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Music on the 19th of September in history

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19 Sep 1931 birth Brook Benton, US singer, (1959 UK No.28 single 'Endlessly', 1979 US No.4 single 'Rainy Night In Georgia'). He died on 9th April 1998.
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19 Sep 1934 birth Brian Epstein, Beatles manager and manager of other Liverpool acts. Died of an accidental overdose of brandy and barbiturates on 27th August 1967.
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19 Sep 1935 birth Nick Massi, The Four Seasons, (1976 UK & US No.1 single 'December 1963, Oh What A Night'). Massi died on 24th December 2000.
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19 Sep 1940 birth Bill Medley, The Righteous Brothers, (1965 UK & US No.1 single 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin').
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19 Sep 1940 birth Paul Williams, US songwriter. Wrote The Carpenters hits 'We've Only Just Begun' & 'Rainy Day's and Mondays.'
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19 Sep 1941 birth Lee Dorman, Iron Butterfly (1968 US No.14 single 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'). Dorman was found dead aged 70 in a vehicle in Orange County on 21st Dec 2012.
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19 Sep 1943 birth Cass Elliott, singer, Mamas and the Papas, (1966 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Monday Monday'. Died from a heart attack on 29th July 1974 while staying at Harry Nilsson's London flat.
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19 Sep 1945 birth Freda Payne, US soul singer, (1970 US No.3 & UK No.1 single 'Band Of Gold').
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19 Sep 1945 birth David Bromberg, US guitarist, fiddle, mandolin player worked with Bob Dylan
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19 Sep 1946 birth John Coghlan drums, Status Quo, (left in 1982), 1977 UK No.3 single 'Rockin' All Over The World' plus 50 other UK Top 75 singles since 1968).
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19 Sep 1947 birth Lol Creme, vocals. guitar, 10cc, (1975 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'I'm Not In Love', plus 10 other UK Top 30 hits including 2 No.1's). Godley And Creme (1981 UK No.3 single 'Under Your Thumb'). Now a video producer.
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19 Sep 1949 birth Twiggy, (Lesley Hornby), 60's model, singer, 1976 UK No.17 single 'Here I Go Again').
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19 Sep 1951 birth Daniel Lanois, producer, singer. Produced Peter Gabriel album, 'So', along with albums by Brian Eno, U2, (Joshua Tree), Robbie Robertson, & Bob Dylan. Lanois 1990 solo album 'Acadie'.
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19 Sep 1952 birth Nile Rodgers, Chic, (1978 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Le Freak'), Produced Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, David Bowie, (Let's Dance album.)
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19 Sep 1957 16 year-old UK singer Cliff Richard, still known by his real name, Harry Webb, joined the Dick Teague Skiffle Group.
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19 Sep 1957 birth Rusty Egan, The Rich Kids, (1978 UK No.24 single 'Rich Kids'), Visage, (1981 UK No.8 single 'Fade To Grey').
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19 Sep 1958 birth Lita Ford, The Runaways, solo, (1989 UK No.47 single with Ozzy Osbourne 'Close My Eyes Forever').
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19 Sep 1960 Former chicken plucker Chubby Checker went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Twist'. It made No.14 in the UK in 1962, version with The Fat Boys made No.2 in the UK in 1988.
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19 Sep 1960 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters had the honour of being the first group to have three songs in the US Top 100 at the same time. ‘Finger Poppin’ Time,’ ‘Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go’ and ‘The Twist’ all made the Top 30. Ballard refused to perform ‘The Twist’ on a highly rated US TV show, so Chubby Checker picked it up at the insistence of Dick Clark, and Checker’s version of the song was number 1 this week in 1960.
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19 Sep 1963 birth Jarvis Cocker, singer, Pulp, (1995 UK No.2 single 'Common People', 1995 UK No.1 album 'Different Class').
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19 Sep 1964 birth Trisha Yearwood, country singer. Sang backing vocals on Garth Brooks first album.
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19 Sep 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK No.1 single with 'Bad Moon Rising' a US No.2 hit. Also on this day the group started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Green River.'
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19 Sep 1969 Child (featuring Bruce Springsteen) played the first of two nights at the Free University, Richmond, Virginia.
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19 Sep 1969 birth saxophonist, Candy Dulfer, (1990 UK No. 6 single 'Lily Was Here' with David A Stewart).
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19 Sep 1970 The first UK Glastonbury Festival took place featuring Marc Bolan, Ian Anderson, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, Amazing Blondel and Sam Apple Pie.
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19 Sep 1970 Diana Ross started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. The singers first solo No.1 since leaving The Supremes, a No.6 in the UK.
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19 Sep 1971 birth Paul Winterhart, (1996 UK No.2 single 'Hey Dude').
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19 Sep 1973 Country rock singer, songwriter 26-year-old Gram Parsons, formerly of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died under mysterious conditions in Joshua Tree, California. His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by two of his associates, manager Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin, a former roadie for The Byrds, and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert, where it was set alight, in accordance to Parson's wishes. The two were later arrested by police.
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19 Sep 1973 listen to ‘This Day in Music 19th Sept’ on Audioboo
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19 Sep 1973 birth Alan Jay "A. Jay" Popoff, pop punk band Lit.
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19 Sep 1977 birth Ryan Dusick drummer, Maroon 5, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Songs About Jane’, the 2004 US No.1 & UK No.4 single ‘She Will Be Loved’. Dusick left the band in 2006.
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19 Sep 1979 The No Nukes concert was held at New York's Madison Square Garden. Performers included Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Poco, Tom Petty, Carly Simon, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.
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19 Sep 1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a concert in New York's Central Park. Over 400,000 fans attend the show. The performance was recorded for a record and video release.
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19 Sep 1981 The Rolling Stones album 'Tattoo You' started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US chart, the band's ninth US No.1.
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19 Sep 1990 Kylie Minogue's 'Better The Devil You Know' gave producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman their 100th UK chart entry.
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19 Sep 1992 The Shamen started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ebeneezer Goode'. One of the most controversial UK chart toppers due to its perceived subliminal endorsement of recreational drug use. The song was initially banned by the BBC.
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19 Sep 1992 Radiohead filmed the video for their new single 'Creep' during a show at the Venue, in Oxford, England.
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19 Sep 1993 Pearl Jam released their second studio album Vs. The album set the record for the most copies of an album sold in its first week, a record it held for five years, despite the fact that the group declined to produce music videos for any of the album’s singles.
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19 Sep 1995 P.M. Dawn's DJ JC Eternal was arrested on charges of sexual assault and child abuse after an alleged affair with his 14 year-old cousin. He was released on $10,000 bail.
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19 Sep 1998 American country music star Red Foley died aged 58. Sold over 25 million records, hosted the first popular country music series on network television, Ozark Jubilee.
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19 Sep 1998 Robbie Williams scored his first solo UK No.1 single with 'Millennium', taken from his from his second album, I've Been Expecting You.
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19 Sep 1999 Edward Cobb died of Leukaemia aged 61. Singer songwriter & producer, member of The Four Preps (1958 US No.3 & UK No. 2 single 'Big Man'), wrote 'Tainted Love' a hit for Soft Cell in 1981.
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19 Sep 1999 Italian group Eiffel 65 went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Blue (Da Ba Dee'). The single was also No.1 in Norway, Austria, Finland, Germany and Denmark
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19 Sep 2002 James Brown was being sued by his own daughters for more than £650,000 of song royalties they said they were owed. Deanna Brown Thomas and Dr Yamma Brown Lumar, a Texas physician, said Brown had withheld royalties on 25 co-written songs because of a family grudge. The lawsuit claimed that Brown had held a grudge against his daughters since 1998, when Ms Thomas had her father committed to a psychiatric hospital to be treated for addiction to painkillers.
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19 Sep 2003 Police were investigating reports that Paul McCartney scuffled with a photographer when the singer went to see magician David Blaine, who was in a plastic box dangling over the River Thames. The London Evening Standard said one of its photographers had clashed with McCartney resulting in a scuffle.
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19 Sep 2004 Canadian singer Celine Dion extended her Las Vegas show for another year. Dion was reportedly being paid $100m (£66m) for the original three-year run of five 90-minute concerts a week.
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19 Sep 2005 Research published by Guinness World Records showed that Status Quo have had more hit singles than any other band in UK chart history. The band had scored 61 chart successes, dating from ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ in 1968 to ‘You'll Come Around’ in 2004. Queen came second with 52 hits, with the Rolling Stones and UB40 with 51 hits each.
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19 Sep 2008 American drummer Earl Palmer died. Worked with The Beach Boys, Little Richard (‘Tutti Frutti’), Frank Sinatra, Ike And Tina Turner (‘River Deep, Mountain High’), The Monkees, Fats Domino (‘I'm Walkin’), Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, The Righteous Brothers (‘You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin’), and Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Little Feat and Elvis Costello.
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19 Sep 2008 George Michael was arrested in a public toilet in the Hampstead Heath area of London for possession of Class A and C drugs. He was taken to a local police station and cautioned for controlled substance possession.
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19 Sep 2010 John Lennon's son Julian told the press that he has ended his long-running feud with his half-brother Sean and his step-mother Yoko Ono, which started after the former Beatle was murdered in December, 1980. The trio battled in court for a share of the singer's estate, but Julian now said "Things are good between us. Whenever I'm in New York, we all get together."
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19 Sep 2014 A dance choreographer sued Cher for racial discrimination claiming the singer stopped him hiring any more black dancers. Kevin Wilson alleged Cher told him the tour had "too much colour" already. Mr Wilson and two other dancers had also alleged they were fired for reporting a sexual assault on a female fan by another dancer. Cher's long-running North American D2K (Dressed to Kill) was ranked one of the top 10-grossing tours of 2014 by Pollstar.
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