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This day in music Sept.4th.


1942, Born on this day, Bubba Knight, The Pips, (1973 US No.1 single 'Midnight Train To Georgia', 1975 UK No.4 single with Gladys Knight 'The Way We Were').



1944, Born on this day, Gene Parsons, drummer, The Byrds, (1965 UK & US No.1 single 'Mr Tambourine Man').



1951, Born on this day, Martin Chambers, drums, Pretenders,  1983 US No.5 single, 'Back On The Chain Gang').



1960, Born on this day, Kim Thayil, Soundgarden, Guitar, (1994 UK No.12 single 'Black Hole Sun').



1963, Born on this day, Jan Stenfors, Hanoi Rocks, (1984 UK No.61 single 'Up Around The Bend').




1971, Born on this day, Ty Longley, guitarist, singer, Great White. Had the 1989 hit with a cover of Ian Hunter's 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'.



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This day in music........Sept.5th.


1946, Born on this day, Freddie Mercury singer, Queen, (1975 UK No.1 single 'Bohemian Rhapsody' also UK No.1 in 1991, plus over 40 other UK Top 40 singles. 1980 US No.1 single 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'). Solo, (1987 UK No. 4 single 'The Great Pretender'). Mercury died of bronchio-pneumonia on November 24th 1991 aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive.





















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This day in music........Sept.6th.


1953, Guy Mitchell was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Look At That Girl' his second No.1 this year. As an international recording star of the 1950s he sold over six million singles.



1967, Engelbert Humperdinck was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Last Waltz', the singers second UK No.1.



1975, Glen Campbell started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rhinestone Cowboy', his first No.1 after 13 Top 40 hits. The record gained three Grammy nominations and was the Country Music Association's Song of the Year for 1976.



1986, All girl group Bananarama went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Venus', the song had also been a No.1 for Dutch group Shocking Blue in 1970.



1942, Born on this day, Dave Bargerdon, Blood Sweat & Tears, (1969 US No.12 & UK No.35 single 'You've Made Me So Very Happy').



1943, Born on this day, Roger Waters: singer, songwriter, bassist and co-founder of Pink Floyd.



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This day in music........Sept.7th.


1959, Craig Douglas was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the Sam Cooke hit 'Only Sixteen'.



1976, Abba were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dancing Queen', the group's fourth UK No.1 single and their only US No.1 chart topper. The song was a No.1 hit in over a dozen countries and stayed at the top of the Swedish charts for 14 weeks.



1985, John Parr started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'St Elmo's Fire', taken from the film of the same name a No.6 hit in the UK.



1934, Born on this day, Little Milton, US blues singer guitarist, (1965 US No.25 single 'We're Gonna Make It'). Milton died on 4th August 2005.



1936, Born on this day, Buddy Holly, singer, songwriter, The Crickets, (1957 US No.1 'That'll Be The Day'.



1949, Born on this day, Gloria Gaynor, US singer, (1979 UK & US No.1 single 'I Will Survive').



1951, Born on this day, Chrissie Hynde, vocals, Pretenders.



1957, Born on this day, Margot Chapman, Starland Vocal Band, (1976 US No.1 & UK No.18 single 'Afternoon Delight').



1961, Born on this day, LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, (1998 US No.1 album 'Before These Crowded Streets', 2005 US No.1 album ‘Stand Up’). Moore was injured on June 30, 2008, in an accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Virginia, he was re-hospitalized in mid-July for complications related to the accident and died on August 19, 2008.



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1936, Born on this day, Buddy Holly, singer, songwriter, The Crickets, (1957 US No.1 'That'll Be The Day'.

This day in music........Sept.9th.


1940, Born on this day, Joe Negroni, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, (1956 UK No.1 & US No.6 single 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'). He died on 5th September 1978.



1941, 9th Sept 1941, Born on this day, Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter, record producer. After appearing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Redding wrote and recorded his iconic '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous No.1 record on the Billboard Hot 100 and The Dock of the Bay became the first posthumous album to reach No.1 on the UK Albums Chart. Redding was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967.



1945, Born on this day, Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly, (1968 US No.14 single 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida').



1953, Born on this day, John McFee, guitar, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'). Member of Southern Pacific from 1985-91.



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