Almanac: September 10, 2017

Birthdays

• 1925 - Roy Brown (d. 1981)
• 1937 - Tommy Overstreet (d. 2015)
• 1940 - Roy Ayers (77)
• 1942 - Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) (75)
• 1944 - Art Tripp (Mothers of Invention) (73)
• 1945 - Jose Feliciano (72)
• 1946 - Don Powell (Slade) (71)
• 1949 - Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) (68)
• 1950 - Joe Perry (Aerosmith) (67)
• 1950 - Rosie Flores (67)
• 1951 - Peter Tolson (Pretty Things) (66)
• 1955 - Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Mr. Mister) (62)
• 1956 - Johnny Hickman (Cracker) (61)
• 1956 - Johnnie Fingers (Boomtown Rats) (61)
• 1957 - Carol Decker (T'Pau) (60)
• 1958 - Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister) (59)
• 1960 - David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) (57)
• 1963 - Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents) (54)
• 1963 - David Titlow (Blue Mercedes) (54)
• 1966 - Miles Zuniga (Fastball) (51)
• 1966 - Robin Goodridge (Bush) (51)
• 1968 - Big Daddy Kane (born Antonio Hardy) (49)
• 1980 - Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance) (37)
• 1984 - Matthew Followill (Kings of Leon) (33)
• 1985 - Matthew Johnson (One True Voice) (32)
• 1986 - Ashley Monroe (Pistol Annies) (31)

Deaths

• 2005 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Lung cancer (81)

On This Day

• 1955 - Justin Tubb joined the Grand Ole Opry.
• 1962 - The BBC banned Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett & the Crypt Kickers, saying it was offensive.
• 1973 - The BBC banned the song Star Star by the Rolling Stones from their Goat's Head Soup album. 
• 1974 - The New York Dolls split.
• 1979 - Patti Smith announced to a crowd in Florence, Italy that she was retiring from live performances.
• 1980 - Peter Comita replaced Tom Peterson in Cheap Trick.
• 1990 - Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air debuted.
• 1990 - The Las Vegas Hard Rock Cafe opened.
• 1995 - Kiss opened their Alive World Tour in Chattanooga, TN.
• 1996 - Randor Music sent a letter to Bob Dole asking him to stop using their song Soul Man in his campaign.
• 1996 - Wal-Mart banned Sheryl Crow's second album over the song Love is a Good Thing.
• 1998 - Gary Glitter is charged 51 counts of indecent photos of children and sexual assaults on girls under 16.
• 2002 - Ray Charles and Travis Tritt taped an edition of CMT Crossroads. 
• 2006 - The Browns (The Three Bells) performed in their home state of Arkansas for the first time in forty years.
• 2007 - Girls Aloud broke the record in the U.K. for most consecutive top ten singles by a female act.
• 2007 - Kid Rock was accused of an assault on Tommy Lee, both ex's of actress Pamela Anderson, at the MTV Video Music Awards the previous night.

Marriages

• 1992 - Slash (Guns N' Roses) and Renee Suran
• 2001 - Chris Cagle and Elizabeth Filer
• 2005 - Peter Andre and Katie Price
• 2005 - Jeff Beck and Sandra Cash

Recorded

• 1964 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Rod Stewart (first single)
• 1965 - Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
• 1967 - Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
• 1970 - Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson

Released

• 1966 - Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees (single)
• 1975 - Alive - Kiss
• 1976 - Hard Rain - Bob Dylan
• 1980 - She's So Cold - Rolling Stones (single)
• 1991 - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvanna (single)
• 1991 - Ropin' the Wind - Garth Brooks

Awards

• 1995 - Emmy Awards
• Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Cyndi Lauper (Mad About You)
• 1998 - MTV Video Music Awards
• Video of the Year, Female Video - Ray of Light - Madonna
• Male Video - Just the Two of Us - Will Smith
• Group Video - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys
• New Artist - Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
• Rock Video - Pink - Aerosmith
• R&B Video - Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean
• Rap Video - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
• Dance Video - Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy
• Alternative Video - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
• Video Vanguard Award - Beastie Boys

Broadcasts

• 1966 - Ed Sullivan Show - Rolling Stones
• 2005 - MTV's ReAct Now: Music & Relief - Green Day, U2, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Game, Good Charlotte, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West and David Banner

Number Ones – U.S. Singles

• 1966 - You Can't Hurry Love - Supremes (2 weeks)
• 1983 - Maniac - Michael Sembello (2 weeks)
• 1988 - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (2 weeks)
• 2011 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. Albums

• 1966 - Revolver - Beatles (6 weeks)
• 1983 - Thriller - Michael Jackson (1 week (19 previous weeks at number 1))
• 2011 - The Red Album - Game (1 week)
• 2016 - Blonde - Frank Ocean (1 week)

Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles

• 1949 - Roomin' House Boogie - Amos Milburn (2 weeks)
• 2005 - Like You - Bow Wow (2 weeks)

Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles

• 1983 - I'm Only In It For the Love - John Conlee (1 week)
• 1988 - (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes - Highway 101 (1 week)
• 1994 - XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) - Trisha Yearwood (2 weeks)
• 2011 - Remind Me - Brad Paisley With Carrie Underwood (1 week)

Number Ones – British Singles

• 1954 - Little Things Mean a Lot - Kitty Kallen (1 week)
• 1964 - You Really Got Me - Kinks (2 weeks)
• 1988 - A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collens (2 weeks)
• 2005 - Dare - Gorillaz (1 week)
• 2011 - Stay Awake - Example (1 week)
• 2015 - What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber (1 week)

Number Ones – British Albums

• 1960 - Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane - One Hundred and One Strings (5 weeks)
• 1977 - Elvis Presley's 40 Greatest Hits - Elvis Presley (1 week)
• 1983 - The Very Best of the Beach Boys - Beach Boys (1 week)
• 1994 - Definitely Maybe - Oasis (1 week)
• 2005 - Wonderland - McFly (1 week)
• 2011 - I'm With You - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1 week)
• 2015 - The Beauty Behind the Madness - The Weeknd (1 week)