Legend:  BTD – Born Today     OTD – On This Day

DateArtist/GroupDescriptionImage
BTD Sep22,1930 Joni James#BTD Sep22,1930 #JoniJames (Giovanna Carmella Babbo) singer 1952 US #1 & UK #11 "Why Don't You Believe Me?", 1955 US #2 "How Important Can It Be?", +22 US Top40 singles
BTD Sep22,1943 Toni Basil#BTD Sep22,1943 #ToniBasil (Antonia Christina Basilotta) singer, actress, dancer 1982 US #1 & UK #2 "Mickey" & choreographed #DavidBowie's Diamond Dog tour #HBday @Toni_Basil
BTD Sep22,1951 David Coverdale#BTD Sep22,1951 #DavidCoverdale singer #Whitesnake 1987 US #1 & UK #9 single "Here I Go Again" & singer #DeepPurple from 1973-1976 #HBday @davidcoverdale
BTD Sep22,1956 Debby Boone#BTD Sep22,1956 #DebbyBoone (Deborah Anne Boone) singer, author, actress 1977 US #1 & US Country #4 "You Light Up My Life", 1980 US Country #1 "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again", +7 US Country, 7 US Adult Contemporary Top40s. Daughter of @Pat_Boone #HBday @debbyboonemedia
BTD Sep22,1958 Joan Jett#BTD Sep22,1958 #JoanJett (Joan Marie Larkin) guitarist, singer, songwriter #Runaways & the #Blackhearts Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 1982 US #1 & UK #4 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", +8 US Top40 singles #HBday @joanjett
BTD Sep22,1988 Kristina Esposito#BTD Sep22,1988 #KristinaEsposito producer, actress past films include "Captive Love", "Virtual Hitman" which was Awarded Best #Canadian Short @VAFFvancouver @KristinaEspo1 worked on #Viscous; film currently in post production. Best known for being my daughter
OTD Sep22,1958 Elvis Presley#OTD Sep22,1958 #ElvisPresley's last press conference at the Military Ocean Terminal Brooklyn. Then joined the 3rd Armored Division on USS Gen Randall
OTD Sep22,1962 Bob Dylan#OTD Sep22,1962 #BobDylan makes his #CarnegieHall debut as part of an all-star folk show. #BobDylan with #PeteSeeger. The set list; Sally Gal, Highway 51, Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues, Ballad of Hollis Brown and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
OTD Sep22,1962 Four Seasons#OTD Sep22,1962 #FourSeasons are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sherry" for the 2nd week of a 5wk run at #1
OTD Sep22,1962 Nat King Cole#OTD Sep22,1962 #NatKingCole peaks at #2 for 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ramblin' Rose" The single sells 1M copies but is kept from #1 by The #FourSeasons with "Sherry"
OTD Sep22,1962 Nat King Cole#OTD Sep22,1962 Nat #KingCole starts a 2wk run at #2 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with “Ramblin’ Rose”
OTD Sep22,1962Springfields#OTD Sep22,1962 The #Springfields song "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" enters the US Top20 at #20 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart. The song will stay at #20 for 2wks. 1st UK vocal group to chart that high in the US
OTD Sep22,1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series#OTD Sep22,1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series 1st episode "The Vulcan Affair" #UNCLE (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) fight the enemies of peace & forces of #THRUSH (The Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity)
OTD Sep22,1965Great Society, Grace Slick#OTD Sep22,1965 The #SanFrancisco band The #GreatSociety featuring #GraceSlick made their live debut at The Coffee Gallery, North Beach, CA
OTD Sep22,1967Doors#OTD Sep22,1967 The #Doors appear on Murray the K show in NYC performing "People Are Strange" and "Light My Fire"
OTD Sep22,1969Band#OTD Sep22,1969 The #Band releases their self-titled LP with the following songs Rag Mama Rag, Up on Cripple Creek and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
OTD Sep22,1975Bee Gees#OTD Sep22,1975 The #BeeGees release “Nights on Broadway” Written by Barry, Robin, Maurice Gibb @GibbBarry of the @BeeGees said It came to me in a dream. The single enters the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #82 Oct4 and peaks at #7 on Dec13
OTD Sep22,1979Knack#OTD Sep22,1979 The #Knack are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Sharona" the group's only US #1 @Knackrophilia for the 5th week of a 6wk run at #1
OTD Sep22,1984 John Waite#OTD Sep22,1984 #JohnWaite is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with “Missing You”
OTD Sep22,1984 Twisted Sister#OTD Sep22,1984 #TwistedSister peaks at #21 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "We're Not Gonna Take It"
OTD Sep22,1985 Farm Aid benefit concert#OTD Sep22,1985 1st Farm Aid benefit concert at the Memorial Stadium Champaign, Il. Organized by #WillieNelson, #JohnMellencamp and #NeilYoung
OTD Sep22,1985David Bowie, Mick Jagger#OTD Sep22,1985 The last wk of a 4wk run by #DavidBowie and #MickJagger at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Dancing In The Street" A 1964 hit by #MarthaReeves and The #Vandellas
OTD Sep22,1990Wilson Phillips#OTD Sep22,1990 #WilsonPhillips are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Release Me" @WilsonPhillips last week of a 2wk run at #1
OTD Sep22,2010 Eddie Fisher#OTD Sep22,2010 #EddieFisher dies at the age of 82. Most successful pop singles singer in the 1st half of the 1950s; 43 US Top40 singles with 4 #1s and hosting his own TV show
OTD Sep22,2018 Chas Hodges#OTD Sep22,2018 #ChasHodges dies at the age of 65. Lead singer of English musical duo Chas & Dave. Chas suffered organ failure and passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning.