Events in Music
- 1884 Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis" premieres in NYC
- 1906 V Herbert & H Blossom's musical "Red Mill" premieres in NYC
- 1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great" premieres in NYC
- 1953 "Take a Giant Step" opens on Broadway
- 1955 "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
Music Single
1957 "Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
Elvis Presley
Event of Interest
1984 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"
Paul McCartney
Kurt Cobain
Event of Interest
1995 Emillio & Gloria Estefan's boat hits & kills a jet skiier
Gloria Estefan
Music Awards
1997 31st Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait win
Garth Brooks
Film Premier
2010 "The Social Network" directed by David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake premieres at the New York Film Festival
Andrew Garfield
Justin Timberlake
Birthdays in Music
- 1667 Jean-Louis Lully, French composer and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1667)
- 1748 Philipp Meissner, German composer, born in Burgpreppach, Bavaria (d. 1816)
- 1761 Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen, German composer, born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1817)
- 1773 Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, German composer, born in Bad Langensalza, Germany (d. 1827)
- 1806 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 1893)
- 1859 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer, born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1933)
- 1893 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Coutchman, Texas (d. 1929)
- 1899 Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1995)
- 1904 Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish composer, born in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (d. 1985)
- 1907 Pierre Moulaert, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles, Belgium (d. 1967)
- 1910 Frank Pelleg, Czech-Israeli composer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
- 1914 Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer (Tragic Overture), born in Warsaw, Poland
- 1914 Hein Jordans, Dutch conductor, born in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 2003)
- 1919 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), born in Polanka, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
- 1921 Leonard Lopes-Salzedo, British composer, born in London, England
- 1922 Theresa Merritt [Hines], American singer and actress (The Wiz, That's My Mama), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1998)
- 1923 Theodore "Fats" Navarro, American jazz trumpet player, born in Key West, Florida (d. 1950)
- 1927 Richard Swift, American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), born in California (d. 2018)
- 1931 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), born in London, England (d. 1999)
- 1932 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
- 1939 Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, The Metrotones), born in Fairmont, West Virginia
- 1940 Barbara "Bibs" Allbut, American rock vocalist (Angels - My Boyfriend's Back), born in Orange, New Jersey
Linda McCartney
1941 Linda McCartney [Eastman], American photographer and musician (Wings) and wife of Paul McCartney, born in New York City (d. 1998)
Linda McCartney
- 1942 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist and TV personality (Gerry & Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey), born in Liverpool, England
- 1942 Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut, American rock vocalist (Angels - My Boyfriend's Back), born in Orange, New Jersey
- 1946 Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer (Fairport Convention, The Hellecasters), born in Manhattan, NYC
- 1946 Marc Edward Neikrug, composer
- 1948 Heinz Chur, German composer
- 1952 Mark Sandman, American musician (Morphine), (d. 1999)
- 1965 Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
- 1969 Gene Hunt, R&B musician (Acid Man)
- 1969 Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1969 Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
- 1971 Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
- 1986 Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television
Weddings in Music
- 1953 Singer Dick Haymes (35) weds Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth (34) at The Sands hotel-casino in Las Vegas
- 2005 "30 Minute Meals" TV host Rachael Ray (37) weds "The Cringe" lead singer John Cusimano in Montalcino, Italy
- 2012 "Sugar Ray" singer Mark McGrath (44) weds longtime love Carin Kingsland (39) at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California
Deaths in Music
- 1605 Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547)
- 1646 Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565)
- 1755 Georg Gebel, German composer, dies at 45
- 1813 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72
- 1855 Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86
- 1865 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, dies at 81
- 1868 Jan Albert van Eijken, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 45
- 1875 William Walker, American composer (The Southern Harmony), dies at 66
- 1881 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74
- 1892 Patrick S Gilmore, composer, dies at 62
- 1910 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
- 1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69
- 1949 Pierre de Bréville, French composer, author and professor (Une histoire du théâtre lyrique en France), dies at 88
- 1960 Mátyás Seiber, composer (Scherzando), dies at 55
- 1968 Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67
- 1978 Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
- 1983 Isobel Baillie, Scottish oratorio singer, dies at 88
- 1991 Peter Bellamy, folk singer (b. 1944)
- 1993 Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
- 1996 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), dies of a heart attack at 64
- 2002 Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter, dies at 62
- 2003 Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
- 2006 Thomas Stewart, American bass-baritone (La Roche Capriccio), dies at 78
September in History
![A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset]()
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991![Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman]()
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916!['I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .']()
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938![Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph]()
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825
