1931The first long-playing record, a 33 1/3 rpm recording, was demonstrated in New York by RCA-Victor. The venture failed hoWever because of the high price of the record players and wasn't revived until 1948.1953The Spaniels record "Goodnight SWeetheart, Goodnight".1955Actor James Dean made a public information film for TV, urging teenagers to drive safely. At the end of the month he would be killed in a high speed car crash.The Platters' "Only You" enters the pop charts at #24 on its way to becoming a million selling, US number one. The song also becomes the first record to sell more than a million copies in France. Pat Boone has his first US top ten hit with a cover version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame". 1956Billboard Magazine prints an article which says, "with new experiences to their credit, such as calling riot squads and with scars such as damaged seats, some arena and stadium officials have turned their thumbs down to rock and roll."Pittsburgh city officials barred Elvis Presley from Syria Mosque, except for one previously scheduled show, because of the damage done to the auditorium by teenage audiences. 1957Buddy Holly and The Crickets scored their only number one hit with their first Billboard chart maker, "That'll Be the Day". Holly would later reach the Top Ten with "Peggy Sue" and "Oh, Boy!" and crack the Top 20 with "Maybe Baby" and "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".A record hop style show called The Big Record premieres on CBS-TV. Hostess Patti Page Welcomed her guests, Sal Mineo, Billy Ward and the Dominos and Tony Bennett. Scotty Moore and Bill Black quit as Elvis Presley's backup band in a salary dispute with Col. Tom Parker. Black Went on to form Bill Black's Combo and placed eight songs in the US Top 30 before his death in 1965. 1958Elvis Presley leaves a Brooklyn naval base on the troop ship USS Randall, to sail to Germany to begin a tour of duty with the US Army.1959"Sleep Walk" by Santo and Johnny becomes Billboard's number one record. In the UK, more than 20 cover versions flooded the air waves and held the Farina brothers' version to number 22.1960Chubby Checker's version of "The Twist" reached the top of the Billboard Pop chart. The same record would make a return to number one in January, 1962, becoming the first single in history to accomplish that feat.On his tWenty-first birthday, Frankie Avalon is given $600,000 that he earned as a minor. 1961Bobby Vee scores his third US top ten hit and his only number one with "Take Good Care Of My Baby". The song reached #3 on the UK chart.Hayley Mills' "Let's Get Together" entered the Billboard charts, where it eventually reached #8. 1962A song called "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" by The Springfields became the first British record to crack the US Top 20. The vocal group was made up of Tim Field, Tom Springfield and his sister Dusty, who would go on to have her own solo hits like "I Only Want To Be With You."1963Bobby Vinton's second top ten hit, "Blue Velvet" climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It was a song that Bobby recorded in two takes as a filler for an album of all "blue" songs. Session musicians on the track included Floyd Cramer ("Last Date") and Boots Randolph ("Yakety Sax").1964On September 17th, The Beatles Were paid a then record $150,000 for a concert in Kansas.Herman's Hermits Were at the top of the British singles chart with "I'm Into Something Good", the group's only UK #1. 1965San Francisco rock group, the Great Society with Grace Slick on lead vocals, makes its stage debut at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach, California. The band would eventually evolve into Jefferson Airplane.1966The Supremes record "I Hear A Symphony", which will go on to become their sixth US number one.The Lovin' Spoonful are awarded a gold record for their fifth US top ten single and first number one hit, "Summer in the City". Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform for Princess Grace (Kelly) at her Monaco palace. 1967The Doors perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. Even though he agreed to change some of the words to "Light My Fire", Jim Morrison sings "Girl, We couldn't get much higher" anyway. A furious Sullivan voWed that the band would never appear on his show again.16 year old Alex Chilton led The Box Tops to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 with "The Letter". The record would go on to sell over four million copies and receive two Grammy nominations for "Best Contemporary Group Performance" and "Best Performance By A Vocal Group", although they lost both to The Fifth Dimension. As for the song," The Letter", it's come back twice since the Box Tops' version. It was a top tWenty hit for a group called "The Arbours" in 1969, and a top ten song for Joe Cocker in 1970. The Doors' "People Are Strange" is released in the US, where it will reach number 12. The Strawberry Alarm Clock perform "Incense and Peppermints" on American Bandstand, pushing it further up the US charts on its way to number one. The Beatles appear on the cover of Time Magazine. The song "To Sir with Love" by Lulu, from the film of the same name, entered the Billboard Hot 100, where it eventually reached #1. The record wasn't promoted in Britain and didn't make the UK chart. 1968Diana Ross records "Love Child" without the other two Supremes, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.The Fifth Dimension are awarded their second gold record for their rendition of Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic". Janis Joplin announced that she would be leaving Big Brother and The Holding Company at the end of the year. The band's musicianship had long been suspect by rock critics. Joplin would later be backed by the Kozmic Blues Band. It was rare that a Country tune could top the Billboard Pop chart, but Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." did just that. The record sold over 1,750,000 copies in the first two Weeks after its release. Although she never cracked the top 50 on the Pop chart again, Riley Went on to have several big Country hits. Steppenwolf earn a gold record for their US #2 hit, "Born to be Wild". Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the WatchtoWer" is released. It will become his only US Top 40 hit single, topping out at number 20. 1969Radio and print media on both sides of the Atlantic are full of stories that say Paul McCartney is dead. He was supposedly killed in a car accident in Scotland on November 9th, 1966 and that a double has been taking his place for public appearances. In fact, Paul and his girlfriend Jane Asher Were on vacation in Kenya at the time. When a reporter contacted Paul at his Scottish farm, McCartney's reaction was, "Do I look dead? I'm fit as a fiddle."Tiny Tim announces his engagement. 40 million vieWers would watch him tie the knot with 17-year-old Miss Vicki (Victoria May Budinger) on the Tonight Show on December 17, 1969. Although the record label gave credit to a fictional band called The Archies, it was singer Ron Dante who lead a group of studio musicians to the top of the US pop chart with "Sugar Sugar". Associated TV spends a million pounds to gain control of the Beatles' music publishing company, Northern Songs. Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK #1 single with "Bad Moon Rising". Blind Faith's self-titled album hits #1 on both the US and UK charts. 1970After scoring 12 US number one hits with The Supremes, Diana Ross has her first solo chart topper with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".27 year old Jimi Hendrix died on September 18th. He was in an ambulance after taking too many sleeping pills when he choked to death on his own vomit and was pronounced D.O.A. at the hospital. His death was ruled an accident, but in 1993, an investigation was re-opened by Scotland Yard. When no new evidence was unearthed, the matter was dropped. Jim Morrison of The Doors is acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but is found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Jim to six months of hard labor and a $500 fine for public exposure and sixty days of hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris France on July 3, 1971. 1971Bobby Sherman's TV sitcom Getting' Together premieres on ABC. It would be cancelled after just 14 episodes.Paul McCartney is awarded a pair of gold records for "Another Day" and "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey". The Jackson 5's Goin' Back To Indiana TV special aired on ABC. 1972Paul and Linda McCartney Were arrested for the second time in four Weeks for possession of cannabis, this time for growing it at their Scottish farmhouse in Campbeltown.After a string of TV and Las Vegas stage shows had made him famous, Mac Davis enjoys his first US chart topper with "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me". 197330 year old Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 20th, after playing a concert at North-Western State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. His small charter plane, a Beechcraft D-18, hit a tree just after take-off in bad Weather. He and Maury Muehleisen, his lead guitarist, both died in the crash, along with the members of the plane's crew. Only a Week before, Croce finished recording his third album, "I Got a Name".26 year old Gram Parsons, formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions on September 19th, in Joshua Tree, California. His death is attributed to heart failure but later is officially announced as because of a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and is taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it's set afire, they say in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two Were later arrested by police. 1974Walter Brennan, a Well known actor who reached number five on the Hot 100 in 1962 with "Old Rivers", died on September 21st, at the age of 80.On September 23rd, the drummer for The Average White Band, 24 year old Robbie McIntosh is found dead in his North Hollywood hotel room. He died of a heroin overdose after he inhaled a white powder thought to be cocaine but was actually pure heroin. "The Sonny (Bono) Comedy Revue" debuts on ABC-TV. It would be cancelled four months later. Canada's Bachman-Turner Overdrive release "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", which will become their third US Top 30 entry and their only number one. The hit version of the song featured Randy Bachman stuttering the lead vocal, which was meant to make fun of his brother Greg Bachman, who stuttered when he was younger. John Lennon appears as a guest D.J. on New York radio station WNEW-FM. At 300 pounds, he didn't look like a rock star, but Barry White scored his first number one and second of five top ten singles with "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe". 1975David Bowie had the top tune on Billboard's singles chart with "Fame", a song co-written by John Lennon, who can be heard singing near the end of the record.The Bay City Rollers appeared on the Saturday Night Variety Show and performed their just released record, "Saturday Night". The song would reach number one by the first Week of January. 1976"Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry topped the Billboard pop chart. It was the first of five chart singles for the band who took their name from a box of cough drops.Boston's "More Than A Feeling" is released in the US, where it will reach number 5. The Bee Gees' 20th album, "Children of the World," goes gold. It contains two of their latest hits "You Should Be Dancing" and "Love So Right". The Captain and Tennille musical variety show premiered on ABC TV. 1977"20 Golden Greats" by Diana Ross and The Supremes started a seven Week run at #1 on the UK album chart.1978Linda Ronstadt's latest release, "Living in the U.S.A." is issued with advance orders of two million units, making it a double platinum LP before it even hit the stores.The Who's "Who Are You" LP goes gold. The single of the same name is now used as the theme for the popular US TV show C.S.I. 1979New York's Madison Square Garden played host to The No Nukes concert that featured Poco, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Petty, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.The New York Post runs a front-page headline reading "The Beatles Are Back!" and reports that the Fab Four will play a benefit concert for the Kampuchean boat people. Paul McCartney was reported as saying that "if the Beatles ever did reform, We'd have to rehearse for six months." The reunion of course, never takes place. Greg Arama, bassist for The Amboy Dukes on their 1968 hit, "Journey To The Center Of The Mind", was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 18th. He was 29 years old. 1980John Lennon signs with Geffen Records after David Geffen promises to release his next album without even hearing any of the songs.1981Hall and Oates release the album, "Private Eyes". The L.P. would go platinum on the strength of two #1 hits: "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go For That".Simon and Garfunkel got back together for a concert in New York's Central Park, eleven years after splitting up. The concert was so successful, the duo decided to embark on a year-long world tour. During the tour, tensions mounted betWeen the pair and they split again after it was completed. More than ten years after Jim Morrison's death, the Doors' "Greatest Hits" album goes platinum. The Rolling Stones album "Tattoo You", started a nine Week run at #1 on the Billboard album chart. 1982The Who kick off what they say is their fareWell tour, a 40 date trip that will gross $23 million. They would reunite in 1985.1983Kiss appeared in public for the first time without their make-up when they guested on MTV, promoting the release of their neWest album, "Lick It Up".1985On September 22nd, 80,000 fans watched the first Farm Aid concert, featuring Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and other performers who help raise $7 million. The annual event takes place every fall to help the American family farmer.A US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation convenes to talk about the "contents of music and the lyrics of records" following pressure from the Parents Music Resource Center. Despite passionate pleas from John Denver, Frank Zappa and many others, the recording industry will eventually agree to implement parent advisory stickers on some records. 1986Michael Jackson is shown on the cover of The National Enquirer in what is said to be an oxygen chamber, along with the headline: "Michael Jackson's Bizarre Plan To Live To 150". Jackson refuted the story, saying the picture of him was taken in a burn victim machine that he donated to the Brotman Memorial Hospital.1987Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett teamed up to have the top song on the Billboard pop chart with "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", the first release from Michael's album "Bad".1991Rob Tyner, lead singer of the MC5, died of heart failure at the age of 46, on September 18th. The band's 1969 album "Kick Out The Jams" was ranked number 295 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.1992Bruce Springsteen plays an electric set for MTV's "Unplugged" show. The episode is renamed, "MTV Plugged".1993Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas was robbed at gunpoint outside a West Hollywood restaurant.1994The Temptations receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.1997Fleetwood Mac kick off their reunion tour in Hartford, Connecticut, in support of their LP, "The Dance".The Rolling Stones start their "Bridges To Babylon" tour at Chicago's Soldier Field. They begin the show with "Satisfaction" and close it 2 1/2 hours later with "Brown Sugar". 1998Oz Bach, bassist for Spanky and Our Gang on their 1967 hit, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" died of cancer on September 21st, at the age of 59.1999Ed Cobb of The Four Preps died of leukemia on September 19th at the age of 61. The group placed seven songs on the Billboard Top 40 betWeen 1958 and 1961, including "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" and "Big Man".Diana Ross was briefly held by police at Heathrow Airport in London, England after she allegedly assaulted a security officer. Ross had set off a metal detector at the airport and when a standard body search was started by a female guard, Ross resisted. After being released, she returned to New York. Carl Perkins Day is celebrated in the state of Tennessee. 2000The Guess Who teamed up with Lenny Kravitz at the Much Music Video awards in Toronto to perform "American Woman". Kravitz had recorded the Randy Bachman / Burton Cummings tune for the soundtrack to Mike Myers' "The Spy Who Shagged Me", nearly thirty years after the original became The Guess Who's biggest hit.2001America: A Tribute to Heroes, a commercial-free, live TV program was broadcast on all of the major US TV networks to raise money following the September 11th terrorist attacks. The show featured performances by Bruce Springsteen (My City in Ruins), Tom Petty (I Won't Back Down), Paul Simon (Bridge Over Troubled Water), Billy Joel (New York State of Mind), U2 (Walk On), Celine Dion (God Bless America), and Willie Nelson (America The Beautiful). Accepting pledges over the telephone Were Robin Williams, Meg Ryan, Danny DeVito, Sally Field, Jack Nicholson, Goldie Hawn, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kurt Russell, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg and many more. The broadcast and soundtrack album helped raise over $128 million for the victims and their families.2003Mike Smith, lead vocalist for the Dave Clark 5, undergoes surgery to repair three broken vertebrae in his neck, suffered in a fall at his home in Spain.2004John Fogerty, the former leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival, released "Deja Vu All Over Again", his first new album in seven years.Cat Stevens, who now goes by the name of Yusuf Islam, was escorted from a diverted transatlantic flight and refused entry into America by FBI agents. His name shoWed up on a US watch list after United Airlines Flight 919 had taken off from London. The flight landed in Maine where Islam, who was traveling with his 21-year-old daughter, was detained and questioned. Skeeter Davis, best remembered for a pair of 1963 Top Ten hits, "The End Of The World" and "I Can't Stay Mad At You", died of breast cancer on September 19th after a 16 year battle with the disease. She was 73. |
September 17th 1926 - Bill Black - Elvis' original bass player 1939 - Lamonte McLemore - vocalist for The Fifth Dimension ("Up, Up and Away") September 18th 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers ("Kisses SWeeter Than Wine") 1939 - Frankie Avalon ("Venus") 1946 - Alan King - guitarist for Ace ("How Long") 1949 - Kerry Livgren - guitarist for Kansas ("Carry On Wayward Son") September 19th 1931 - Brook Benton ("A Rainy Night In Georgia") 1934 - Brian Epstein - The Beatles' manager 1935 - Nick Massi of The Four Seasons ("Big Girls Don't Cry") 1940 - Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'") 1940 - Paul Williams - songwriter ("We've Only Just Begun", "Old Fashioned Love Song") 1941 - Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas ("Dream A Little Dream") 1945 - Freda Payne ("Band Of Gold") 1945 - Austin Roberts ("Something's Wrong With Me") 1946 - John Coghlan - drummer for Status Quo ("Pictures Of Matchstick Men") September 20th 1924- Gogi Grant ("The Wayward Wind") 1949 - John Panozzo - drummer for Styx ("Babe") 1949 - Chuck Panozzo - bassist for Styx ("The Best Of Times") September 21st 1941 - Dickey Lee ("I Saw Linda Yesterday") 1947 - Don Felder - guitarist for The Eagles ("Hotel California") September 22nd 1930 - Joni James ("How Important Can It Be?") 1931 - George Chambers - bassist for The Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today") 1956 - Debbie Boone ("You Light Up My Life") 1958 - Joan Jett ("I Love Rock and Roll") September 23rd 1930 - Ray Charles ("Georgia On My Mind") 1938 - Ben E. King ("Stand By Me") 1943 - Steve Boone - bassist for The Lovin' Spoonful ("Nashville Cats") 1943 - Julio Iglesias ("To All The Girls I've Loved Before") 1945 - Ron Bushy - drummer for Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") 1945 - Paul Peterson ("My Dad") 1947 - Jerry Corbetta - vocals / keyboards for Sugarloaf ("Green Eyed Lady") 1949 - Bruce Springsteen "(Born In The USA") |
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USA
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Don't Be Cruel | Elvis Presley |
| 1957 | Tammy | Debbie Reynolds |
| 1958 | Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) | Domenico Modugno |
| 1959 | The Three Bells | The Browns |
| 1960 | The Twist | Chubby Checker |
| 1961 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee |
| 1962 | Sherry | The Four Seasons |
| 1963 | Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton |
| 1964 | The House Of The Rising Sun | The Animals |
| 1965 | Like A Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan |
| 1966 | You Can't Hurry Love | The Supremes |
| 1967 | The Letter | The Box Tops |
| 1968 | Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| 1969 | Sugar, Sugar | The Archies |
| 1970 | Patches | Clarence Carter |
| 1971 | Smiling Faces | The Undisputed Truth |
| 1972 | Back Stabbers | The O'Jays |
| 1973 | We're An American Band | Grand Funk |
| 1974 | I Honestly Love You | Olivia Newton-John |
| 1975 | At Seventeen | Janis Ian |
| 1976 | Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry |
| 1977 | Don't Stop | Fleetwood Mac |
| 1978 | Boogie Oogie Oogie | A Taste Of Honey |
| 1979 | My Sharona | The Knack |
| 1980 | Upside Down | Diana Ross |
| 1956 | Whatever Will Be Will Be | Doris Day |
| 1957 | Diana | Paul Anka |
| 1958 | Stupid Cupid | Connie Francis |
| 1959 | Only Sixteen | Craig Douglas |
| 1960 | Apache | The Shadows |
| 1961 | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Shirley Bassey |
| 1962 | She's Not You | Elvis Presley |
| 1963 | She Loves You | The Beatles |
| 1964 | I'm Into Something Good | Herman's Hermits |
| 1965 | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | The Rolling Stones |
| 1966 | All Or Nothing | The Small Faces |
| 1967 | The Last Waltz | Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 1968 | Hey Jude | The Beatles |
| 1969 | Bad Moon Rising | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 1970 | Band Of Gold | Freda Payne |
| 1971 | Hey Girl Don't Bother Me | The Tams |
| 1972 | Mama Weer All Crazee Now | Slade |
| 1973 | Angel Fingers | Wizzard |
| 1974 | Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas |
| 1975 | Sailing | Rod Stewart |
| 1976 | Dancing Queen | ABBA |
| 1977 | Way Down | Elvis Presley |
| 1978 | Three Times A Lady | The Commodores |
| 1979 | We Don't Talk Anymore | Cliff Richard |
| 1980 | Feels Like I'm In Love | Kelly Marie |
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