Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Sep9,1899 | Neil Hamilton | #BTD Sep9,1899 #NeilHamilton RIP actor stage, film, TV role as Commissioner Gordon on #Batman, signed by Paramount Pictures mid-1920s | |
| BTD Sep9,1940 | Joe Negroni | #BTD Sep9,1940 #JoeNegroni RIP singer, founding member #FrankieLymon and the #Teenagers 1956 UK #1 and US #6 "Why Do Fools Fall In Love", +4 R&B Top10 singles. 1993 The #Teenagers were inducted into the @rockhall of Fame | |
| BTD Sep9,1941 | Duffy Power | #BTD Sep9,1941 #DuffyPower (Raymond Howard) singer RIP achieved some success in the 1960s. One of #LarryParnes stable of pop music stars, he left Parnes in 1961. Power also worked as a session musician, and played on the soundtrack of the 1969 film "The Italian Job" | |
| BTD Sep9,1941 | Otis Redding | #BTD Sep9,1941 #OtisRedding Jr RIP singer, songwriter 1965 US #21 & R&B #2 "I've Been Loving You Too Long", +20 R&B, 6 US & 7 UK Top40s; posthumous hits 1968 US & R&B #1 UK #3 "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay", +9 R&B, 3 US & 2 UK Top40 singles. Killed in plane crash Dec10,1967 | |
| BTD Sep9,1942 | Luther Simmons | #BTD Sep9,1942 #LutherSimmons Jr. singer R&B group #MainIngredient 1972 US #2 "Everybody Plays the Fool", 1974 US #10 "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely", +14 Top40 R&B singles | |
| BTD Sep9,1946 | Bruce Palmer | #BTD Sep9,1946 #BrucePalmer RIP #Canadian bass guitarist #BuffaloSpringfield 1967 US #7 "For What It's Worth" | |
| BTD Sep9,1946 | Trevor Oaks | #BTD Sep9,1946 #TrevorOaks songwriter, guitarist #Showaddywaddy 1976 UK #1 single "Under The Moon Of Love", +20 UK other UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep9,1947 | Freddy Weller | #BTD Sep9,1947 #FreddyWeller songwriter, guitarist #PaulRevere & The Raiders @PRandR 1965 US #11 "Just Like Me", +14 US Top40 singles when he was in the band and solo artist 1969 "Games People Play" US country #2, +18 US Country Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep9,1952 | Dave Stewart | #BTD Sep9,1952 #DaveStewart guitarist, songwriter the #Tourists UK #4 "I Only Want to Be with You" & with #AnnieLennox the #Eurythmics 1983 US #1 & UK #2 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", 1985 UK #1 & US #22 "There Must Be an Angel", +22 UK and 8 US Top40s #HBday @DaveStewart | |
| BTD Sep9,1953 | John McFee | #BTD Sep9,1953 #JohnMcFee singer, songwriter, guitarist member of The #DoobieBrothers 1979 US #1 "What A Fool Believes" | |
| BTD Sep9,1975 | Michael Buble | #BTD Sep9,1975 #MichaelBuble #Canadian singer, actor, crooner #bigband. His 1st #1 2005 US Adult Contemporary #1 "Home", +18 US Adult Contemporary with 4 other #1s and 2007 US #1 album "Call Me Irresponsible", +3 other US #1 LPs #HBday @MichaelBuble | |
| OTD Sep9,1931 | Al Capone | #OTD Sep9,1931 #AlCapone at a charity @MLB Baseball Game. Chicago @Cubs vs the Chicago @whitesox at Comiskey Park; Cubs catcher #GabbyHarnett signs a baseball for Al's son Albert #SonnyCapone. Behind left is #FreddieDiGiovanni & #JackMcGurn (turned away with hand in his jacket) | |
| OTD Sep9,1933 | Sammy Davis Jr | #OTD Sep9,1933 The movie "Rufus Jones for President" is released. 7 year old #SammyDavis, Jr performs "You Rascal You" Starring #EthelWaters as the mother and Sammy as "Rufus Jones" | |
| OTD Sep9,1956 | Elvis Presley | #OTD Sep9,1956 #ElvisPresley 1st time on The #EdSullivan show @ElvisPresley performs "Don't Be Cruel", "Love Me Tender" and "Ready Teddy" | |
| OTD Sep9,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Sep9,1965 The #RollingStones start a 2wk at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", giving the band their 4th UK #1 single @RollingStones introduced by #EdSullivan | |
| OTD Sep9,1966 | Irwin Allen | #OTD Sep9,1966 The 1st episode "Rendezvous with Yesterday" of #IrwinAllen science fiction series "The Time Tunnel" airs. Starring #RobertColbert as Dr Douglas Phillips & #JamesDarren as Dr Anthony Newman; he arrives on the Titanic on Apr13, day before it hits an iceberg & sinks | |
| OTD Sep9,1966 | Green Hornet | #OTD Sep9,1966 The 1st episode "The Silent Gun" of The #GreenHornet starring #VanWilliams as Britt Reid/Green Hornet & #BruceLee as Kato. Dave Bannister is shot at a funeral with 20 witnesses present and not a shot is heard | |
| OTD Sep9,1967 | Bobbie Gentry | #OTD Sep9,1967 #BobbieGentry is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ode To Billie Joe" for the 3rd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep9,1967 | Bobby Vee | #OTD Sep9,1967 #BobbyVee and the #Strangers peak at #3 for 3wks on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Come Back When You Grow Up" The song was written by #MarthaSharp, produced by #DallasSmith and arranged by #WilliamHood | |
| OTD Sep9,1968 | Beatles | #OTD Sep9,1968 The #Beatles record "Helter Skelter" #JohnLennon six-string bass, some sax sound effects; #PaulMcCartney lead vocal, rhythm guitar; #GeorgeHarrison lead/rhythm guitar & ran about the studio, #RingoStarr drums, vocal shout; #MalEvans trumpet | |
| OTD Sep9,1971 | John Lennon | #OTD Sep9,1971 #JohnLennon releases the LP "Imagine" in the US by & on Oct8, in the UK. Others on the LP George Harrison, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, Jim Keltner, Jim Gordon, King Curtis, John Barham, Joey Molland, Tom Evans, John Tout, Mike Pinder, Phil Spector | |
| OTD Sep9,1972 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | #OTD Sep9,1972 #GilbertOSullivan is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Alone Again, (Naturally)" for the last week of this 2wk run at #1. @GilbertOSull_ previously had a 4wk run at #1 starting Jul29; eventually with a total of 6wks at the top of the chart | |
| OTD Sep9,1972 | Slade | #OTD Sep9,1972 #Slade starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", the group's third UK #1 single | |
| OTD Sep9,1972 | Eagles | #OTD Sep9,1972 The #Eagles enter the @billboard Hot100 singles chart at #78 with “Witchy Woman” The song will peak at #9 Nov18 | |
| OTD Sep9,1972 | Who | #OTD Sep9,1972 The #Who peaks at #9 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart with "Join Together" @TheWho song is written by #PeteTownshend | |
| OTD Sep9,1973 | Donny Osmond | #OTD Sep9,1973 #DonnyOsmond is still at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Young Love" @donnyosmond last week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep9,1978 | A Taste Of Honey | #OTD Sep9,1978 #ATasteOfHoney starts a 3wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles chart with "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | |
| OTD Sep9,1990 | Steve Miller | #OTD Sep9,1990 The #SteveMiller Band starts a 2wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "The Joker" 16yrs after its release and 16yrs after @SMBofficial were at #1 Jan12,1974 on the @billboard Hot100 singles chart | |
| OTD Sep9,2014 | Denny Miller | #OTD Sep9,2014 #DennyMiller (Dennis Linn Miller) dies at the age of 80, actor played Duke Shannon on Wagon Train; as lost surfer Duke Williams on Gilligan's Island; The Rifleman as a dimwitted gunfighter named Reuben Miles & the 1st blond #Tarzan in 1959 film Tarzan, the Ape Man | |
| OTD Sep9,2016 | Beatles | #OTD Sep9,2016 Release of "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" A remixed/remastered of the The #Beatles LP "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" to coincide with the release of the Eight Days a Week documentary. It includes 4 songs not on the original LP recorded Aug24,1964 & Aug29-30,1965 |