This day in music history
September 17th
Born on this day in Music History
Hank Williams (1923), Bill Black - Elvis Presley / Bill Black Combo (1926), Jeanine Deckers (1933), Lamonte McLemore - The 5th Dimension (1939), Shelby Flint (1939), Fee Waybill - The Tubes (1950), Steve Williams - Budgie (1953), William Owen Gregory - Goldfrapp (1959), Baz Luhrmann (1962), John Penney - Neds Atomic Dustbin (1968), Anastacia (1968), Adam Devlin - The Bluetones (1969), Keith Flint - Prodigy (1969), Maile Misajon - Eden's Crushed (1976), Jonathan Jacob Walker - Panic at the Disco (1985)
Chart News
1960 The Ventures at No.1 in Australia with ‘Walk, Don’t Run’
1961 Shirley Bassey at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain.'
1976 Shirley Bassey at No.1 in Australia with ’Never Never Never’
1977 Diana Ross and The Supremes at No.1 on the UK chart with '20 Golden greats'.
1983 Paul Young at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'No Parlez.'
1983 Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Eddie Money and Uriah Heep played at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California.
1984 George Michael at No.1 in Australia with ‘Careless Whisper’
1988 Robert Palmer at No.1 in Australia with ‘Simply Irresistible’
1994 Boyz II Men at No.1 on the US album chart with 'II'.
1994 Kyle Minogue at No.1 in Australia with ‘Confide in Me’
1994 Whigfield at No.1 in the UK with 'Saturday Night'.
2006 Justin Timberlake at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Futuresex / Lovesounds'
2011 Pixie Lott at No.1 in the UK with ‘All About Tonight’
2011 Adele at No.1 in the US with ‘Someone Like You’
2015 Sigala Lott at No.1 in the UK with ‘Easy Love’
2022 Harry Styles at No.1 on the US chart with 'As It Was'
Gig News
1962 The Beatles played at The Queen’s Hall, Widnes, Cheshire. Also on the bill, Billy Kramer and the Coasters, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Sonny Kaye and the Reds.
1964 Rolling Stones played at the ABC Theatre in Carlisle, England
1964 The Beatles played at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.
1967 Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Chicken Shack & Long John Baldry played at the Saville Theatre in London
1976 The Sex Pistols played a gig for the inmates at Chelmsford Prison, Essex in England.
1984 Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark played Colston Hall, Bristol, England.
rest in peace Irish Grinstead