed was born in 1925.

Neil Young's "This Note's For You" was named Best Video of the Year at the sixth annual MTV Rock Video Awards in 1989. The video had been initially banned by the music video station because it mentioned corporate sponsors by name.

Elton John sings a re-worked version of "Candle In The Wind" at the September 6th funeral of England's Princess Diana. A record 31.5 million across the UK watched Elton play the special tribute to Diana. After the song is re-recorded and released as a single, it would become the largest selling record in history.

Working at Abbey Road studio’s in London in 1968, the Beatles recorded overdubs onto the new George Harrison song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. Eric Clapton added the guitar solo and became the first outside musician to play on a Beatles recording and George recorded his lead vocal.

In 1957, the first flexi-disc record was produced and used in a promotion for a Nestle chocolate bar.