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18 Sep 1933
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birth Blues singer Jimmie Rodgers, (1957 US No.1 & UK No.30 single 'Honeycomb').
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18 Sep 1939
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birth Frankie Avalon, (1959 US No.1 & UK No.16 single 'Venus').
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18 Sep 1946
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birth Alan King, Ace, (1974 UK No.20 single 'How Long').
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18 Sep 1950
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birth Mike Hossack, Drums, The Doobie Brothers, (1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'). Died on March 12th 2012.
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18 Sep 1952
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birth Dee Dee Ramone, (Douglas Colvin), bass, The Ramones, 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'). He died of a drug overdose 5th June 2002. Dee Dee is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, not far from the cenotaph of his former Ramones' bandmate, Johnny Ramone.
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18 Sep 1960
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On his twenty-first birthday, Frankie Avalon was given $600,000 (£330,000) that he earned as a minor from such hits as his 1959 US No.1 single 'Venus').
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18 Sep 1961
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birth Martin Beedle, drummer, Cutting Crew, (1987 US No.1 & 1986 UK No.4 single 'I Just Died In Your Arms').
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18 Sep 1962
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birth Joanne Catherall, vocals, The Human League, (1981 UK No.1 & 1982 US No.1 single 'Don't You Want Me' plus over fifteen other UK Top 40 singles).
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18 Sep 1962
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birth Richard Walmsley, Beatmasters, 1988 UK No.5 single 'Rock Da House').
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18 Sep 1966
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birth Ian Spice, Breathe, (1988 UK No.4 single 'Hands To Heaven').
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18 Sep 1966
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birth Nigel Clarke, Dodgy, (1996 UK No.4 single 'Good Enough').
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18 Sep 1966
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birth Mike Heaton, drummer, Embrace, (2006 UK No. 2 single Natures Law, 2006 UK No.1 album This New Day).
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18 Sep 1967
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birth Ricky Bell, New Edition, (1983 UK No.1 single 'Candy Girl'), Bell Biv DeVoe, (1990 US No.3 single 'Do Me!').
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18 Sep 1968
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Working at Abbey Road studios on new songs for their forthcoming album, The Beatles recorded 20 takes of Birthday. Roadie Mal Evans added handclaps, and Yoko Ono and Pattie Harrison contributed backing vocals on the track.
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18 Sep 1970
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Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in London at the age of 27 after choking on his own vomit. Hendrix left the message 'I need help bad man', on his managers answer phone earlier that night. Rumors and conspiracy theories grew up around Hendrixs death. Eric Burdon claimed Jimi had committed suicide, but thats contradicted by reports that he was in a good frame of mind. In 2009, a former Animals roadie published a book claiming that Jimis manager had admitted to him that he arranged the murder of Hendrix, since the guitarist wanted out of his contract.
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18 Sep 1971
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The Who scored their first and only UK No.1 album with 'Who's Next', the bands sixth LP release, featuring 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. Cover artwork shows a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling. According to photographer Ethan Russell, most of the members were unable to urinate, so rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister to achieve the desired effect.
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18 Sep 1972
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The Who, Mott The Hoople, The Faces and Atomic Rooster all appeared at The Oval Cricket ground, London, England.
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18 Sep 1976
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One hit wonders Wild Cherry started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Play That Funky Music'. The song started life as a B-side. It was the group's only hit in the UK which peaked at No.7.
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18 Sep 1981
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Gary Numan took off on a round the world trip in a single engine Cessna plane. The attempt ended after he was forced to land in India, where local police arrested him.
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18 Sep 1982
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The seven-minute epic by Dire Straits 'Private Investigations' went to No.2 on the UK singles chart, held off No.1 by survivors 'Eye Of The Tiger'.
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18 Sep 1983
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Kiss appeared without their 'make-up' for the first time during an interview on MTV, promoting the release of their newest album, 'Lick It Up'.
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18 Sep 1993
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Garth Brooks went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'In Pieces'. The album spent 25 weeks on the chart and sold over 6m copies. The album peaked at No.2 on the UK chart.
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18 Sep 1993
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Meat Loaf went to No.1 on the UK album chart for the first of five times with 'Bat Out Of Hell II'.
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18 Sep 1996
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At Sotheby's in London, Julian Lennon successfully bid just over $39,000 (£21,000), for the recording notes for the song Paul McCartney wrote for him, 'Hey Jude'. At the same event, John Lennon's scribbled lyrics to 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite' sold for $103,500, (£57,500).
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18 Sep 2004
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Britney Spears married dancer Kevin Federline during a private ceremony in Los Angeles. Federline had two daughters from his previous relationship with actress Shar Jackson.
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18 Sep 2006
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73 year old country singer Willie Nelson and four members from his band were charged with drug possession after marijuana and magic mushrooms were found by police on his tour bus. Police had stopped the tour bus near Lafayette, Louisiana.
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18 Sep 2006
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Echo And The Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch was convicted of committing a breach of the peace by shouting, swearing and threatening Gary Duncan and his girlfriend Juliet Sebley backstage at Glasgow Barrowlands in Scotland. A court was told that McCulloch had lost his temper when he discovered the two fans in a toilet cubicle inside his private dressing room.
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18 Sep 2006
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Sir Cliff Richard unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace of British rock and roll, fifty years after the "2 i's" coffee bar opened in London's Old Compton Street. The Tornados, Tommy Steele, The Shadows and Adam Faith were among stars who started out at the club.
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18 Sep 2007
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Britney Spears was dropped by her management company, one month after employing their services.
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18 Sep 2009
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Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage during a concert in Valencia in Spain and was taken to hospital. He was later discharged after doctors told him he had food poisoning. Cohen was in the middle of singing his song Bird On The Wire when he fainted, prompting the band to stop playing and rush to help him.
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