Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Sep16,1925 B B King#BTD Sep16,1925 #BBKing (Riley B. King) "Blues Boy King" RIP singer, guitarist, songwriter 1951 R&B #1 "3 O'Clock Blues", +60 US R&B Top40 singles, 15 #Grammy Awards. 1987 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame
BTD Sep16,1941 Joe Butler#BTD Sep16,1941 #JoeButler singer, drummer, founding member The #LovinSpoonful 1965 US #9 "Do You Believe In Magic", 1966 US #1 & UK #8 "Summer In The City", +8 US and 2 UK Top40 singles. 2000 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of The Lovin' Spoonful
BTD Sep16,1942 Bernie Calvert#BTD Sep16,1942 #BernieCalvert bass guitarist The #Hollies 1965 UK #1 "I'm Alive", 1966 UK #5 & US #5 "Bus Stop", 1967 UK #4 & US #11 "On a Carousel", 1967 UK #2 & US #7 "Carrie Anne" +25 UK and 6 US Top40s. 2010 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of The Hollies
BTD Sep16,1944 Betty Kelly#BTD Sep16,1944 #BettyKelly (Betty Kelley) singer Martha And The #Vandellas 1964 "Dancing in the Street", 1967 US #10 & US R&B #1 "Jimmy Mack", +10 US Top40 singles. 1995 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of Martha and the Vandellas
BTD Sep16,1948 Kenney Jones#BTD Sep16,1948 #KenneyJones drummer #SmallFaces 1966 UK #1 1966 "All Or Nothing", 1967 UK #3 & US #16 "Itchycoo Park", +12 UK Top40s & the #Faces 1973 UK #2 "Cindy Incidentally" 1978 The #Who after #KeithMoon's death. 2012 inducted into the @rockhall of fame #HBday @KenneyJones
BTD Sep16,1950 David Bellamy#BTD Sep16,1950 #DavidBellamy singer The #BellamyBrothers 1976 US #1 & UK #7 "Let Your Love Flow", 1979 US Country #1 & UK #3 "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me", +33 US Country Top40 singles with 9 more US country #1s @BellamyBrothers
BTD Sep16,1952 Ron Blair#BTD Sep16,1952 #RonBlair original bass guitarist with #TomPetty & The #Heartbreakers 1976-82; 1981 US Rock #1 & US #19 "The Waiting" He then returned to the group in 2002. 2002 inducted into the @rockhall of Fame as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
OTD Sep16,1963Beatles#OTD Sep16,1963 The #Beatles single "She Loves You" is released by #Swan Records in the US. The single is ignored until 1964 when it reaches #1 on Mar21,1964
OTD Sep16,1964Beatles#OTD Sep16,1964 The #Beatles at City Park Stadium in New Orleans, La. Opening acts; #FrogmanHenry, #JackieDeShannon, The #BillBlack Combo
OTD Sep16,1965Dean Martin#OTD Sep16,1965 The #DeanMartin Show premieres. The TV variety-comedy series will run from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes on the @nbc network. The theme song was a #1 single on Aug15,1964 "Everybody Loves Somebody"
OTD Sep16,1967 Bobbie Gentry#OTD Sep16,1967 #BobbieGentry is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ode To Billie Joe" for the last week of a 4wk run at #1
OTD Sep16,1963Beatles#OTD Sep16,1963 The #Beatles take a holiday. #JohnLennon & #CynthiaLennon go to Paris and are joined by #BrianEpstein. #GeorgeHarrison & his brother #PeterHarrison visit their sister in Louise in Benton, IL. #PaulMcCartney with #JaneAsher & #RingoStarr with Maureen go to Greece
OTD Sep16,1963 George Harrison#OTD Sep16,1963 #GeorgeHarrison became the 1st #Beatles member to touch down on US soil, accompanied by his older brother #PeterHarrison. They stay at their elder sister #LouiseHarrison (nee Caldwell) “Lou” home at 113 McCann Street in Benton, Illinois. And no one cared LOL.
OTD Sep16,1967 Jimi Hendrix#OTD Sep16,1967 #JimiHendrix's debut LP "Are You Experienced?" enters the @billboard Hot200 Album chart; staying 106wks with 77 weeks in the Top40
OTD Sep16,1968Beatles#OTD Sep16,1968 The #Beatles record 67 takes of "I Will" Take 65 was included on The #WhiteAlbum. #GeorgeHarrison is absent for this session
OTD Sep16,1970 Eric Burdon, Jimi Hendrix#OTD Sep16,1970 #JimiHendrix joins #EricBurdon on stage at #RonnieScott's Jazz Club for what would become @JimiHendrix's last public gig @ericburdon
OTD Sep16,1970 Led Zeppelin#OTD Sep16,1970 #LedZeppelin 'best group' in the Melody Maker readers Poll. 1st time in 8 years that The #Beatles hadn't won best group
OTD Sep16,1972 Buxton "POP' Festiva#OTD Sep16,1972 Buxton "POP' Festival at Booth farm near Derbyshire, England with #Slade, #Steppenwolf with #JohnKay's New Band #CurvedAir, #UriahHeep, #Family, #WishboneAsh & groups to be announced. DJ #JohnPeel
OTD Sep16,1972 Three Dog Night#OTD Sep16,1972 #ThreeDogNight is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Black & White" written by #DavidIArkin and #EarlRobinson inspired by the 1954 US Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Ed. outlawing racial segregation. 1st recorded in 1956 by #PeteSeeger
OTD Sep16,1973Rolling Stones#OTD Sep16,1973 The #RollingStones album "Goats Head Soup" jumps straight to #1 and starts a 2wk run at #1 on UK album chart @RollingStones 8th UK #1 album, also a #1 in the US
OTD Sep16,1977 Marc Bolan, Gloria Jones#OTD Sep16,1977 29 year old #TRex singer #MarcBolan is killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend #GloriaJones left the road & hit a tree
OTD Sep16,1978 A Taste Of Honey#OTD Sep16,1978 #ATasteOfHoney is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Boogie Oogie Oogie" for the 2nd week of a 3wk run at #1
OTD Sep16,1979 Gary Numan#OTD Sep16,1979 #GaryNuman has his 2nd UK #1 single with "Cars" & jumps straight to #1 on the UK album charts with "The Pleasure Principle"
OTD Sep16,1989 Gloria Estefan#OTD Sep16,1989 #GloriaEstefan is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Don't Wanna Lose You" @GloriaEstefan
OTD Sep16,2009 Mary Travers#OTD Sep16,2009 #MaryTravers RIP singer, songwriter dies at the age of 72. Travers was part of the folk trio Peter, Paul And Mary. She had been suffering with leukemia for several years.
OTD Sep16,2018 Jay McNeely#OTD Sep16,2018 Big #JayMcNeely dies of cancer at the age of 91; The saxophonist was part of the Los Angeles world-changing postwar R&B scene