Legend: BTD – Born Today OTD – On This Day
| Date | Artist/Group | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTD Sep15,1903 | Roy Acuff | #BTD Sep15,1903 #RoyAcuff RIP singer, fiddler, promoter, Known as the "King of Country Music"; 1944 US Country #4 & US #13 "The Prodigal Son", 1944 US Country #3 & US #21 "I'll Forgive You But I Can't Forget", +10 US Country Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep15,1933 | Pat Barrett | #BTD Sep15,1933 #PatBarrett RIP #Canadian singer The #CrewCuts 1954 US #1 & UK #12 "Sh-Boom", 1955 US #3 & UK #4 "Earth Angel", +11 US Top40s. All four members of the group are #Canadian and were members of the St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto. | |
| BTD Sep15,1937 | Les Braid | #BTD Sep15,1937 #LesBraid (William Leslie Braid) RIP bass guitarist The #SwingingBlueJeans 1963 UK #2 & US #24 single "Hippy Hippy Shake", 1964 UK #11 & US #43 "Good Golly Miss Molly" and UK #3 "You're No Good", +2 UK Top40 singles | |
| BTD Sep15,1940 | Merlin Olsen | #BTD Sep15,1940 #MerlinOlsen RIP #NFL football player, announcer, actor portrayed farmer Jonathan Garvey on "Little House On The Prairie" & John Michael Murphy on "Father Murphy" Played football for the Los Angeles @RamsNFL selected to the Pro Bowl a record 14 straight times | |
| BTD Sep15,1946 | Ola Brunkert | #BTD Sep15,1946 #OlaBrunkert RIP one of the main session drummers for #ABBA played on every #Abba album and toured with the group | |
| BTD Sep15,1956 | Jaki Graham | #BTD Sep15,1956 #JakiGraham (Jacqueline Maureen Graham) singer, songwriter 1985 UK #5 "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" & UK #9 "Round and Around", +4 Top40 singles #HBday @Jaki_Graham | |
| OTD Sep15,1945 | Perry Como | #OTD Sep15,1945 #PerryComo with Orchestra conducted by #RussCase starts a 9wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Till The End Of Time" #OTD Sep15,1945 #PerryComo with Orchestra conducted by #RussCase starts a 9wk run at #1 on the US Top40 Singles chart with "Till The End Of Time" written by lyricist #BuddyKaye and composer #TedMossman. Live Video from 1956==> youtu.be/KFXA_-2cIYU | |
| OTD Sep15,1959 | Nikita Khrushchev | #OTD Sep15,1959 #NikitaKhrushchev flew to the US, becoming the 1st Soviet leader to visit the USA. The guest of the US President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His tour will last 13 days. He visited Hollywood, met #FrankSinatra and #MarilynMonroe but he was refused entry to #Disneyland | |
| OTD Sep15,1961 | Pendletones, BeachBoys | #OTD Sep15,1961 The #Pendletones 1st real recording session at #HiteMorgan's studio. The #Pendletones record Surfin' & #Candix records renames them the #BeachBoys to take advantage of surfer craze. Single couldn't be repressed because of budget costs. So they are @TheBeachBoys | |
| OTD Sep15,1961 | Pendletones, BeachBoys | #OTD Sep15,1961 The #Pendletones (later called The #BeachBoys) have their 1st real recording session at #HiteMorgan's studio. The bands names comes from @PendletonWM Woolen Mills flannel shirts, a surfer look at the time | |
| OTD Sep15,1962 | Four Seasons | #OTD Sep15,1962 #FourSeasons with @frankievalli start a 5wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Sherry" The 1st US group with 3 #1 releases in row | |
| OTD Sep15,1963 | Beatles | #OTD Sep15,1963 The #Beatles are heading a fabulous concert at @RoyalAlbertHall London for the "Great Pop Prom" | |
| OTD Sep15,1964 | Beatles | #OTD Sep15,1964 The #Beatles at Public Auditorium Cleveland. Deputy Inspector #CarlBare takes the mic and says the show is over, The #Beatles keep playing "All My Loving" Inspector #MichaelBlackwell gestured to stop. #Beatles reluctantly do & temporarily left the stage | |
| OTD Sep15,1965 | Green Acres | #OTD Sep15,1965 #GreenAcres 1st episode airs; "Oliver Buys a Farm" on the @CBS network starring #EddieAlbert as Oliver Wendell Douglas, #EvaGabor as Lisa Douglas. In the episode Oliver buys a farm near Hooterville | |
| OTD Sep15,1965 | Lost In Space | #OTD Sep15,1965 #LostInSpace debuts on the @CBS network The episode is "The Reluctant Stowaway" It is 1997 and the Robinson's leaves Earth to colonize Alpha Centauri, Dr. Smith trapped | |
| OTD Sep15,1965 | Ford Motor Company, 8-track tape player | #OTD Sep15,1965 The @Ford Motor Company became the 1st automaker to offer an 8-track tape player as an option for vehicles on sale in the US | |
| OTD Sep15,1966 | Small Faces | #OTD Sep15,1966 The #SmallFaces reach #1 on the UK singles chart with "All Or Nothing" their only #1 hit single; written by #SteveMarriott and #RonnieLane | |
| OTD Sep15,1967 | Beatles | #OTD Sep15,1967 The #Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" Lunch at James & Amy #Smedley's fish and chip shop in Taunton | |
| OTD Sep15,1968 | Tom Jones | #OTD Sep15,1968 #TomJones returns to #1 on the UK album chart with "Delilah" The @RealSirTomJones LP spent 1wk at #1 on Aug4, for a total of 2wks at the top of the albums charts and 16wks in the Top10 | |
| OTD Sep15,1970 | Spiro Agnew | #OTD Sep15,1970 Vice-President of the US #SpiroAgnew states that youth are "brainwashed into a drug culture" by rock music, movies, books & underground news | |
| OTD Sep15,1973 | Helen Reddy | #OTD Sep15,1973 #HelenReddy is at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Delta Dawn" written by #LarryCollins and #AlexHarvey | |
| OTD Sep15,1974 | Carl Douglas | #OTD Sep15,1974 #CarlDouglas starts a 3wk run at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Kung Fu Fighting" The song was recorded in 10 minutes. Written by Douglas and produced by #BidduAppaiah | |
| OTD Sep15,1975 | Pink Floyd | #OTD Sep15,1975 #PinkFloyd releases the studio LP "Wish You Were Here" in the UK. The album was recorded at London's #AbbeyRoad Studios | |
| OTD Sep15,1978 | Bob Dylan | #OTD Sep15,1978 #BobDylan kicked off his longest and most continuous US tour in Augusta, Maine 1st of 65 gigs for @bobdylan | |
| OTD Sep15,1979 | Led Zeppelin | #OTD Sep15,1979 #LedZeppelin scores their 6th US #1 album when "In Through The Out Door" @ledzeppelin starts a 7wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep15,1979 | Knack | #OTD Sep15,1979 The #Knack are still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "My Sharona" the group's only US #1 @Knackrophilia for the 4th week of a 6wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep15,1984 | Tina Turner | #OTD Sep15,1984 #TinaTurner is still at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "What's Love Got To Do With It?" for the last week of a 3wk run at #1 | |
| OTD Sep15,1985 | David Bowie | #OTD Sep15,1985 The 3rd 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 Sep15,1990 | Wilson Phillips | #OTD Sep15,1990 #WilsonPhillips starts a 2wk run at #1 on the @billboard Hot100 Singles Chart with "Release Me" @WilsonPhillips | |
| OTD Sep15,1994 | QuarryMen | #OTD Sep15,1994 A tape of The #QuarryMen from the St Peter's Parish Church garden party Liverpool Jul6,1957, sold for $125k at a @Sothebys auction Listen==> youtu.be/2BPnH2RHRUE | |
| OTD Sep15,2006 | Casbah Coffee Club | #OTD Sep15,2006 #Casbah Coffee Club (at first the West Derby's Kasbah Club) Liverpool gets Grade II building status from English Heritage. #Quarrymen played in this house owned by #MonaBest mother of @BeatlesPeteBest | |
| OTD Sep15,2013 | Jackie Lomax | #OTD Sep15,2013 #JackieLomax RIP dies at the age of 69. Singer, bass guitarist with The #Undertakers (later The #Takers), One of the 1st artists to sign with #Beatles #Apple Records label | |
| OTD Sep15,2019 | Ric Ocasek | #OTD Sep15,2019 #RicOcasek dies at the age of 75; lead singer, guitarist, songwriter for The #Cars @thecarsband |