Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Sep2,1914 | Tom Glazer | #BTD Sep2,1914 #TomGlazer RIP. Folk singer, songwriter, primarily a composer of ballads such as "Talking Inflation Blues", recorded by #BobDylan but his best remembered song is "On Top of Spaghetti" | |
| BTD Sep2,1925 | Hugo Montenegro | #BTD Sep2,1925 #HugoMontenegro RIP orchestra leader, composer of film & TV soundtracks such as 1969 Western "Charro!" which starred #ElvisPresley, Music for "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", the Matt Helm films 1967 The Ambushers & 1968 The Wrecking Crew and "The Partridge Family" | |
| BTD Sep2,1925 | Russ Conway | #BTD Sep2,1925 #RussConway RIP pianist, composer 1959 UK #1 singles 'Side Saddle' & "Roulette" +17 UK Top40 hit singles | |
| BTD Sep2,1939 | Bobby Purify | #BTD Sep2,1939 #BobbyPurify (Robert Lee Dickey) RIP singer, guitarist James & Bobby Purify 1966 US #6 "I'm Your Puppet" | |
| BTD Sep2,1939 | Sam Gooden | #BTD Sep2,1939 #SamGooden singer, original member of The #Impressions from 1958–2018; 1958 US #11 & R&B #3 "For Your Precious Love", 1963 US #4 & R&B #1 "It's All Right", +15 US and 35 R&B Top40 singles with 2 more #1 R&Bs. They also recorded as The #Roosters | |
| BTD Sep2,1940 | Jimmy Clanton | #BTD Sep2,1940 #JimmyClanton singer, known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol" 1958 US #4 & R&B #1 "Just A Dream" which sold 1M copies, 1959 US #5 "Go Jimmy Go", 1962 US #7 Venus In Blue Jeans" | |
| BTD Sep2,1943 | Joe Simon | #BTD Sep2,1943 #JoeSimon singer 3 #1 R&B hits 1969 "The Chokin' Kind", 1972 "Power Of Love", 1975 "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" , +7 US and 35 R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep2,1943 | Rosalind Ashford | #BTD Sep2,1943 #RosalindAshford (Rosalind "Roz" Ashford-Holmes) R&B, soul singer, original member Martha and The #Vandellas 1963 US #4 & US R&B #1 "Heatwave", 1964 "Dancing in the Street", 1967 US #10 & US R&B #1 "Jimmy Mack", +10 US Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep2,1946 | Billy Preston | #BTD Sep2,1946 #BillyPreston RIP singer, keyboardist 1971 US #2 & R&B #1 "Outa-Space", 1973 US #1 & R&B #10 "Will It Go Round in Circles", 1974 US #1 & R&B #7 "Nothing from Nothing", +3 US and 6 R&B Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep2,1946 | Marty Grebb | #BTD Sep2,1946 #MartyGrebb guitarist, keyboards The #Buckinghams 1966 US #1 "Kind Of A Drag", 1967 US #6 "Don't You Care", 1967 US #5 "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", +2 US Top40 singles and also worked with musicians such as #BillPayne, #BonnieRaitt, #EricClapton, #EttaJames | |
| BTD Sep2,1951 | Mik Kaminski | #BTD Sep2,1951 #MikKaminski violin #ElectricLightOrchestra #ELO 1979 US #4 & UK #3 "Don't Bring Me Down", 1980 UK #1 & US #8 "Xanadu" (featuring Olivia Newton-John), +20 US & 25 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep2,1957 | Steve Porcaro | #BTD Sep2,1957 #StevePorcaro keyboardist, composer, original member #Toto @toto99com 1978 US #5 "Hold the Line", 1982 US #2 "Rosanna", 1983 US #1 single "Africa", +6 US Top40 singles. He is the brother of #MikePorcaro and #JeffPorcaro. Their father is jazz drummer #JoePorcaro | |
| BTD Sep2,1958 | Fritz McIntyre | #BTD Sep2,1958 #FritzMcIntyre keyboardist #SimplyRed from 1985-1995. @SimplyRedHQ 1986 US #1 & UK #2 "Holding Back the Years", 1989 US #1 & UK #2 "If You Don't Know Me by Now", 1995 UK #1 "Fairground", +27 UK and 9 US Top40 singles | |
| OTD Sep2,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Sep2,1964 The #Beatles perform before an audience of 12,037 at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia Civic Center | |
| OTD Sep2,1964 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Sep2,1964 The #RollingStones are recording a version of the #WillieDixon song "Little Red Rooster" at Regent Sound Studios | |
| OTD Sep2,1965 | Steam Packet | #OTD Sep2,1965 #SteamPacket with #LongJohnBaldry, @rodstewart, #JulieDiscoll & The #BrianAugerTrinity at #MarqueeClub | |
| OTD Sep2,1965 | Beatles | #OTD Sep2,1965 The #Beatles receive a gold record for the song "Help!" | |
| OTD Sep2,1965 | Doors | #OTD Sep2,1965 The #Doors record their 1st demos at World Pacific Jazz Studios in LA they cut six #JimMorrison songs | |
| OTD Sep2,1965 | Rolling Stones | #OTD Sep2,1965 The #RollingStones are on the show "Ready Steady Go!" they mime the Sonny & Cher song "I Got You Babe" @RollingStones Video==> youtu.be/ltymJxL_fdg | |
| OTD Sep2,1965 | Small Faces | #OTD Sep2,1965 The #SmallFaces debut single "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" enters the UK Charts at #42 and will peak at #14 on Oct14,1965 | |
| OTD Sep2,1967 | Bobbie Gentry | #OTD Sep2,1967 #BobbieGentry is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Ode To Billie Joe" for the 2nd week of a 4wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep2,1969 | Star Trek | #OTD Sep2,1969 The #StarTrek episode "Requiem for Methuselah" has its repeat broadcast. The 3rd season episode was first broadcast on Feb14,1969. This is the last official telecast of the series on #NBC; it is replaced by "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Debbie Reynolds Show" | |
| OTD Sep2,1972 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | #OTD Sep2,1972 #GilbertOSullivan returns to #1 for another 2wks on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Alone Again, (Naturally)" @GilbertOSull_ previously spent a 4wk run at #1 starting Jul29; eventually with a total of 6wks at the top of the chart | |
| OTD Sep2,1976 | Musician Magazine | #OTD Sep2,1976 1st issue of #Musician Magazine is published. News & info on music. Started by #SamHoldsworth & #GordonBaird The two friends borrowed $20,000 from relatives and started the publication in a barn in Colorado. | |
| OTD Sep2,1978 | Frankie Valli | #OTD Sep2,1978 #FrankieValli is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Grease" @frankievalli last week of a 2wk run at #1. The song sold over 2M records. | |
| OTD Sep2,1978 | George Harrison | #OTD Sep2,1978 #GeorgeHarrison marries #OliviaTrinidadArias. They had met at the #DarkHorse records offices in LA in 1974. @GeorgeHarrison and Olivia were married until George's death in 2001. | |
| OTD Sep2,1984 | Stevie Wonder | #OTD Sep2,1984 #StevieWonder has his 1st UK #1 and starts a 6wk run at #1 on the UK Singles Chart with "I Just Called To Say I Love You" From the film "The Woman In Red" | |
| OTD Sep2,1989 | Paula Abdul | #OTD Sep2,1989 #PaulaAbdul is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Cold Hearted" @PaulaAbdul | |
| OTD Sep2,2008 | Sex Pistols | #OTD Sep2,2008 The #SexPistols play at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Their last show in the UK. |