Good Morning and welcome to September.
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Today in Music History
1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland. The city is argued to be the birthplace of rock beginning in the rooms of radio station WMMS, where disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term ``rock 'n' roll'' in the early 1950s.
1997 - The Microsoft Network webcasts U2's performance in Dublin. Internet participants are able to control remote PopCams at the concert, which allow users to see the performance from several perspectives. The event is accessible to any Internet user at http://u2popmart.msn.com.
1997 - James Brown becomes the first U.S. artist to appear in Lebanon following the recent lift of the ban on U.S. travel to the country. After playing in Beirut, Brown heads to Moscow where he performs in honor of the city's 850th anniversary.
Births in Music
1661 - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer
1914 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1957 - Steve Porcaro, LA Cal, rock keyboards/vocalist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
Today in Music continued
1974 - ``The Partridge Family'' television show ends, leaving David Cassidy free to pursue a solo music career.
1987 - Michael Jackson's ``Bad'' video is televised for the first time on CBS-TV.
1991 - Metallica's self-titled album debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's pop album chart.
2002 - Lionel Hampton, one of the last of the jazz giants, dies from complications of old age and a recent heart attack in New York City at the age of 94. Hampton, an innovative vibraphonist and bandleader, had been in failing health for several years after a series of strokes.
2004 - Carl Wayne, the former lead vocalist for the hit-making '60s U.K. band the Move and the latter-day singer for the Hollies, dies at his home in England after a battle with cancer. He is 61.
2006 - Lil' Kim appears at the 2006 MTV Video Music awards fresh from prison, wearing a business suit that is a far cry from the skimpy getups of her past.
Births in Music continued
1716 - Johann Trier, composer
1750 - Pehr Frigel, composer
1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1892 - Felix Wolfes, composer
1904 - Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor (London Convent Garden 1948-57)
1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
1911 - Rene Amengual, composer
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer
1919 - Gideon William Waldrop, composer
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1927 - Tzvi Avni, composer
1928 - Miloslav Istvan, composer
1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
1930 - Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer
1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1931 - Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
1934 - Michael Sahl, composer
1936 - David Leonard Blake, composer
1939 - Bobby Purify, rocker
1939 - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)
1939 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
1940 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
1940 - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
1943 - Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)
1943 - Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve and Vandellas)
1946 - Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker (Buckinghams)
1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
1949 - Albert West[laken], Dutch singer (Dumb Willie)
1950 - Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1951 - Mike Kaminsky, rocker
1953 - John Zorn, American musician
1959 - Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1966 - Dino Cazares, American musician
1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1975 - MC Chris, American rapper
1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1984 - Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1987 - Spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)
Deaths in Music
1397 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer
1715 - Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87
1870 - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48
1891 - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76
1905 - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79
1934 - Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, US singer/violist, dies at 26
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1955 - Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60
1961 - Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54
1970 - Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
1980 - William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70
1996 - Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69
1996 - Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96
2007 - Rajae Belmlih, Morrocan singer (b. 1962 in Casablanca)
Today in the News
- Google offers free web browser Google Chrome. (CNN)
- The U.S. Republican Party adopts a platform at its convention that is critical of George W. Bush and John McCain for their support of big-government bailouts of companies such as Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Bloomberg)
- The Prime Minister of Thailand Samak Sundaravej declares a state of emergency in Thailand after clashes between groups of pro and anti government protesters resulted in one man dead and 34 injured. While the State Enterprise Worker's Relations Confederations of Thailand, supporting the anti government protesters, declared to stop from working on 3 September. This confederation includes all about electricity, piped-water, telecommunication, land transporation, Thai Airways, ports and along with other 40 services essential to the people all over the country. (Bloomberg)
- Anupong Paochinda, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, states that the Army "will not use force" in enforcing the state of emergency. (AP via Google News)
News from this day in History
1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.
1752 - The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
1963 - CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
Holidays and Observances
- RC Saints - Saint Nonnosus, Agricola of Avignon, Saint Castor of Apt, Antoninus of Pamiers.
- Mauritius - Ganesh Chaturthi.
- Transnistria - Independence day, note Transnistria is not an internationally recognized independent state.
- Sedan Day (Sedantag) - traditional national German holiday (see Sedan, France) that commemorates Prussia's victory over France in 1870, making the German Empire a reality.
- Vietnam - National Day (independence from Japan and France, 1945).
- Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions
- Acoma Pueblo Feast Day of San Esteban del Rey
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