Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Sep29,1907 | Gene Autry | #BTD Sep29,1907 #GeneAutry (Orvon Grover) RIP singer, radio, movies, TV. Only one with 5 stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame; film-TV-music-radio-live performance. 1945 US Country #1 At Mail Call Today, 1949 US & Country #1 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, +7 US & 23 US Country Top40s | |
| BTD Sep29,1920 | Lou Dinning | #BTD Sep29,1920 #LouDinning (Ella Lucille "Lou" Dinning) RIP singer, songwriter The #DinningSisters 1947 US #9 "My Adobe Hacienda", 1948 US #5 "Buttons and Bows", +2 Top40 singles. her brother #MarkDinning sung the song "Teen Angel" a US #1 for 2wks on Feb14,1960 | |
| BTD Sep29,1921 | Franny Beecher | #BTD Sep29,1921 #FrannyBeecher (Francis Beecher) RIP lead guitarist in the #BennyGoodman Orchestra 1948-49 on 2 LPs and with #BillHaley & His #Comets 1954 to 1962; 1955 UK & US #1 with "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", 1955 US #7 & UK #4 "Shake, Rattle and Roll", +15 Top40s | |
| BTD Sep29,1931 | Anita Ekberg | #BTD Sep29,1931 #AnitaEkberg actress RIP primarily in Italy; in over 50 films, best known as Sylvia in the 1960 film "La Dolce Vita" | |
| BTD Sep29,1935 | Jerry Lee Lewis | #BTD Sep29,1935 #JerryLeeLewis "The Killer" singer, songwriter, keyboards 1957 US #3, R&B #1 & UK #8 "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On", 1957 US #2, R&B & UK #1 "Great Balls of Fire", +10 US Top40 and 49 US Country Top40s with 7 #1s. Rocks 1st great wild man #HBday @jerryleelewis | |
| BTD Sep29,1936 | James Frawley | #BTD Sep29,1936 #JamesFrawley RIP director, actor; 1979 directed The Muppet Movie, plus many TV series such as The #Monkees, Cagney & Lacey, Smallville; 1967 won an #Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Royal Flush" of The Monkees TV series | |
| BTD Sep29,1937 | Joe Hughes | #BTD Sep29,1937 #JoeHughes (Maurice Hughes) know as "Guitar" RIP blues guitarist. Worked with T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Big Joe Turner | |
| BTD Sep29,1939 | Tommy Boyce | #BTD Sep29,1939 #TommyBoyce RIP singer, songwriter, part of the songwriting team of Boyce and Hart wrote hits such as Last Train To Clarksville, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone & Scooby-Doo Where Are You and solo artist 1967 US #8 "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight", +2 Top40s | |
| BTD Sep29,1943 | Manuel Fernandez | #BTD Sep29,1943 #ManuelFernandez (Manuel Fernández Aparicio) RIP organ, founder #LosBravos 1966 UK #2 & US #4 single "Black Is Black" The 1st Spanish rock band with a UK & US hit single | |
| BTD Sep29,1948 | Mark Farner | #BTD Sep29,1948 #MarkFarner songwriter, lead singer, lead guitarist #GrandFunkRailroad 1974 US #1 "The Locomotion", +7 US Top40 singles. Most successful US Heavy Metal band in the 1970s selling over 20M albums | |
| BTD Sep29,1954 | Mari Wilson | #BTD Sep29,1954 #MariWilson singer 1982 UK #8 "Just What I Always Wanted" and 1982 UK #27 "Cry Me a River" She is well known for her 1960s image complete with beehive hairstyle. #HBday @MissBeehive | |
| OTD Sep29,1960 | My Three Sons | #OTD Sep29,1960 #MyThreeSons debuts; series ran from 1960 to 1965 on #ABC & then moved to #CBS Apr13,1972. Starring #FredMacMurray Steve Douglas; #WilliamFrawley Bud O'Casey; #TimConsidine Mike; #DonGrady Robbie; #StanleyLivingston Chip; later #BarryLivingston enters as Ernie | |
| OTD Sep29,1960 | Ricky Valance | #OTD Sep29,1960 #RickyValance starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles charts with "Tell Laura I Love Her" 1st Welsh singer to top the chart. The song is written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh; also recorded by #RayPeterson in 1960 peaking at #7 on Aug7 | |
| OTD Sep29,1961 | Robert Shelton | #OTD Sep29,1961 #RobertShelton of @nytimes writes a review of #BobDylan at Gerde's Folk City, One of the most distinctive stylists | |
| OTD Sep29,1962 | Four Seasons | #OTD Sep29,1962 #FourSeasons are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sherry" for the 3rd week of a 5wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep29,1962 | Beatles | #OTD Sep29,1962 The #Beatles play at the Oasis Club plus The Pete Bocking Six (earlier The #Fourtones) and DJ Mac Magonnegall Lacey | |
| OTD Sep29,1966 | Who | #OTD Sep29,1966 The #Who peaks at #2 on the UK single chart with "I’m A Boy" written by #PeteTownshend originally intended to be a part of a rock opera called "Quads" where future parents can choose the sex of their children. The idea was scrapped, but this song survived @TheWho | |
| OTD Sep29,1967 | Abbey Road | #OTD Sep29,1967 Working at #AbbeyRoad in London the #Beatles mixing the new #JohnLennon song "I Am the Walrus" | |
| OTD Sep29,1969 | Doors | #OTD Sep29,1969 The #Doors appears at Lincoln Center's 7th New York Film Festival, New York City. | |
| OTD Sep29,1971 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Sep29,1971 On the last night of their first Japanese tour #LedZeppelin appears at Osaka Festival Hall | |
| OTD Sep29,1973 | Grand Funk Railroad | #OTD Sep29,1973 #GrandFunkRailroad went to #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "We're An American Band" Written by #DonBrewer and produced by #ToddRundgren. Grand Funk's 1st of 2 US chart #1 singles | |
| OTD Sep29,1974 | Mike Oldfield | #OTD Sep29,1974 #MikeOldfield's LP "Tubular Bells" went to #1 on UK album chart 15 months after being released. | |
| OTD Sep29,1975 | Casey Stengel | #OTD Sep29,1975 #CaseyStengel (Charles Dillon Stengel) @MLB player, manager dies at the age of 85. 1950s manager of the championship New York @Yankees & later of the hapless expansion New York @Mets | |
| OTD Sep29,1975 | Jackie Wilson | #OTD Sep29,1975 #JackieWilson one of the featured acts in #DickClark's Good Ol' Rock and Roll Revue, at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ. In the middle of singing "Lonely Teardrops" he suffers a massive heart attack. He collapses into a coma & suffers brain damage | |
| OTD Sep29,1979 | Robert Palmer | #OTD Sep29,1979 #RobertPalmer peaks at #14 for 2wks with "Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" written and originally recorded by #MoonMartin in 1978 | |
| OTD Sep29,1979 | Knack | #OTD Sep29,1979 The #Knack are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Sharona" the group's only US #1 @Knackrophilia for the last week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep29,1979 | Police | #OTD Sep29,1979 The #Police start a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Message In A Bottle" the group's third Top20 hit and 1st UK #1 single | |
| OTD Sep29,1984 | Prince | #OTD Sep29,1984 #Prince & the Revolution starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Let's Go Crazy" his 2nd US #1 | |
| OTD Sep29,1990 | Nelson | #OTD Sep29,1990 #Nelson is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection" written by #MatthewNelson, #GunnarNelson and #MarcTanner. The song is on #Geffen Records and backed by the song "Will You Love Me" | |
| OTD Sep29,2020 | Helen Reddy | #OTD Sep29,2020 #HelenReddy #Australian singer, songwriter dies at the age of 78 RIP. Reddy had the 1972 US #1 "I Am Woman", 1973 US #1 "Delta Dawn", 1974 US #1 "Angie Baby", +11 US Top40 singles | |
| OTD Sep29,2020 | Mac Davis | #OTD Sep29,2020 MacDavis (Morris Mac Davis) dies at the age of 78. RIP singer, songwriter in 1972 US #1 "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me", +16 US Country Top40 singles. Wrote songs for #ElvisPresley such as In The Ghetto & Don't Cry Daddy and A Little Less Conversation |