9/9 to 9/15- Get ready this list is LOADED.
9/19/1898- Waldo Sermon, the man who invented vinyl, the substance used to make LP’s and 45’s, is born in Alabama.
9/15/1903- Early Country music legend Roy Acuff is born in TN. He would create the 1st Country music Publishing firm.
9/9/1911- The “Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe is born in born in Kentucky. The genre is named after his band, the Blue Grass Boys, which included banjo legend Earl Scruggs.
9/9/1927- Elvin Jones, famed Jazz drummer and member of the John Coltrane Quartet, is born in Pontiac. His drumming acolytes includes Ginger Baker (Cream), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) and John Densmore (The Doors).
9/12/1931- Country Music giant George Jones is born in Saratoga, just outside Beaumont.
9/9/1941- Soul legend Otis Redding is born in southern Georgia. He was working up from the Chitlin’ Circuit to successful album through Stax/Volt Records and was on his way to national acclaim when he died in a plane crash along with nearly everyone in his band, He was only 26 years old.
9/10/1942- Three Dog Night co-vocalist Danny Hutton is born in Ireland. mama
9/12/1944- Soul/Funk legend Barry White is born in Galveston.
Former Chicago frontman and bassist Peter Cetera is born in Chicago.
9/9/1945- Doug Ingle, singer and keyboardist for iron Butterfly is born. The band reach no. 1 in the UK in 1967 with their 2nd album’s title track and the album stayed on the US billboard chart for 140 weeks. The album sold 30 million copies. Feel free to find the 17-minute version of this jam.
9/9/1949- Hank Williams releases the single “Lost Highway.” Though it sold very little, its considered a pivotal and defining moment in County music.
9/19/1950- Aerosmith founding member and guitarist Joe Perry is outside Boston.
9/9/1952- David Stewart, the musician/songwriter/producer behind the Eurythmics with Annie Lennox, is born in northern England.
9/11/1952- One of the greatest drummers of his or any generation, Neil Peart of RUSH, is born in Ontario.
Hank Willimas releases his 2nd and final album, Moanin’ the Blues.
9/12/1952-America guitarist co lead vocalist Gerry Beckley is born in Ft. Worth.
9/11/1953- Tommy Shaw, singer/songwriter and guitarist for both Styx and Damn Yankees is born in Alabama.
9/14/1955- Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” is released. It would inspire a generation of early Rock artists and became a model for the hard driving sound that was soon to come. A wop boppa loo bopp alop bam boom!!
9/9/1956- 60 million Americans watch as Elvis makes his 1st of 3 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. He performed “Don’t be Cruel”, Love Me Tender” and of course “Hound Dog”, but he is shot only from the wait up to avoid scandal. It was the most watched tv broadcast of the 1950’s.
9/12/1957- Film Composer extraordinaire Hans Zimmer is born in Frankfurt. He's won many awards for many other scores but Thelma & Louise is still my favorite.
9/15/1962- The Four Seasons’ “Sherry”start an 8-week run as the no. 1 song in America.
9/10/1965- The Animals release this single that would be their highest charting single in the U.S. It remained on the U.S. singles charts for over 2 years.
The Byrds record the classic single “Turn, Turn, Turn.” The lyrics are based on the Old Testament’s Ecclesiates 3:1-8 excerpt from The Bible. It would spend 5 weeks as the no. 1 song in America and is widely considered by music experts as on the most beautiful and flawless recordings ever made.
9/11/1965- Famed Electronic DJ/Mixer/Producer Moby is born in NYC.
9/12/1965- Simon & Garfunkel release this single from their debut album that was released nearly a year prior.
9/9/1965- The Beatles release their single “Yesterday” off their 5th album Help. It would become their 10th U.S. no. 1 single.
9/15/1965- Stax Records releases Otis Redding’s Otis Blue, it is still regarded as one the finest soul records ever made. It is a crossover success with a few cover songs by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones and BB King. It also has his own songs like Respect, which become a hug hit for Aretha Franklin and this timeless hit. Legend has it was recorded in 24 hours just 5 days prior to the release date.
Ford Motor Company becomes the first automaker to put 8-track tape players in their new line of Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Lincolns.
9/12/1966- The Monkees TV show debuts, with 4 actors portraying a pop band based on The Beatles. The band is fictional but eventually become an actual band and wind up doing their own recordings.
9/9/1967- Sam & Dave release the classic track “Soul Man.”
9/11/1967-Harry Connick Jr. is born in New Orleans. He would record more no. 1 albums on the Jazz charts (10) than any other and 7 of his albums have reached the top 20 albums on the U.S. album charts.
9/14/1968- Two years after his wife dies in a motorcycle accident, Roy Orbison’s two oldest sons die when their home catches fire while he is away touring.
9/9/1970- Derek and the Dominoes record one of the Rock’s greatest songs, Layla. After the break-up of Cream and Blind Faith. Eric Clapton wanted to concentrate his efforts into song making, crafting and harmonies instead of his virtuoso guitar work that had dominated his work in the 1960’s. He assembled a band a band featuring Bobby Whitlock (keys), Bassist Carl Raddle and drummer Jim Gordon. As they recorded their album, the producer connected Clapton with someone whose band he was also working with, Duane Allman. Eric brought him in to work extensively on the album and said Duane was “the musical brother I’d never had had but always wished for.” The album was released in late 1970 but wouldn’t gain steam until 1972. By that time Duane had died in a motorcycle crash in October of 1971 at 24 years old.
Now to the song. Eric Clapton had met Patti Boyd, his close friend’s George Harrison’s wife in the mid 60’s. We has infatuated with her for years, leading him to periods of despair. Boyd and Harrison divorced in 1977. Boyd and Clapton began seeing each other in 1974 (after Clapton 3-year Heroin addiction) and were married in 1979. However, their marriage was rife with substance abuse, domestic abuse and failed pregnancy attempts. She divorced him in 1989 after learning he fathered a son, Conor, during a long-hidden affair with an Italian model. The story of Conor would be a soul-crushing one for Eric.
9/12/1970- The Carpenters release their 2nd single from the 2nd album Close To You. It was kept out of no. 1 U.S. singles spot by The Patridge Family theme and the Jackson 5’s “I’ll be there.”
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles hit no.1 on the UK singles chart “Tears of a clown.”
9/9/1971- John Lennon releases his 2nd album, Imagine. It would top both the UK and U.S. album charts.
9/11/1971- Musician and songwriter Richard Ashcroft of British indie stalwarts The Verve is born outside Manchester.
9/19/1898- Waldo Sermon, the man who invented vinyl, the substance used to make LP’s and 45’s, is born in Alabama.
9/15/1903- Early Country music legend Roy Acuff is born in TN. He would create the 1st Country music Publishing firm.
9/9/1911- The “Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe is born in born in Kentucky. The genre is named after his band, the Blue Grass Boys, which included banjo legend Earl Scruggs.
9/9/1927- Elvin Jones, famed Jazz drummer and member of the John Coltrane Quartet, is born in Pontiac. His drumming acolytes includes Ginger Baker (Cream), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) and John Densmore (The Doors).
9/12/1931- Country Music giant George Jones is born in Saratoga, just outside Beaumont.
9/9/1941- Soul legend Otis Redding is born in southern Georgia. He was working up from the Chitlin’ Circuit to successful album through Stax/Volt Records and was on his way to national acclaim when he died in a plane crash along with nearly everyone in his band, He was only 26 years old.
9/10/1942- Three Dog Night co-vocalist Danny Hutton is born in Ireland. mama
9/12/1944- Soul/Funk legend Barry White is born in Galveston.
Former Chicago frontman and bassist Peter Cetera is born in Chicago.
9/9/1945- Doug Ingle, singer and keyboardist for iron Butterfly is born. The band reach no. 1 in the UK in 1967 with their 2nd album’s title track and the album stayed on the US billboard chart for 140 weeks. The album sold 30 million copies. Feel free to find the 17-minute version of this jam.
9/9/1949- Hank Williams releases the single “Lost Highway.” Though it sold very little, its considered a pivotal and defining moment in County music.
9/19/1950- Aerosmith founding member and guitarist Joe Perry is outside Boston.
9/9/1952- David Stewart, the musician/songwriter/producer behind the Eurythmics with Annie Lennox, is born in northern England.
9/11/1952- One of the greatest drummers of his or any generation, Neil Peart of RUSH, is born in Ontario.
Hank Willimas releases his 2nd and final album, Moanin’ the Blues.
9/12/1952-America guitarist co lead vocalist Gerry Beckley is born in Ft. Worth.
9/11/1953- Tommy Shaw, singer/songwriter and guitarist for both Styx and Damn Yankees is born in Alabama.
9/14/1955- Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” is released. It would inspire a generation of early Rock artists and became a model for the hard driving sound that was soon to come. A wop boppa loo bopp alop bam boom!!
9/9/1956- 60 million Americans watch as Elvis makes his 1st of 3 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. He performed “Don’t be Cruel”, Love Me Tender” and of course “Hound Dog”, but he is shot only from the wait up to avoid scandal. It was the most watched tv broadcast of the 1950’s.
9/12/1957- Film Composer extraordinaire Hans Zimmer is born in Frankfurt. He's won many awards for many other scores but Thelma & Louise is still my favorite.
9/15/1962- The Four Seasons’ “Sherry”start an 8-week run as the no. 1 song in America.
9/10/1965- The Animals release this single that would be their highest charting single in the U.S. It remained on the U.S. singles charts for over 2 years.
The Byrds record the classic single “Turn, Turn, Turn.” The lyrics are based on the Old Testament’s Ecclesiates 3:1-8 excerpt from The Bible. It would spend 5 weeks as the no. 1 song in America and is widely considered by music experts as on the most beautiful and flawless recordings ever made.
9/11/1965- Famed Electronic DJ/Mixer/Producer Moby is born in NYC.
9/12/1965- Simon & Garfunkel release this single from their debut album that was released nearly a year prior.
9/9/1965- The Beatles release their single “Yesterday” off their 5th album Help. It would become their 10th U.S. no. 1 single.
9/15/1965- Stax Records releases Otis Redding’s Otis Blue, it is still regarded as one the finest soul records ever made. It is a crossover success with a few cover songs by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones and BB King. It also has his own songs like Respect, which become a hug hit for Aretha Franklin and this timeless hit. Legend has it was recorded in 24 hours just 5 days prior to the release date.
Ford Motor Company becomes the first automaker to put 8-track tape players in their new line of Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Lincolns.
9/12/1966- The Monkees TV show debuts, with 4 actors portraying a pop band based on The Beatles. The band is fictional but eventually become an actual band and wind up doing their own recordings.
9/9/1967- Sam & Dave release the classic track “Soul Man.”
9/11/1967-Harry Connick Jr. is born in New Orleans. He would record more no. 1 albums on the Jazz charts (10) than any other and 7 of his albums have reached the top 20 albums on the U.S. album charts.
9/14/1968- Two years after his wife dies in a motorcycle accident, Roy Orbison’s two oldest sons die when their home catches fire while he is away touring.
9/9/1970- Derek and the Dominoes record one of the Rock’s greatest songs, Layla. After the break-up of Cream and Blind Faith. Eric Clapton wanted to concentrate his efforts into song making, crafting and harmonies instead of his virtuoso guitar work that had dominated his work in the 1960’s. He assembled a band a band featuring Bobby Whitlock (keys), Bassist Carl Raddle and drummer Jim Gordon. As they recorded their album, the producer connected Clapton with someone whose band he was also working with, Duane Allman. Eric brought him in to work extensively on the album and said Duane was “the musical brother I’d never had had but always wished for.” The album was released in late 1970 but wouldn’t gain steam until 1972. By that time Duane had died in a motorcycle crash in October of 1971 at 24 years old.
Now to the song. Eric Clapton had met Patti Boyd, his close friend’s George Harrison’s wife in the mid 60’s. We has infatuated with her for years, leading him to periods of despair. Boyd and Harrison divorced in 1977. Boyd and Clapton began seeing each other in 1974 (after Clapton 3-year Heroin addiction) and were married in 1979. However, their marriage was rife with substance abuse, domestic abuse and failed pregnancy attempts. She divorced him in 1989 after learning he fathered a son, Conor, during a long-hidden affair with an Italian model. The story of Conor would be a soul-crushing one for Eric.
9/12/1970- The Carpenters release their 2nd single from the 2nd album Close To You. It was kept out of no. 1 U.S. singles spot by The Patridge Family theme and the Jackson 5’s “I’ll be there.”
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles hit no.1 on the UK singles chart “Tears of a clown.”
9/9/1971- John Lennon releases his 2nd album, Imagine. It would top both the UK and U.S. album charts.
9/11/1971- Musician and songwriter Richard Ashcroft of British indie stalwarts The Verve is born outside Manchester.
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