Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Sep16,1963 | Beatles | #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 Sep16,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Sep16,1964 The #Beatles at City Park Stadium in New Orleans, La. Opening acts; #FrogmanHenry, #JackieDeShannon, The #BillBlack Combo | |
| OTD Sep16,1965 | Dean 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 Sep16,1963 | Beatles | #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 Sep16,1968 | Beatles | #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 Sep16,1973 | Rolling 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 |