September 11 in music history
September 11th Happy Birthday to Estelle Axton (1918), Bernie Dwyer - Freddie and the Dreamers (1940), Lola Falana (1942), Paul Riser (1943), Mickey Hart - The Grateful Dead (1943), Dennis Tufano - The Buckinghams (1946), Tommy Shaw - Styx (1953), Renée Geyer (1953), Jon Moss - Culture Club (1957), Mick Talbot - The Style Council (1958), Rory Lyons - King Kurt (1959), Victor Wooten (1964), Moby (1965), Gregory Kane - Hue and Cry (1966), Harry Connick Jr (1967), Richard Ashcroft - The Verve (1971), Jonny Buckland - Coldplay (1977), Ludacris (1977), Ben Lee (1978)
Chart News
1961 Judy Garland at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Judy At Carnegie Hall'.
1965 The Beatles at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Help!'
1971 Donny Osmond at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Go Away Little Girl'
1976 KC and the Sunshine Band at No.1 on the US singles chart with '(Shake Shake Shake), Shake Your Body'
1982 Chicago at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hard To Say I'm Sorry'
1982 John Cougar Mellencamp became the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the No.1 album. ‘Jack and Diane’ was No.4, while ‘Hurts So Good’ was at No.8. His album ‘American Fool’ was at No.1 for the first of nine weeks
1989 Richard Marx at No.1 in Australia with ‘Right Here Waiting’
1993 Mariah Carey at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Dreamlover'. 'Music Box' went to No.1 in the UK Album chart.
1999 TLC at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Unpretty'.
2005 Pussycat Dolls ft Busta Rhymes at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Cha'
2010 Olly Murs at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘ Please Don’t Let me Go’
2021 BTS at No.1 on the US chart with 'Butter'
Gig News
1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played two shows at the Grona Lund in Stockholm
1978 Robert Palmer played at The Odeon, Birmingham, England
1988 Michael Jackson played at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England
1988 Metallica played at the MTK Football Stadium in Budapest, Hungary.
Music News
1987 Peter Tosh killed