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Born ~ September 1st
1994: Bianca Ryan (American singer).
1993: Ilona Mitrecey (French singer).
1987: Dann Hume (New Zealand singer, guitarist, drummer; Evermore).
1985: Camile Velasco (Filipino-American singer).
1984: Joseph Trohman (American musician; Fall Out Boy).
1976: Peter Brown (drums; Wheatus)
1976: Babydaddy/Scott Hoffman (keyboards/bass; Scissor Sisters)
1970: DJ Spigg Nice (rapper; Lost Boyz)
1965: Craig McLachlan (Australian actor and singer)
1951: Boney James/James Oppenheim (US award winning saxophone player).
1960: Cass/ Richard Keith Lewis (bass, Skunk Anansie)
1958: Armi Aavikko (Finnish singer, beauty queen)*02.Jan.2002.
1957: Gloria "Estefan" María Milagrosa Fajardo García (singer/actress;Miami Sound Machine)
1955: Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals; Jam)
1950: Peter Hewson (vocals; Chicory Tip)
1949: Russ Field (guitar; Showaddywaddy)
1948: Greg Errico (drummer, record producer; Sly & The Family Stone/session/guest)
1946: Barry Gibb (singer, songwriter,guitar; Bee Gees)
1944: Archie Bell [vocals; Drells]
1933: Conway Twitty (country singer, guitarist)*05.06.1993
1931: Boxcar Willie/Lecil Travis Martin (US hobo/country singer, guitarist, songwriter)*12.April.1999.
1927: Tommy Evans (US vocalist; the Drifters)

September 2nd
1977: Sam Rivers (bassist; Limp Bizkit)
1975: Tony Thompson (US lead singer; Hi-Five)*01.June.2007.
1969: Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey (singer; K-Ci and JoJo / Jodeci)
1963: Mike Baker (American lead singer; Shadow Gallery)*29.Oct.2008.
1959: Paul Wylie Deakin (drums, The Mavericks)
1958: Jerry Augustyniak (drummer; 10,000 Maniacs)
1957: Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizer, composer; Toto)
1956: Fritz McIntyre (keyboards; Simply Red)
1951: Mik Kaminksi (Violin; Electric Light Orchestra/E.L.O. part 2)
1946: Marty Greb (Keyboards, horns; Buckinghams/Fabulous Rhinestones)
1943: Rosalind Ashford (US vocals; Del-Phis/ Vells/ Martha Reeves & the Vandellas)
1943: Ðorde Novkovic (Croatian songwrite, record producer)*06.May.2007.
1943: Joe Simon (US singer)
1941: Bobby Purify/James B. Moore (US soul singer)
1940: Jimmy Clanton (US singer)
1939: Sam Gooden (African-American soul singer; The Impressions)
1931: Clifford Jordan (saxophone, jazz musician; many big bands)*27.March.1993
1925: Hugo Montenegro (composer, arranger and conductor)*06.Feb.1981
1925: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (UK pop music pianist, composer)*16.Nov.2000

September 3rd
1980: Jay McCaslin (bassist; Sum 41)
1978: Terje "Valfar" Bakken (Norwegian lead singer; Windir)*15.Jan.2004.
1973: David Mead (US singer, songwriter)
1973: Jennifer Paige (US singer)
1965: Vaden Todd Lewis (US guitarist, singer: Toadies).
1963: Jonathan Segal (composer,multi-instrumentalist; Camper Van Beethoven/Dieselhed)
1962: Lester Noel (vocalist; Beats International)
1960: Perry Bamonte (lead guitar; The Cure)
1957: Suzanne Freytag (keyboard; Propaganda)
1955: Steve Jones (vocals,keyboards,guitarist; Sex Pistols/Neurotic Outsiders/freelance)
1952: Leroy Smith (vocals; Sweet Sensation)
1948: Donald Brewer (drummer; Grand Funk Railroad)
1947: Eric Bell (guitar; founder member of Thin Lizzy)
1945: George Biondi (bass; Steppenwolf)
1944: Gary Leeds (drummer, vocals; Walker Brothers)
1942: Al Jardine (US vocalist, Producer, Guitar; founder member of The Beach Boys)
1942: Kenneth Pickett (UK singer; The Creation)*10.Jan.1997.
1934: Freddie King (rock blues & blues guitarist, singer)*28.Dec.1976.
1926: Zezé Gonzaga (Brazilian singer)*24.July.2008.
1925: Hank Thompson (American country music singer and songwriter)*06.Nov.2007
1918: Donna King Conkling(American singer; The King Sisters)*16.June.2007
1887: Frank Christian (American New Orleans jazz trumpeter)*27.Nov.1973
1695: Pietro Locatelli (Italian composer, violinist)*30.March.1764.

September 4th.
1981: Beyoncé Knowles (US singer; Destiny's Child/solo)
1980: Dan Miller (US vocalist; O-Town)
1975: Richard Wingo (American R&B singer; Jagged Edge).
1974: Carmit Bachar (singer, dancer; Pussycat Dolls)
1972: Guto Pryce (Welsh bassist; Super Furry Animals)
1971: Ty Longley (guitar, vocals; Great White/solo)*20.Feb.2003
1970: Igor Cavalera (drummer; Sepultura)
1969: Sasha/Alexander Coe (producer/mixing/remixing/ DJ)
1966: Bireli Lagrene (French gypsy-style jazz guitarist).
1963: Nasty Suicide/Jan Stenfors (rhythm guitar; Hanoi Rocks)
1961: Bernard O'Neill (Irish double bassist, bass; international sessionist/founder member: Zumzeaux).
1960: Kim Thayil (US guitar;Soundgarden)
1951: Martin Chamber (UK drummer; The Pretenders/ Miss World).
1951: Dan Del Santo (US steel guitarist, guitarist, singer-songwriter)*12.Oct.2001
1950: Ronald LaPread (US bassist; The Commodores)
1946: Gary Duncan (guitar; Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1944: Gene Parsons (US drummer, banjoist, guitarist, singer-songwriter; The Byrds).
1942: Merald “Bubba” Knight (US soul singer; Gladys Knight & The Pips).
1942: Heiner Stadler (Polish arranger, bandleader, composer).
1934: Michel Sardaby (French pianist).
1930: John Cephas (US Piedmont blues guitarist; Cephas & Wiggins)*04.March.2009.
1907: Jan Savitt (Russian arranger, bandleader, violinist, and vocalist)*04.Oct.1948.
1905: Meade "Lux" Lewis (American pianist)*07.June.1964.
1891: Sam Lanin (American bandleader; own bands/session leader)*05.May.1977.

September 5th.
1980: Kevin Simm (vocals; Liberty X)
1969: Dweezil Zappa (US vocalist, guitar, son of Frank Zappa; solo/guest/sessionist)
1968: Brad Wilk (US drummer; Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave).
1966: Ricky Parent (American drummer; Enuff Z'nuff)*27.Oct.2007.
1966: Terry Ellis (American R&B singer; En Vogue).
1964: Kevin Saunderson (member, producer, mixing; Reese&Santonio/Inner City/Kreem/Es'Ray).
1958: Lars Danielsson (Swedish bassist, composer and producer; own band/sessionist).
1954: Sal Solo/Charles Peter Smith (lead singer; Classix Nouveaux).
1951: Jamie Oldaker (US country musician; The Tractors/Eric Clapton Band).
1949: Dave Clempson (guitar, keyboards; Colosseum/Humble Pie/guest)
1947: Buddy Miles (US drummer; Ink Spots/Band of Gypsys/session/guest)*26.Feb.2008.
1947: Charles Bobo Shaw (US drummer, co-founder of the Black Artists Group, a musical collective).
1946: Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Bulsara (Zanzibar-born UK musician, pianist, songwriter; Queen)*24.Nov.1991
1946: Dean Ford/Thomas McAleese (Scottish lead singer; Marmalade).
1946: Loudon Wainwright III (US singer, songwriter)
1945: Al Stewart (UK Vocals, Keyboards, Trumpet, Guitar).
1939: John Stewart (US singer, songwriter; Kingston Trio/solo)*19.Jan.2008.
1936: Willie Woods (guitar; Junior Walker & the All Stars) *27.May.1997
1928: Albert Mangelsdorff (German bandleader and trombonist)*25.July.2005
1927: Nick Ayoub (Canadian tenor saxophone player).
1927: Joki Freund (German aerophone multi-instrumentalist).
1494: Hans Sachs (German meistersinger)*19.Jan.1576

September 6th.
1987: Ramiele Malubay (US singer and former American Idol contestant).
1980: Kerry Katona (UK singer; Atomic Kitten).
1979: Foxy Brown/Inga Marchand (US rapper).
1976: N.O.R.E./Victor Santiago (American rapper and reggaeton performer).
1974: Nina Persson (Swedish singer; The Cardigans).
1971: Dolores O'Riordan (Irish singer; The Cranberries).
1971: Kathy Wolfgramm/Kathi Jet (American vocalist; The Jets).
1967: Macy Gray/Natalie Renee McIntyre/Natalie Hinds (American R&B singer).
1969: CeCe Peniston (US dance music singer).
1969: Darryl Anthony (American R&B singer; Az Yet).
1968: Paddy Boom/Patrick Secore (US drummer; Scissor Sisters)
1967: Claire Martin (Award winning British jazz singer).
1963: Mark Chesnutt (US country music singer).
1961: Pål Waaktaar Gamst (Swedish guitarist, songwriter; A-Ha)
1961: Colin Ferrguson (Scottish bassist; H2O)
1960: Perry Bamonte (English-Italian bassist, keyboardist; with The Cure).
1958: Buster Bloodvessel/Douglas Trendle (UK singer; Bad Manners).
1957: Joe Smyth (American drummer; Sawyer Brown).
1954: Stella Barker (UK rhythm guitarist; Belle Stars).
1954: Banner Thomas (American bassist for Molly Hatchet).
1952: Buddy Miller (American country music singer-songwriter).
1949: Jimmy Litherland (English guitarist; Colosseum)
1948: Roger Dean (UK avant-garde jazz pianist, double bassist, vibraphonist).
1948: Claydes Charles Smith (US lead guitarist, co-founder of Kool & The Gang)*20.June.2006
1947: Bent Persson (Swedish international cornet player).
1944: Sylvester James (US disco and soul singer, gay drag performer)*16.Dec.1988.
1944: Roger Waters (English bass, vocals; Pink Floyd)
1942: Mel McDaniel (American country music singer, member of the Grand Ole Opry).
1942: Dave Bargeron (US trombonist, tuba player; Blood, Sweat & Tears/session/guest)
1940: Jackie Trent (UK songwriter, singer, actress).
1939: David Allan Coe (American country music singer and songwriter/composer).
1937: Bosse Broberg (Swedish trumpeter).
1925: Jimmy Reed (US blues singer, guitarist, harmonica)*29.Aug.1976
1919: Aaron Shearer (American classical guitarist)*21.April.2008.
1891: John Charles Thomas (American baritone vocalist)*13.Dec.1960.
1877: Buddy Bolden/King Bolden (US cornet player, first jazzman)*04.Nov.1930

September 7th.
1986: Spectacular Blue Smith (US rapper with R&B Group Pretty Ricky).
1981: Paul McCoy (American lead singer; 12 Stones).
1972: Slug/Sean Daley (American rapper; Atmosphere).
1970: Chad Ronald Sexton (US drummer for rapcore/punk rock/reggae act 311).
1969: Little Jimmy Urine (American singer; Mindless Self Indulgence).
1966: Christopher John Dyke Acland (UK drummer; Lush)*17.Oct.1996.
1965: Ron Blake (American tenor saxophonist).
1965: Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian opera singer).
1964: Eazy-E/Eric Wright (American rapper; NWA)*26.March.1995.
1962: Paul Tobey (Canadian jazz pianist).
1961: LeRoi Moore (American saxophonist; Dave Matthews Band)*19.Aug.2008.
1961: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (French Pianist).
1960: Brad Houser (US bassist, woodwinds; Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
1958: Hamilton Lee (UK drummer; Furniture)
1957: Margot Chapman (US singer; Starland Vocal Band).
1957: Jermaine Stewart (US singer, dancer; Shalamar)*17.March.1997
1956: Diane Warren (US songwriter)
1956: Michael Feinstein (American archivist, pianist and singer).
1954: Dave King (American bassist).
1953: Benmont Tench (US keyboardist, piano, organ; Tom Petty & Heartbreakers).
1952: Allison Rayner (UK bass player with Deirdre Cartwright).
1951: Morris Albert (Brazilian singer).
1951: Chrissie Hynde (US singer, guitarist, songwriter; The Pretenders).
1951: Mark Isham (American composer).
1951: Danny Doriz (French vibraphonist).
1949: Gloria Gaynor (US Rhythm & Blues singer)
1948: Frank Beard (US drummer; ZZ Top).
1946: Alfa Anderson (US member of the band Chic).
1943: Lena Valaitis (Lithuanian-German Schlager singer).
1941: Michael Peter Smith (US singer, songwriter; writer of The Dutchman)
1940: Ronnie Dove (US lead singer of Ronnie Dove & the Belltones)
1936: Buddy Holly/Charles Hardin Holley (US singer, guitar, songwriter; The Crickets)*03.Feb.1959
1934: Little Milton/Milton Campbell (US blues singer, guitarist, songwriter)*04.Aug.2005
1931: Makanda Ken McIntyre (US jazz saxophonist, multi-musician and composer)*13.June.2001.
1931: Helen Gray (Canadian soprano singer; The Travellers).
1930: Sonny Rollins (American jazz tenor saxophonist).
1930: Francis Coppieters (Belgian pianist).
1922: Joe Newman (American composer, trumpeter)*04.July.1992.
1921: Arthur Ferrante (American pianist of Ferrante and Teicher fame).
1920: Al Caiola (American jazz, country, rock, western, and pop guitarist).
1914: Graeme Bell MBE (Australian bandleader and pianist).
1897: Al Sherman (Russian-American Tin Pan Alley songwriter)*16.Sept.1973.

September 8th
1979: Pink/Alicia Moore (US singer)
1975: Richard Hughes (drums; Keane)
1971: Andie Rathbourne (drummer; Mansun)
1960: Aimee Mann (US singer, bass, guitar; 'Til Tuesday/solo).
1960: David Steele (bassist, producer; The [English] Beat/Fine Young Cannibals)
1958: David Lewis (US guitarist, singer;Atlantic Starr)
1956: Fad Gadget/Frank John Tovey (British avant-garde electronic musician)*03.April.2002.
1953: Colin Routh (singer, guitarist; Black Lace).
1946: Dean Daughtry (rock keyboardist; Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (US vocalist, harmonica, organ, Grateful Dead)*08.March.1973.
1945: Kelly Groucutt (UK bassist, vocals, songwriter; Electric Light Orchestra/ELO spin-offs)*19.Feb.2009.
1944: Peter Franklyn Bellamy (UK guitarist, folk singer; The Young Tradition/solo)*24.Sept.1991.
1942: Brian Cole (US vocalist, bass, clarinet; The Association)*02.Aug.1972
1942: Sal Spampinato/Sal Valentino (singer; The Beau Brummels)
1932: Patsy Cline/Virginia Patterson Hensley (US country singer)*05.March.1963.
1928: Earl Nelson (US R&B singer; Bob & Earl/The Hollywood Flames/Jackie Lee)*12.July.2008.
1926: Arthur "Artie" Anton (conga drums, drums, timbales; freelance/guest)*27.July.2003
1925: Peter Sellers (UK actor, comedy songs; The Goons)*24.July.1980
1897: Jimmie Rodgers/Yodeling Cowboy (singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter)*26.May.1933

September 9th
1980: Jani Liimatainen (Finish power guitarist; Altaria/Sonata Arctica/Graveyard Shift).
1977: Soulja Slim/James Tapp Jr (US rapper; Master P's No Limit/solo)*26.Nov.2003.
1975: Michael Bublé (Canadian pop jazz singer)
1970: Macy Dray (US R&B singer)
1966: Gregory Kane (singer; Hue and Cry)
1952: Dave A. Stewart (UK guitarist, songwriter, producer; Eurythmics/Longdancer/solo/guest)
1950: John McFee (US guitarist; Clover/Elvis Costello/Doobie Brothers).
1947: Freddy Weller (US guitarist, country singer; Paul Revere and the Raiders/solo)
1946: Trevor Oakes (UK guitar; Showaddywaddy)
1946: David Gavin (drums, percussion;Heads Hands & Feet/Vinegar Joe/Freelance).
1946: Bruce Palmer (Canadian bassist; Buffalo Springfield/Neil Young's Trans Band)*01.Oct.2004
1946: Doug Ingle (organist, vocals, composer; Iron Butterfly)
1946: Billy Preston (US R&B singer, keyboard player)*06.June.2006
1945: Dee Dee Sharp/Dione LaRue (US R&B singer).
1942: Inez Foxx (lead vocals; The Inez & Charlie Foxx Duo)
1942: Luther Simmons Jr (soul, R&B, gospel singer; Main Ingredient)
1941: Otis Redding (US soul singer, Bar-Keys)*10.Dec.1967
1940: Joe Negroni (US baritone vocalist; Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)*05.Sept.1978
1927: Elvin Ray Jones (American jazz drummer; John Coltrane/freelance/own bands)*18.May.2004.
1922: Hoyt Curtin (US composer, music producer; Hanna-Barbera animation studio)*03.Dec.2000.

September 10th
1985: Matthew Johnson (vocals, One True Voice)
1968: Big Daddy Kane (Vocals, Producer, Rap)
1966: Miles Zuniga (vocals; Fastball)
1965: Robin Goodridge (plays percussion in the band Bush)
1960: Dave Lowry (guitarist; Cracker)
1958: Siobhan Fahey (vocals; Bananarama/Shakespear's Sister/solo)
1957: Carol Decker [vocalist, songwriter; T'Pau]
1956: Johnnie 'Fingers' Moylett (keyboards; Boomtown Rats)
1955: Pat Mastelotto (drums, Mr Mister/King Crimson/XTC/guest)
1951: Peter Tolson (lead guitar; Pretty Things)
1950: Joe Perry (guitar, Aerosmith)
1949: Barrie Barlow (drummer; Jethro Tull)
1946: Don Powell (drummer and founding member of Slade/Slade 2)
1945: Jose Feliciano/José Montserrate Feliciano García (blind Puerto Rican singer, guitarist)
1942: Danny Hutton (US vocals, Three Dog Night)
1939: Cynthia Lennon (first wife of John Lennon 23.08.1962 ~ 08.11.1968)
1898: Waldo Semon (US chemist who in 1926, discovered PVC, vinyl for LP & 45 records)*26.May.1998

September 11th
1977: Ludacris/Chris Brian Bridges (US rapper artist, actor).
1977: Jon Buckland (lead guitar, Coldplay)
1975: Brad Fischetti (vocals; LFO)
1971: Richard Ashcroft (guitar, vocals; Verve/solo/guest)
1967: Harry Connick Jr. (US singer)
1965: Moby (techno musician, DJ, producer, vocalist)
1959: Rory Lyons (drummer; King Kurt)
1958: Mick Talbot (Keyboards; Style Council)
1957: Jon Moss (drums; Culture Club/ Damned)
1955: Hiram Bullock (American jazz funk and jazz fusion guitarist)*25.July.2008.
1953: Tommy Shaw (US guitarist; STYX/Damn Yankees)
1948: John Martyn (singer, songwriter, keyboards, harmonica, guitar).
1947: Richard Jaeger (percussionist; sessionist/freelance)*27.Aug.2000
1946: Dennis Tufano (singer, guitarist; The Buckinghams)
1943: Mickey Hart (UK drummer; percussion; Grateful Dead)
1940: Bernie Dwyer (UK drummer; Freddie & The Dreamers)*04.Dec.2002.
1911: Jerry Scoggins (American singer, guitarist)*07.Dec.2004.

September 12th
1971: Wes Wehmiller (US bassist;Duran Duran/I,Claudius/others)*30.Jan.2005 cancer
1969: Kenny Thomas (soul & dance singer)
1967: Jon Stewart (guitar; Sleeper).
1966: Ben Folds (vocals, piano; Ben Folds Five)
1968: Larry LaLonde (guitar; Primus)
1956: Brian Robertson (guitar, Thin Lizzy/guest
1956: Barry Andrews (keyboards; XTC/Shriekback)
1954: Christie Allen (Australian pop singer)*12.Aug.2008.
1954: Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone, jazz musician; Benny Goodman/leader)
1952: Gerry Beckley (lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, harmonica; America)
1952: Neil Peart (drummer; Rush)
1944: Barry White (soul singer & producer)*04.July.2003
1944: Colin Young (lead singer; Foundations)
1943: Maria Muldaur (US Singer, songwriter)
1940: Tony Bellamy (guitar, piano and vocals; Redbone)
1931: George Jones (country singer)

September 13th
1983: James Bourne (lead singer, guitar; Busted/Son of Dork)
1977: Fiona Apple/Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (US singer, songwriter).
1967: Steve Perkins (drums, percussion; Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros)
1965: Zak Starkey (drummer, The Face/Guest/Session)
1961: Dave Mustaine (lead guitar; Megadeth/Metallica)
1954: Dan Hegarty (lead vocals; Darts)
1952: Don Was/Donald Fagenson (bass, keyboard; Was Not Was/freelance)
1952: Randy Jones (the original "cowboy" in Village People)
1949: Fred Sonic Smith (US guitar player; MC5)*04.Nov.1994
1944: Peter Cetera (US singer, songwriter, and bass player , Chicago /solo)
1943: Ray Elliot (rock pianist, saxophonist; Them)
1941: David Clayton-Thomas (lead singer; Blood Sweat & Tears)
1939: Gene Page (Influential US conductor, arranger and record producer)*23.Aug.1998.
1939: Dave Quincy (Saxophone; If/Manfred Mann/Dave Quincy Quintet/solo/freelance)
1925: Mel Torme (American jazz singer with a light, high-tenor voice)*05.June.1999
1922: Charles Brown (American blues singer and pianist and R&B pioneer)*21.Jan.1999.
1922: Yma Sumac (Peruvian international soprano singer)*01.Nov.2008.
1893: Lawrence James "Larry" Shields (jazz clarinetist;Original Dixieland Jass Band)*21.Nov.1953

September 14th
1981: Ashley Roberts (singer, Pussycat Dolls)
1973: Nas/Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (US rapper)
1971: Jeff Loomis (US lead guitarist; Sanctuary/Nevermore).
1970: Craig Montoya (bass, Everclear)
1970: Mark Webber (guitar; Pulp)
1969: DJ Kay Gee/Keir Gist (US rapper; Naughty By Nature)
1967: John Power (bass, vocals; The La's)
1959: Morten Harket (lead singer; A-Ha)
1955: Steve Berlin (saxophone; Los Lobos/Blasters/freelance)
1954: Barry Cowsill (bassist, vocals; The Cowsills)
1953: Tom Cora (US cellist, composer; The Ex/Curlew/Third Person/Skeleton Crew/sessions/solo)*09.April.1998.
1950: Paul Kossoff (guitar, Free)*19.March.1976
1949: Steve Gaines (US guitarist; The Ravens/Lynyrd Skynyrd)*20.Oct.1977.
1946: Pete Agnew (bassist; Nazareth)
1944: Oliver Lake (American alto saxophonist, flutist, composer and poet).
1930: William R. Berry [trumpet, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra/sessionist]
1918: Israel "Cachao" López (Cuban mambo bassist, composer; "the inventor of the mambo")*22.March.2008
1914: Mae Boren Axton (US songwriter/promoter known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville')*09.April.1997

September 15th
1976: Paul Thomson (drums; Franz Ferdinand)
1976: KG (lead vocals; MN8)
1976: Ivette Sosa (singer, dancer; Eden's Crush)
1975: Jamie Stevens (German pop singer)
1960: Mitch Dorge (drummer, composer, producer; Crash Test Dummies)
1958: Tim Whelan (guitar; Furniture)
1956: Jaki Graham (singer; Ferrari/Medium Wave/UB40/solo)
1946: Ola Brunkert (Swedish session drummer; playered on every Abba album)*16.March.2008
1942: Lee Dorman (bass, vocals, keyboards; Iron Butterfly/Captain Beyond)
1941: Les Braid (bass, keyboards; Swinging Blue Jeans)*31.July.2005
1924: Bobby Short (US singer, pianist)*21.March.2005
1915: Al Casey (guitarist, Fats Waller, Harlem Blues & Jazz Band)*11.Sept.2005
1903: Roy Acuff (country singer, fiddle player, songwriter)*23.Oct.1992

September 16th
1992: Nick Jonas (American singer; The Jonas Brothers).
1988: Teddy Geiger (American singer).
1984: Katie Melua (UK singer, guitar, piano, songwriter).
1984: Sabrina Bryan (American actress and singer).
1976: Tina Barrett (UK vocalist, S Club 7).
1975: Shannon Noll (Australian singer and songwriter).
1970: Mark Schultz (American singer, songwriter, piano, guitar).
1969: Justine Frischmann (UK guitar, vocals; Suede/ Elastica).
1968: Marc Anthony/Marco Antonio Muñiz (Puerto Rican-American singer, songwriter).
1963: Richard Marx (US singer, piano, guitar, songwriter; own band/solo/guest).
1962: Stephen Jones (UK singer, guitarist; Babybird).
1961: Bilinda Butcher (UK singer, guitarist; My Bloody Valentine).
1957: Anca Parghel (51) (Romanian singer, composer)*05.Dec.2008.
1955: Yolandita Monge (Puerto Rican singer).
1954: Frank "Tchallah" Reed (US singer; Chi-Lites).
1954: Earl Klugh (American jazz guitarist).
1954: Colin Newman (UK guitarist, vocals; Wire).
1953: Alan Barton (UK lead singer; Black Lace/Smokie)*23rd March 1995.
1950: David Bellamy (US vocals, guitar; Bellamy Brothers).
1948: Ron Blair (US bassist; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).
1948: Kenny Jones (UK drummer; Small Faces/Faces/The Who).
1946: Camilo Sesto (Spanish singer).
1944: Winston Grennan (Jamaican drummer; international session player)*27.Oct.2000.
1944: Betty Kelly (US singer; The Velvelettes/Martha And The Vandellas).
1942: Bernie Calvert (UK bass, keyboards; the Hollies).
1941: Joseph Campbell Butler (US vocalist, drummer; The Lovin' Spoonful).
1940: Hamiet Bluiett (American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer).
1934: Ronnie Drew (Irish folk singer, gutarist; Dubliners/solo/guest)*16.Aug.2008.
1931: Jan Johansson (Swedish jazz pianist)*09.Nov.1968
1925: B.B. King/Riley B. King (US blues guitarist, vocals).
1925: Charlie Byrd (American jazz and classical guitar virtuoso)*30.Nov.1999
1916: M.S. Subbulakshmi/Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Indian singer)*11.Dec.2004

September 17th
1979: Chuck Comeau (drums; Simple Plan)
1976: Maile Misajoin (vocals, Eden's Crush)
1970: Vinnie/Vincent Brown (rap artist; Naughty By Nature)
1969: Keith Flint (vocals, Prodigy)
1969: Adam Devlin ( guitar; Bluetones)
1968: Anastacia aka Lynn Newkirk (US singer)
1968: Lord Jamar (member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian)
1968: John Penney (vocals, Neds Atomic Dustbin)
1962: Baz Luhrmann (Australian filmmaker, executive Producer, director)
1962: BeBe Winans (gospel and R&B singer)
1961: Ty Tabor (US lead guitarist, songwriter, co-lead vocalist; King's X).
1950: Fee Waybill (vocals, the Tubes)
1950: Mike Hossack (drums, Doobie Brothers)
1947: Jim Hodder (drums, Steely Dan)*15.June.1990
1939: LaMonte McLemore (vocals; the 5th Dimension)
1929: Sil Austin (tenor saxophone;)*01.Sept.2001
1926: William Patton "Bill" Black Jr (US: double bass, bass; Elvis Presley)*21.Oct.1965
1923: Hank Williams (US country star, singer, guitar, songwriter)*01.Jan.1953.

September 18th
1974: Xzibit/ X to the Z/Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (US hip-hop, rapper artist)
1973: Ami "Puffy" Onuki (Japanese singer).
1967: Ricky "Slick" Bell (US singer; New Edition/Bell Biv Devoe/solo).
1966: Ian Spice (UK drummer; Breathe).
1966: Nigel Clarke (UK vocals, bass; Dodgy).
1965: Thomas Bramerie (French bass player; sessionist/Dick de Graaf/Dee Dee Bridgewater).
1962: Joanne Catherall (UK vocalist, Human League).
1962: Richard Walmsley (UK member of the electronic band Beatmasters).
1961: Martin Beedle (UK drummer; Cutting Crew).
1959: Manfred Brundl (German bassist; session musician for Bob Brookmeyer).
1958: Lita Ford (UK vocalist; The Runaways).
1952: Dee Dee Ramone/ Douglas Colvin (bassist, vocals; Ramones)*05.June.2002.
1949: Kerry Livgren (US keyboards, piano, guitar; Kansas).
1946: Alan "Barn" King (UK guitarist; Ace).
1945: P.F. Sloan/Philip Gary Schlein (Vocals, Various Instruments, Producer; Grass Roots)
1944: Rocío Jurado (Spanish singer and actress)*01.June.2006.
1942: Martin "Marty" Mooney (Australian reed player).
1941: Priscilla Mitchell (US rockabilly vocalist; collaborated with Connie Smith/Anita Carter).
1940: Lonnie Lee (Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist).
1939: Frankie Avalon (US singer/actor)
1934: Alex Dalgleish (Scottish arranger, composer, trumpeter).
1933: Jimmie Rodgers (American pop singer).
1929: Louis Myers (US guitar, harmonica, vocals; Aces/freelance)*05.Sept.1994
1925: Pieternella "Pia" Beck (Dutch entrepreneur, pianist, vocalist).

September 19th
1984: Eamon/Eamon Doyle (US R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter).
1980: Sara Quin (Canadian singer/songwriter; Tegan and Sara).
1980: Tegan Quin (Canadian singer/songwriter; Tegan and Sara).
1977: Ryan Dusick (drums; Maroon 5)
1976: Jim Ward (American vocalist, guitarist; At the Drive-In/Sparta).
1971: Paul Winterhart (drummer; Kula Shaker)
1969: Candy Dulfer (Dutch jazz lady, alto saxophonist; Funky Stuff/freelance)
1964: Trisha Yearwood (US country singer)
1963: Jarvis Branson Cocker (lead singer,songwriter, producer; Pulp)
1958: Lita Ford (UK vocalist, guitar; The Runaways)
1957: Rusty Egan (Uk drummer; Rich Kids)
1952: Tad Jones (US music historian, researcher, author)*01.Jan.2007.
1952: Nile Rodgers (R&B guitarist; Chic/freelance/guest)
1951: Daniel Lanois (producer, singer, percussion, guitar; freelance/guest)
1949: Twiggy/Leslie Hornby (UK model, actress, singer)
1947: Lol Creme/Lawrence Neil Creme (UK singer, guitar, keyboards; 10CC/Godley & Creme)
1946: John Coghlan (Drums; Status Quo)
1945: Freda Payne (US soul singer)
1945: David Bromberg (US guitarist, fiddle, mandolin player; freelance).
1941: Cass Elliot/Mama Cass (US singer; Mamas and the Papas/solo)*29.July.1974
1940: Paul Williams (US composer & songwriter; Carpenters, many others).
1940: Bill Thomas Medley (US singer, songwriter; Righteous Brothers)
1936: "Brother" Gene Dinwiddie (US sax player; Butterfield Blues Band/FullMoon/freelance)*????
1935: Nick Massi/Nicholas Macioci (bass singer in The Four Seasons)*24.Dec.2000
1934: Brian Epstein (UK businessman, Beatles manager)*27.Aug.1967
1931: Brook Benton (US singer)*09.April.1988
1882: Christopher Stone (First disc jockey in the UK)*22.May.1965

September 20th
1990: Marilou Bourdon (Quebec pop singer).
1981: Keith Semple (singer in the ITV popstars band 'One True Voice')
1979: Rick Woolstenhulme (drums; Lifehouse)
1978: Patrizio Buanne (Italian baritone singer).
1978: Sarit Hadad/Sara Hodedtov (Israeli singer).
1977: Namie Amuro (Japanese pop singer).
1976: Yo Hitoto (Japanese pop singer)
1968: Ben Shepherd (bassist; Soundgarden)
1968: Tim Rogers (Australian singer, songwriter).
1967: Matthew Nelson (lead singer, bassist; Nelson. Twin son of Ricky Nelson)
1967: Gunnar Nelson (lead singer, drums; Nelson. Twin son of Ricky Nelson)
1966: Nuno Bettencourt (Portugese guitar virtuoso; Extreme/Mourning Widows/Population 1)
1960: David Hemmingway (drums; Housemartins/Beautiful South)
1960: Keith 'Cowboy' Wiggins (hip-hop, rapper; Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five)*08.Sept.1989
1957: Alannah Currie (New Zealand singer, sax player; Thompson Twins).
1956: Steve Coleman (US saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer, band leader).
1947: John Anthony Panozzo (drummer with rock band Styx)*19.July.1996
1947: Mia Martini/ Domenica Bertè(Italian singer and song-writer)*12.May.1995.
1947: Charles Salvatore 'Chuck' Panozzo (bassist; rock band Styx with his twin John)
1946: Mike Rogers/Michael Oldroyd (lead guitar, lead singer; Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
1945: Sweet Pea Atkinson (singer; The Boneshakers/Was Not Was/solo)
1930: Eddie Bo/Edwin Joseph Bocage (American singer and pianist)*18.March.2009.
1925: Billy Nunn (lead & bass singer; The Coasters/his own Coasters)*05.Nov.1986
1922: William Kapell (American classical pianist)*20.Sept.1953
1920: Bill DeArango (Jazz guitarist; Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/freelance)*02.Jan.2006

September 21st
1972: David Randall Silveria (drums, Korn)
1972: Liam Gallagher/William John Paul Gallagher (lead singer; Oasis)
1971: James Michael 'Jimmy' Constable (singer; 911)
1968: Trugoy the Dove/Plug 2/David Jude Jolicoeur (rapper, lyricalist, producer; De La Soul)
1968: Jon Brookes (drums; The Charlatans UK band)
1967: Timmy T/Timothy Torres (US Freestyle performer, singer, drum machines, keyboards)
1967: Tyler Stewart (Canadian drummer; Barenaked Ladies)
1967: Faith Hill (US singer)
1959: Corinne Drewery (UK singer, lyricalist; Swing Out Sister)
1954: Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums; Motorhead)
1947: Don Felder (US guitar, vocals;The Eagles)
1936: Dickey Lee (counrty singer)
1934: Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer, songwriter, poet)
1929: Shafi Hadi (jazz saxophonist; Griffin Brothers/freelance)
1921: Sir Jimmy Young (UK singer, BBC radio DJ, interviewer)
1921: Chico Hamilton (jazz drummer; Count Basie/Lester Young/Lena Horne etc)
1914: Slam Stewart/Leroy Elliot Stewart (jazz bassist with all the icons 40s- 80's)*10.Dec.1987.
1912: György Sándor (Hungarian pianist)*09.Dec. 2005.
1873: Papa Jack/George Vital Laine (American drummer, band leader)*10.June.1966.

September 22nd
1982: Billie Piper (UK singer, actress)
1970: Mystikal/Michael Tyler (US rapper)
1965: Adam Cairns (guitar, vocals, Therapy?)
1960: Joan Jett (singer, guitarist, The Runaways)
1958: Nelson (bassist: Kip Keino/New Model Army)
1957: Nick Cave (vocals, piano, organ; Birthday Party/The Bad Seeds)
1957: Peter Jones (bassist; Cowboys International/Brian Brain/Public Image Ltd)
1957: Johnette Napolitano (lead singer, bassist; Concrete Blonde)
1956: Rhett Forrester (American singer; Riot/sessions/solo)*22.Jan.1994.
1956: Debby Boone (US singer, daughter of Pat Boone)
1953: Richard Fairbrass (singer, Right Said Fred)
1952: Mark Panker (guitar, American Music Club)
1951: David Coverdale (vocals; Deep Purple/Whitesnake)
1950: Kirka Babitzin (56) Finnish rock singer; The Creatures/The Islanders)*31.Jan.2007.
1943: Toni Basil (US singer, actress, dancer, choreographer)

September 23rd
1985: Diana Oritz (singer; Dream)
1981: Natalie Horler (Anglo-German singer; Cascada)
1979: Erik-Michael Estrada (singer; O-Town)
1973: Jermaine Dupri (Producer, Mixing, Executive Producer; rap bands)
1970: Ani DiFranco (US singer, guitarist)
1955: Leon Taylor (drums; The Ventures)
1949: Bruce Springsteen (singer, songwriter, guitarist)
1947: Neal Smith (drums, Alice Cooper Band).
1943: Anthony 'Duster' Bennett (Welsh singer, musician; John Mayall/solo/sessionist)*26.March.1976.
1943: Steve Boone (bassist; Lovin Spoonful)
1943: Wallace 'Scotty' Scott (singer; The Whispers)
1943: Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer)
1939: Roy Buchanan (guitarist, singer, songwriter)*14.Aug.1988
1932: Travis Edmonson (US folk singer-songwriter, guitarist; Bud and Travis/solo)*09.May.2009.
1930: Ray Charles (pop and jazz pianist, singer, songwriter)*10.June.2004
1929: Wally Whyton (British musician, songwriter and radio and TV personality)*22.Jan.1997.
1926: John William Coltrane/Trane (US jazz saxophonist and composer)*17.July.1967
1912: György Sándor (Hungarian pianist)*09.Dec.2005.

September 24th
1971: Marty Cintron (lead vocals; No Mercy)
1971: Peter Salisbury (drums, Verve)
1962: Cedric Dent (vocals; Take 6)
1958: Jeffrey Lee Pierce (American guitarist; Gun Club)*31.March.1996.
1946: Carson Van Osten (bassist; The Nazz)
1946: Jerry Donahue (guitarist; Fairport Convention)
1946: Kjell Asperud (Percussion,vocals; Titanic)
1942: Gerry Marsden (singer, Gerry & The Pacemakers)
1941: Linda McCartney (keyboards, Vocals; Wings)*17.April.1998
1940: Barbara Allbut (lead singer; The Angels)
1938: Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, clarinet, drums; Wrecking Crew/sessionist)*19.April.1993
1933: Mel Taylor (drums, The Ventures)*11.Aug.1996
1931: Anthony Newley (UK singer, actor, composer)*14.April.1999
1929: John Wallace Carter (jazz clarinetist; Clarinet Summit/freelance)*31.March.1991

September 25th
1985: Diana Ortiz (singer; Dream)
1975: Declan Donnelly (actor/singer/TV Pop Idol presenter; Ant & Dec duo)
1968: Will Smith (US actor, rapper; D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince duo)
1955: Steve Severin (bassist; Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Creatures)
1955: Zucchro/Adelmo Fornaciari (Italian blues and rock singer)
1954: Craig Chaquico (guitar; Jefferson Starship)
1947: John Fiddler (vocalist, guitarist, piano, drummer; Medicine Head)
1947: Bryan MacLean (guitar/vocals; Love)*25.Dec.1998
1947: Cecil Womack (US singer; Womack & Womack).
1945: Dee Dee Warwick (African-American soul singer)*18.Oct.2008.
1945: Onnie Mcintyre (vocals, rhythm guitar; Average White Band)
1943: Gary Alexander (guitar, vocals; The Association)
1943: John Locke (keyboard player, songwriter; Spirit)*04.Aug.2006
1939: Joe 'Jesse' Russell (lead singer; The Persuasions)
1936: Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes (Bluesman, harmonica, owner of Barnes' Playboy Club)*08.April.1995
1933: Erik Darling (US songwriter, folk musician; The Tarriers/ Rooftop singers/ Weavers)*05.Aug.2008.
1930: Sheldon Silverstein (US songwriter/composer, musician, cartoonist, screenwriter, author)*10.May.1999.
1925: Sam Rivers (free jazzman, Sax: tenor & soprano, flute; freelance/sessions)

September 26th
1981: Christina Milian (US singer-songwriter, actress, record producer)
1972: Paul Draper (lyricist, vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards; Mansun)
1972: Shawn Stockman (singer; Boyz II Men)
1967: Richard Shannon Hoon (singer, Blind Melon)*21.Oct.1995
1962: Tracey Thorn (Mexican singer; Everything But The Girl)
1961: Cindy Herron (singer; En Vogue)
1958: Darby Crash/Bobby Pyn/Jan Paul Beahm (US punk-rock singer; The Germs)*07.Dec.1980.
1954: Cesar Rosas (Mexican singer, guitarist, songwriter; Los Lobos/Los Super Seven).
1951: Stuart Tosh (Scottish drummer, songwriter; Pilot/10cc/Camel)
1948: Olivia Newton-John (singer/actress)
1947: Lynn Anderson (US country singer)
1945: Bryan Ferry (singer, Keyboards, Piano, Harmonica; Roxy Music/solo)
1941: Joe Bauer (drummer; Youngbloods)
1940: Creadel 'Red' Jones (singer; The Hi-lites/ The Chi-Lites)*25.Aug.1994.
1934: Dick Heckstall-Smith (UK saxophonist; John Mayall/Colosseum/freelance)*17.Dec.2004
1926: Julie London (US actress, singer)*18.Oct.2000
1925: Marty Robbins/Martin David Robinson (US country singer, guitarist)*08.Dec.1982
1918: Harold Gramatges (Cuban composer and pianist)*16.Dec.2008.
1869: Komitas Vardapet (Armenian composer,music pedagogue, musicologist)*22.Oct.1935

September 27th
1984: Avril Lavigne (Canadian singer)
1977: Patrick Bourque (Canadian bass guitarist; Emerson Drive)*26.Sept.2007
1973: Lee Brennan (lead vocalist; 911)
1970: Mark Calderon (singer; Color Me Bad).
1964: Stephan Jenkins (lead singer, songwriter, guitarist; Third Eye Blind)
1958: Shaun Cassidy (US singer, actor, TV producer, David's half brother)
1953: Greg Ham (Australian sax, flute, keyboards, harmonica, vocals; Men At Work)
1953: Robbie Shakespeare (bassist; Riddim Twins/Sly & Robbie/freelance)
1947: Barbara Dickson OBE (Scottish singer)
1947: Meat Loaf/Marvin Lee Aday (US singer)
1942: Shane Fenton/Alvin Stardust/Bernard William Jewry (uk singer; The Fentones/solo)
1943: Randy Bachman (Canadian guitarist, singer; Guess Who/Bachman Turner Overdrive)

September 28th
1987: Hilary Duff (US actress, singer)
1968: Sean LeVert (American R&B singer)*30.March.2008.
1968: Michelle Meldrum (American rock guitarist; Phantom Blue, Meldrum)*21.May.2008.
1967: Moon Unit Zappa (singer on her father Frank's record "Valley Girl")
1966: Kenny Wilson (drummer; freelance/Marilyn Manson)
1962: Peter Hooton (lead singer; Farm)
1954: George Lynch (lead guitarist; Dokken/solo)
1952: Andy Ward (drummer;Camel/Chrys&themums/Marillion)
1951: Jim Diamond (Scottish singer)
1950: Paul Burgess (drums; 10cc/The Invisible Girls/The Soul Company)
1947: Peter Hope Evans [harmonica, jew's harp, mouthbow player; Medicine Head]
1946: Helen Shapiro (Uk singer)
1943: Nick St.Nicholas/Klaus Karl Kassbaum (bass; Steppenwolf/World Classic Rockers)
1942: Mike Osborne (UK jazz alto saxophonist, pianist, clarinetist;sessions/freelance)*19.Sept.2007.
1938: Ben E. King/Benjamin Earl Nelson (US soul singer;Drifters/solo)
1928: Koko Taylor/Cora Walton (American blues singer)*03.June.1928.
1901: Ed Sullivan (TV music show presenter)*13.Oct.1974

September 29th
1987: Josh Farro (US lead guitarist, songwriter; Paramore).
1980: Suzanne Shaw (singer, Hear'Say)
1969: DeVante Swing/Donald Earle DeGrate Jr (record producer, songwriter, singer; Jodeci)
1968: Brad Smith (bassist; Blind Melon)
1968: Matt Goss (lead singer; Bros)
1968: Luke Goss (UK singer, actor; Bros/Band Of Thieves)
1967: Brett Anderson (lead singer; Suede/The Tears/solo)
1966: Tony Foster [electric guitar, bass, acoustic; Olive]
1965: Iain Baker [Keyboards, programming; Jesus Jones]
1963: Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (lead singer, bassist; Primus)
1960: Jennifer Rush (US singer)
1958: Mick Harvey [Drums, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Organ; Birthday Party/Nick Cave/freelance]
1948: Mark Farner (vocals, guitar; Grand Funk Railroad/solo/guest)
1948: Mike Pinera (guitar, vocals; Iron Butterfly/Blues Image)
1941: Ralph Mercado (American promoter of Latin American music)*10.March.2009.
1940: Tilahun Gessesse (Ethiopian popular singer)*19.April.2009.
1937: Joe 'Guitar' Hughes [US blues guitarist, singer)*19.May.2003
1939: Tommy Boyce [songwriter known for the The Monkees songs; Boyce & Hart)*23.Nov.1994
1942: Manuel Fernandez [oran; Los Bravos]
1935: Jerry Lee Lewis (country & rock n roll singer, songwriter, pianist)
1907: Gene Autry (singer, guitar, actor, singing cowboy)*02.Oct.1998

September 30th
1984: Keisha Buchanan [vocals, Sugababes]
1964: Trey Anastasio/Ernest Joseph Anastasio III (guitarist, singer; Plish/solo)
1964: Robby Takac (vocals, bass; Goo Goo Dolls)
1962: Brian Bonhomme (vocals, guitar; Roman Holliday)
1959: Basia Trzetrzelewska pronounced:Basha Che-che-lev-ska (Polish jazz-pop singer)
1954: Patrice Rushen (US R&B singer, songwriter, composer, pianist)
1954: Lesley Beach (saxophonist; Amazulu)
1952: John Lombardo (guitarist; 10,000 Maniacs)
1947: Mark Bolan (guitaist, singer; T-Rex/Taranasaurs Rex)*16.Sept.1977
1946: Sylvia Peterson (singer; Chiffons)
1946: Héctor Lavoe (Puerto Ricann salsa and latin singer)
1943: Marilyn McCoo (singer; 5th Dimension)
1942: Dewey Martin/Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff (Canadian drummer; Buffalo Springfield)*31.Jan.2009.
1942: Frankie Lymon (lead singer, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)*28.Feb.1968.
1942: Gus Dudgeon (Producer, Engineer; Elton John)*22.Aug.2002
1935: Johnny Mathis/John Royce Mathis (Legendary US Singer)
1934: Jürgen Udo Bockelmann (Austrian composer and singer of popular music)
1932: Cissy Houston (soul singer; Sweet Inspirations/mother of Whitney)
1917: Buddy Rich/Bernard Rich (US jazz drummer; noted as "the world's greatest drummer")*02.April.1987

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DEATHS
REMEMBER THIS MONTH

September ?? 4th/5th ??
2008: Richard "Popcorn" Wylie (69) US pianist, producer, band director, songwriter. Worked on Motown's early '60 hits as sessionist and as Popcorn & the Mohawks with James Jamerson. Had his own record labels Pameline and Soulhawk. He wrote and produced dozens of hits in his long career (he was found dead in his Detroit apartment by a family member. It is reported he had been dead a few days, no more details as yet) b. June 6th 1939.
September 1st
1977: Ethel Waters (80) American blues vocalist. She frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She was the second African American ever nominated for an Academy Award. (heart disease) b. October 31st 1896.
1996: Vagn Holmboe (86) Danish composer and teacher who wrote largely in a neo-classical style including 13 symphonies, 3 chamber symphonies, 4 symphonies for strings, 20 string quartets, numerous concertos, one opera, and the late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, as well as much choral and other music (?) b. Dec 20th 1909
2001: Sil Austin (71) US sax player, own band; biggest successes in an overtly commercial rather than jazz vein, a great showman on stage, and had a big, ripe, blues-inflected tenor sound which was ideally adapted to hard-driving rhythm and blues, but was also highly persuasive on ballads. (prostate cancer) b. Sept 17th 1927
2004: Raful Neal (68) blues singer, guitar, harmonica, composer; nine of his eleven children are also blues musicians, and several performed with him on his later releases on the Alligator Records label.(Died after a long battle with cancer) b. June 6th 1936.
2005: R.L.Burnside/Robert Lee Burnside (78) US blues singer, storyteller, songwriter and guitarist; his music is pure country Delta juke joint blues, heavily rhythm-oriented and played with a slide. (suffered a heart attack in 2000 and underwent bypass surgery. He never fully recovered & passed away in a Memphis, TN hospital) b. Nov 23rd 1926.

September 2nd
1934: Russ Columbo/Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo (26) US singer, violinist and actor, most famous for his signature tune, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love," and the legend surrounding his early death (shot by his longtime friend, photographer Lansing Brown. Columbo was visiting him at the studio, in lighting a cigarette, Brown lit the match by striking it against the wooden stock of an antique French dueling pistol. The flame set off a long-forgotten charge in the gun, and a lead pistol ball was fired. The pistol ball ricocheted off a nearby table and hit Columbo in the left eye, killing him almost instantly. Columbo's death was ruled an accident, and Brown exonerated from blame) b. January 14th 1908.
1994: Roy Castle (62) UK singer, TV presenter (lung cancer).
2001: Jay Migliori (70) saxophonist, worked with Frank Zappa and Frank Sinatra; was with Woody Herman's Orchestra before setting in L.A. Since the early 1960s he has worked frequently in the studios, gigging at night in clubs. He was with Supersax from 1972-84 and has often led his own combos ().
2004: Roquel Billy Davis (72) songwriter and producer wrote the jingle 'I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke.' Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Supremes and Gladys Knight all recorded his songs. (died in New York after a long illness).
2007: Fritz Fryer/David Roderick Carney Fryer (62) UK guitarist and vocals with the band Four Pennies;after the band's break up, he formed "Fritz, Mike and Mo" and worked as record producer for Motörhead among others (pancreatic cancer).
2008: Arne Domnérus (83) Swedish jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist; best known for his recordings with visiting American players such as James Moody, Art Farmer Clifford Brown and with Charlie Parker when he made his tour of Sweden 1950. He also worked with the Swedish Radio Big Band from 1956 to 1978, and wrote for television and films (?) b. Dec 20th 1924

September 3rd
1970: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (27) played guitar and harmonica and wrote most of the songs for Canned Heat (found dead in fellow band-members Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles).
1994: Major Lance (53) Soul singer, founder of The Floats and solo artist; became a featured dancer on local TV.(heart attack).
2001: Dave Myers (74) guitarist and bass player with The Four Aces, also one of Chicago's premiere session bassists (complications stemming from diabetes).
2007: Carter Albrecht (34) American keyboardist for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians since 1999. He was also a member of the Dallas, Texas band Sorta, playing keyboards, guitar, and providing vocals (shot in the head and killed by a Dallas neighbor, who was ostensibly firing a "warning shot" at a man banging on his door).
2007: Janis Martin (67) American rockabilly singer; one of the few female rock & roll artists to be making records, proving to the male-dominated rock & roll industry that women too could sell a large amount of records and score rock & roll hits and opened doors for other rock & roll singers to come, like Brenda Lee. She was nicknamed The Female Elvis, for her impressive dance moves on stage (cancer).

September 4th
1972: Francisco Caruso () Wishbone Ash Concessionaire (killed during a Wishbone Ash concert in Texas after refusing to give a fan a free sandwich)?
1983: Louis "King" Garcia (78) Puerto Rican trumpeter; Dorsey Brothers ().
1990: Irene Dunne (97) US actress, traditional pop music vocalist (cardiac arrest).
2000: David Brown (53) primary bass guitar player for the band Santana from 1966 until 1976. He played with Carlos Santana at Woodstock in 1969, and is on most early Santana albums (liver and kidney failure).
2008: Waldick Soriano (75) Brazilian singer, best known as a composer and singer of songs in the brega style. He went on to record dozens of albums and score many hits in his native country (prostate cancer) b. May 13th 1933

September 5th
1977: George Barnes (56) jazz and blues guitarist, claims he played the first electric guitar in 1931, preceding Charlie Christian by six years. Ruby Braff Quartet/solo/guest/studio musician for Decca.().
1978: Joe Negroni (37) baritone vocalist with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (brain haemorrhage).
1990: Charley Charles () drummer, Ian Dury And The Blockheads (cancer).
1994: Louis Myers (64) guitar, harmonica, vocals in the Chicago blues band Aces (heart attack).
2007: Saint Thomas/Thomas Hansen (31) Norwegian alt-country singer and guitarist (The cause of death was determined to be an "unfortunate combination of prescribed drugs").

September 6th
1978: Tom Wilson (47) American record producer, best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Simon and Garfunkel and The Velvet Underground. He worked for Columbia Records, then went to Verve Records (heart attack) b. March 25th 1931.
1984: Ernest Dale Tubb (70) nicknamed the "Texas Troubadour", American singer and songwriter, one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song "Walking the Floor Over You" in 1941 marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music (emphysema) b. February 9th 1914.
1990: Tom Fogerty (49) US guitarist and sang backing vocals in Creedence Clearwater Revival. He had a solo career and worked with the likes of Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (complications from AIDS acquired during a blood transfusion) b. Nov 9th 1941.
1994: Nicky Hopkins (50) UK pianist; the most sort after session player of his era; Small Faces, Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Steve Miller Band, Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, The Who, Screaming Lord Sutch and many more. (complications from a previous intestinal surgery. He had suffered from Crohn's disease since his youth) b. February 24th 1944.
2005: Eric Roche (37) US fingerstyle guitarist: played many genres on solo guitar such as classical, Celtic, folk, jazz, blues, rock and pop, also gifted guitarist-composer, and well known for his solo guitar arrangements. Some of these solo arrangements include:'Jump' by Van Halen, 'Higher Ground' by Stevie Wonder, 'Killer' by Seal, 'Blue in Green' by Miles Davis, 'She Drives Me Crazy' by the Fine Young Cannibals, 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' and 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' by the Beatles,'Take Five' by Dave Brubeck, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana and many more (throat cancer) b. December 4th 1967.
2001 - Carl Crack/Carl Böhm (30) German musician; a Berlin-based techno artist best known for his membership in the digital hardcore band Atari. He appeared on Cobra Killer's 2002 album, The Third Armpit and also was part of Firewire and Whatever (drug overdose) b. May 5th 1971.
2007: Luciano Pavarotti (71) Italian Opera singer; He was probably the most successful post-war classical performer bridging the worlds of opera and pop culture, through his association with fellow singers Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras as the Three Tenors, as well as charity work with such pop icons as U2. "Nessun dorma", from Puccini's opera Tosca, is now forever associated with soccer's World Cup, thanks to Pavarotti's grand appearance at the 1990 Games. (pancreatic cancer) b. October 12th 1935.

September 7th
1957: Raul Sanchez Reinoso (48) Argentinian guitarist, banjo, bandleader (?) b. Dec 18th 1908
1978: Keith Moon (32) Legendary UK drummer; he gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle. He joined The Who in 1964, playing on all albums from their debut, 1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before his death. He is known for innovative, dramatic drumming, often eschewing basic back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across the toms and cymbal crashes. He was one of the first to play drums as a lead instrument in an era when drums were supposed only to keep the back beat.(overdose of heminevrin prescribed to combat alcoholism. A post-mortem confirmed there were 32 tablets in his system, 26 of which were undissolved) b. August 23rd 1946.
1993: Lefty Dizz (56) US guitarist fronted his band Shock Treatment, playing and singing with an unbridled enthusiasm, perhaps the most flamboyant of blues men (cancer) b.April 29th 1937
2002: Erma Franklin (64) US soul, rhythm and blues and pop singer; her best known record is the original version of "Piece of My Heart" since been covered by many top artists. She sometimes would appear at engagements with her sister Aretha (throat cancer) b. March 13th 1938
2003: Warren William Zevon (56) Grammy Award-winning American rock singer-songwriter and multi-musician, noted for his offbeat, sardonic view of life which was reflected in his dark, often humorous songs, which sometimes incorporated political or historical themes. Worked with a huge list of mega artists (lung cancer) b. January 24th 1947.
2005: Sergio Endrigo (72) Italian singer; he won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song "Canzone per te," sung with Roberto Carlos. The same year he represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "Marianne." (?) b. June 15th 1933.
2008: Chris "Witchhunter" Dudek (42) German drummer and founder member of the thrash metal band Sodom. He made a special guest appearance on Sodom's latest album, "The Final Sign of Evil", released earlier this year (Decompansation of his organic system) b.1966

September 8th
1989: Keith 'Cowboy' Wiggins (29) rapper, hip hop artist in the band Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (died of a heart attack just days before his 30th birthday).
1989: Barry Sadler (48) singer, songwriter, author; famous for songs "Ballad of the Green Berets," a patriotic song and "The A Team" (It was in Guatemala City that he was shot in the head one night in a taxi cab. He was airlifted to the States by friends from the Soldier of Fortune Magazine, where he was hospitalized and remained in a coma for several months. He died little more than a year later in his mother's house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee).
1997: Derek Taylor (67) UK journalist, author; publicist for The Beatles also worked with The Beach Boys and The Byrds. (cancer).
1999: Moondog/Louis Thomas Hardin (83) blind American composer, musician, cosmologist, poet, and inventor of several musical instruments. Although these achievements would have been considered extraordinary for any blind person, Moondog further removed himself from society by making his home on the streets of New York for approximately twenty of the thirty years he spent in the city. Only in the final decades of Moondog's life did the public begin to appreciate the extent of this man's talents, primarily because of his stubborn refusal to wear anything other than his own home-made clothes, all based on his own interpretation of the Norse god Thor. He was known for much of his life as 'The Viking of 6th Avenue' (?) b. May 26th 1916
2008: Bheki Mseleku (53) South African-born British jazz musician; he was a saxophonist, pianist, composer, and arranger. His 1991 album, Celebration, which featured Courtney Pine among a number of British players as guests, was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. After this he was taken up by the major Verve label for several albums. The first of these featured a number of American players including Joe Henderson, Abbey Lincoln and Elvin Jones. (diabetes) b. 1955

September 9th
2004: Ernie Ball (74) US guitar maker, developed the guitar strings called ‘Slinkys’ specifically designed for rock and roll electric guitar. (died after a long illness).
2007: Hughie Thomasson (55) American guitarist and singer best known for his work with Southern rock band The Outlaws. After The Outlaws disbanded he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd as a third guitarist from 1996 until 2005, when he left to reform The Outlaws (heart attack). Does anyone know Hughie's full birthdate?

September 10th
1986: Pepper Adams (55) jazz baritone saxophone player; leader/guest. He has prominently influenced nearly every jazz baritone sax player of note (lung cancer).
1996: Ray Coleman (59) music journalist, editor of the UK music weekly Melody Maker. He was the first journalist to be awarded a Gold Badge of Merit by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for services to British music. (cancer).
2005: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (81) US blues artist, multi musician; played an impressive array of instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. During his career, he recorded 30 records, winning a Grammy Award for Traditional Blues (died from lung cancer at his brother's home in Orange, Texas, just after his home in Slidell, Louisiana was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina).

September 11th
1971: Curtis Jones (65) American blues pianist; the origins of the blues standard "Tin Pan Alley" can be traced directly back to pianist Curtis Jones (In 1962 he settled in Germany were he died).
1987: Peter Tosh/Winston Hubert McIntosh (42) The guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers and and Bob Marley & the Wailers; a pioneer reggae musician, and a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement. (shot dead at his home in Kingston Jamaica by armed robbers).
1987: Lorne Greene (72) Canadian singer/actor; in the 30's the CBC gave him the nickname "The Voice of Canada" (pneumonia).
2004: Fred Ebb (71) musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera.(heart attack).
2005: Al Casey (89) Jazz guitarist; Fats Waller, Harlem Blues & Jazz Band (died 5 days before his 90th birthday of colon cancer).
2007: Willie Tee/Wilson Turbinton (63) American singer, songwriter and producer with the band The Wild Magnolias . He secured his place as a New Orleans music legend by arranging, co-writing and leading the band on the Wild Magnolias' self-titled 1974 debut album (colon cancer).
2007: Joe Zawinul (75) Austrian jazz keyboardist, composer and founder of Weather Report; First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the earliest musicians to play jazz fusion, which blended jazz with rock and roll (cancer).

September 12th
1957: Louis Mitchell (71) American bandleader and drummer ().
1997: Stig Anderson (66) producer of Abba, founder of Polar Music record label (heart attack).
2003: Johnny Cash (71) US singer songwriter; one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound (complications from diabetes and respiratory failure).
2004: Kenny Buttrey (59) influential US session drummer; best-known work was with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Barefoot Jerry, Area Code 615, and Jimmy Buffett. (died in Nashville of cancer).
2007: Bobby Byrd (73) US soul/funk singer and songwrier, best known as James Brown's long time sideman and co-vocalist. Bobby was the original leader and founder of both The Avons and The Famous Flames, the vocal group with which James Brown first became famous. Bobby Byrd is actually the man who discovered James Brown (cancer).
2007: Ross Kettle (64) Australian country singer, songwriter, guitarist with the highly acclaimed Singing Kettles (cancer).
2008: Charlie Walker (81) American country music singer; his 1958 classic "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" reached No.2 in the charts. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1967, was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 1981 and he portrayed country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins in the 1985 Patsy Cline biographical film 'Sweet Dreams (colon cancer) b. Nov 2nd 1926.

September 13th
1977: Leopold Stokowski/Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz (95) the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. He was the founder of the New York City Symphony. He is recognized as the father of modern orchestral standards (heart attack).
1996: Tupac Amaru Shakur aka 2Pac / Makaveli (25) American hip hop artist, poet and actor. (died six days after being shot while driving through Las Vegas in part of East and West Coast Gang wars. 13 bullets were fired into his BMW).

September 14th
1981: Walter 'Furry' Lewis (88) Blues guitarist, a recognized giant in the world of blues, first to play with a bottleneck. He was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given a new lease of recording life by the folk blues revival of the 1960s, opening twice for the Rolling Stones ().
1989: Perez Prado (72) Cuban/Mexican bandleader, singer, composer (stroke in Mexico City).
1998: Johnny Adams (66) US soul singer; nicknamed "the Tan Canary" for his extraordinary set of soulfully soaring pipes, this veteran R&B vocalist tackled an exceptionally wide variety of material in his later years (cancer).
2002: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (87) Sax player and band leader famous for "The Hucklebuck"; also part of what some music historians call the first rock concert: the Moondog Coronation Ball at the Cleveland Arena on March 21, 1952 where he saw crazed fans crash through ticket gates. The show was cancelled, but not before Mr. Williams had a chance to perform.().

September 15th
1965: Steve Brown (75) US jazz string bassist; he joined Jean Goldkette's Orchestra, with whom he remained until 1927 when he joined the top-paying band in the United States, Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, ending with his own band ().
1842: Pierre Baillot (70) French violinist, composer, teacher; he was leader of the Paris Opéra, gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of chamber music. (He died in Paris).
1980: Bill Evans (51) American bandleader and one of the most famous of the 20th century post-bop pianists; winner of several grammy awards (His body finally gave out after years of drug addiction, with a perforated liver, and a lifelong battle with hepatitis, he died in New York City of a bleeding ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver and bronchial pneumonia).
1998: Barrett Deems (80) American drummer; Dukes Of Dixieland/freelance; was with the Joe Venuti big band (1937-1944), Red Norvo (1948), Charlie Barnet (1951), and Muggsy Spanier (1951-1954); during that era he was billed almost accurately as "the world's fastest drummer.", Louis Armstrong during 1954-1958, and many more (pneumonia).
2004: Johnny Ramone/Cummings (55) guitarist with the legendary Ramones. In 2003 he was named the #16th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine. (prostate cancer)
2007: Gordon Specs Powell (85) American jazz drummer; he was lead drummer on The Ed Sullivan Show in the early 1960s and honored by the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2004. (kidney disease).
2007: Aldemaro Romero (79) Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor; collaborated with popular orchestras and singers, such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stan Kenton, Machito and Tito Puente, between others. Achieved numerous awards in his long career (complications of intestinal blockage).
2008: Richard Wright (65) British pianist and keyboardist best known for his long career with Pink Floyd. He frequently sang background and occasionally lead vocals onstage and in the studio with Pink Floyd most notably on "Time", "Echoes", and "Astronomy Domine"). He wrote significant parts of the music for classic albums such as Meddle, The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, as well as for Pink Floyd's final studio album The Division Bell. (cancer) b. July 28th 1943.

September 16th
1973: Al Sherman (76) Russian-American Tin Pan Alley songwriter; his composing career began in 1918 when he became a staff pianist for the Remick Music Company. There, he worked alongside George Gershwin and Vincent Youmans. Artists who recorded Al Sherman songs include Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallée, Ozzie Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra among many others. (?) b. Sept 7th 1897.
1977: Marc Bolan (29) singer, guitar of T Rex and Taranasaurs Rex (killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London).
1977: Maria Callas (53) US born Greek soprano singer; perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period, combining an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. Her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner (heart attack).
2003: Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley (82) US character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty hit "Purple People Eater". He appeared in dozens of western films from the 1950s through 1970s, most notably High Noon. He also appeared in The Outlaw Josey Wales and Giant. He also co-starred as Pete Nolan in the TV Western Rawhide. A recording of his scream has been used by sound effects teams in over 130 films. (leukemia) b. April 10th 1921.
2004: Izora Armstead (62) singer, Weather Girls Weather Girls (heart failure at a hospital in San Leandro).
2008: Norman Whitfield (65) American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with the Motown label. He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figures in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul. The first Temptations single to feature his new "psychedelic soul" style was "Cloud Nine" in late 1968, it earned Motown its first Grammy award for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group.He established Whitfield Records in 1973 (long battle with diabetes) b. May 12th 1940.

September 17th
1973: Hugo Winterhalter (64) violin, reed instruments; easy listening arranger and composer, serving as a sideman and arranger for Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Raymond Scott, Claude Thornhill and others, also arranged and conducted sessions for singers including Dinah Shore and Billy Eckstine and many more (cancer).
1991: Rob Tyner/Robert Derminer (46) lead singer, MC5 (heart failure)
1999: Frankie Vaughan CBE, DL /Frank Abelson (71) UK singer, actor, pioneer in the pop culture; later in life, he worked in some memorable stage musicals, most notably 42nd Street (heart failure).
2000: Paula Yates (40) Welsh television host and music presenter, married Bob Geldof & girlfriend of INXS singer Michael Hutchence (found dead in bed from a heroin overdose).

September 18th
1970: Jimi Hendrix (27) Guitar virtuoso, singer/songwriter, composer, producer (pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital London after choking on his own vomit. Hendrix left the message 'I need help, bad man', on his managers answer phone earlier that night).
1987: Gentleman Jeff Graboski aka Spink (34) Drummer; a member of the bands Little Hans and OHO (Overdose of antidepressant).
1991: Rob Tyner (45) singer, drummer, frontman for MC5/Rob Tyner Band (heart attack).
1997: Jimmy Witherspoon (74) American blues singer; He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II ().
1998: Charlie Foxx (58) guitar, vocals; The Inez & Charlie Foxx Duo (leukemia).
2005: Joel Hirschhorn (67) US songwriter, composer; he shared the Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions for theme songs in The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. His songs sold more than 90 million records, were featured in 20 movies and were recorded by various artists including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison (heart attack).
2007: Pepsi Tate/Justin Smith (42) long term Welsh bassist with the glam metal band Tigertailz, he became a television producer after the bands early success, going on to become the producer of BBC Wales flagship political program "Dragons Eye." (lost his long battle with pancreatic cancer). Does anyone know Pepsi's full date of birth??
2008: Opal Courtney Jr (71) American singer with The Spaniels who have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group, as they pioneered the technique of having the main singer solo at his own microphone, while the rest of the group shared a second microphone. They were on the fatal Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper tour. (heart attack) b. November 11th 1936.

September 19th
1968: Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (58) guitar, harmonica, singer; Country music and gospel star for more than two decades (heart attack).
1973: Gram Parsons/Cecil Ingram Connor, III (26) country rock singer, guitar, piano, songwriter; Byrds/ Flying Burrito Brothers/ solo. (morphine and alcohol overdose).
1997: Rich Mullins (41)singer, songwriter of Christian music (car accident).
1999: Edward Cobb (61) member of The Four Preps later became a music producer and sound engineer, becoming involved with acts such as The Standells, The Lettermen, The Chocolate Watchband, The Piltdown Men, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd.(Leukaemia).
2004: Skeeter Davis/Mary Frances Penick (72) US country singer/songwriter; a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years. She was best known for her hit song "The End of the World (song)" (1963), one of the most popular American records of the 1960's.(cancer).
2005: Willie Hutch/Willie McKinley Hutchinson (60) Motown vocals, guitar, songwriter; notable as both a performer and songwriter/producer for the Motown label during the 1970s. Before joining Motown, he worked as a producer for acts such as The 5th Dimension (not disclosed).
2007: Mike Osborne (65) English jazz alto saxophonist, pianist and clarinetist; played with Chris McGregor band - Brotherhood of Breath, Mike Westbrook band, Michael Gibbs, Mike Cooper, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Humphrey Lyttelton, Alan Skidmore John Surman and many more (died of lung cancer nine days before his 66th birthday).
2008: Earl Palmer (83) American first-call drummer on the New Orleans R&B recording scene, playing on countless sessions by all the immortals: Little Richard, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Dave Bartholomew, and too many more to list here.(after long illness) b. October 25th 1925.
2008: Dick Sudhalter (69) US jazz trumpeter / cornetist; sideman for Bobby Hackett and formed the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra. His music career continued to flourish in the 80's, winning Grammy Awards for his annotations as well as producing and playing on many albums through the 90's and releasing aforementioned books in 1999 and 2001 (pneumonia) b. December 28th 1938.

September 20th
1973: Jim Croce (30) guitarist, songwriter, singer; (his small commercial aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana).
1973: Maury Muehleisen (24) US singer (died in a plane crash while travelling with Jim Croce).
1984: Steve Goodman (36) Grammy Award-winning folk music singer and songwriter from Chicago, United States.(leukemia).
1997: Nick Traina (19) American singer; the son of the famous American romance writer Danielle Steel. He started his first band at aged thirteen and joined ska punk band Link 80 at age sixteen after meeting bassist Adam Pereria at a show in San Francisco's Mission District. Nick's passion and voice combined with the band to make them different from most ska bands and gave L80 the "against the rest" attitude. The band toured extensively and he recorded on albums 17 Reasons and Killing Katie, before leaving to form a new band, Knowledge and immediately began playing shows and recording. Because of the many problems he exhibited from childhood, his life included a number of psychiatric hospitalizations for drug abuse and for treatment of bipolar disorder (committed suicide) b. May 1st 1978.
2002: Nils Stevenson (49) UK manager of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sex Pistols tour manager; he helped mastermind the launch the most influential British punk rock group of the Seventies. He went on to manage the Goth pioneers Siouxsie and the Banshees and later worked with Malcolm McLaren on a succession of wide-ranging projects. He also wrote the book "Vacant: A Diary of the Punk Years 1976-1979" (undisclosed causes) b. February 23rd 1953.
2008: Nappy Brown/Napoleon Brown Culp (78) American blues singer; a gospel-influenced blues singer, whose hits include the 1955 Billboard Chart No 2, 'Don't Be Angry' and 'Night Time Is the Right Time'. His style is instantly recognizable; Brown used a wide vibrato, melisma, and distinctive extra syllables, in particular, "li-li-li-li-li." (following the performance at Crawfish Festival in Augusta, New Jersey, June 1, 2008, he fell ill due to series of ailments and was hospitalized. He died in his sleep) b. October 12th 1929.

September 21st
1987: Jaco Pastorius (36) bass player, Weather Report; he made his fretless electric bass leap out from the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded attention, also sported a strutting, dancing, flamboyant performing style (beaten to death while trying to enter a club he'd been banned from; the club manager was arrested for assault).
1998: Paul "Oz" Bach (59) bass, vocals; Spanky And Our Gang (cancer).

September 22nd
1981: Harry Warren (88) Writer, composer. Wrote over 300 songs for more than 50 movies, songs including "You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)," "Jeepers Creepers," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," (died in Los Angeles, California).
1989: Irving Berlin/Israel Baline (101) composer of many pop, stage show and film hits; tunes like "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Puttin' On The Ritz," "God Bless America" and "White Christmas" made Irving Berlin one of the most celebrated composers of 20th century America. Irving wrote the scores for 21 Broadway shows and 18 films. He became his own song publisher and built and owned a Broadway theater, the Music Box, to house his shows.(heart attack).
1994: Teddy Buckner (85) Dixieland trumpet player, bandleader; worked regularly for a long period with his band at Disneyland ().
2008: Connie Haines/Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais (87) American singer, her 200 plus recordings were frequently up-tempo big band songs with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra (myasthenia gravis) b. January 20th 1921.

September 23rd
1974: Robbie McIntosh (24) drummer with the Average White Band (heroin overdose).
2007: Gary Primich (49) US blues musician; one of the world's most technically proficient harmonica players. A very sort after guest, solo and touring blues harp player who played upwards of 200 dates a year across North America and throughout Europe (?).

September 24th
1961: Art Christmas (55) Alto Sax/multi-instrumentalist; although Canadian he was one of UK's and Europe's best known and sought after instrumentalist during the 1930s and 1940s. (Coronary).
1996: Zeki Müren (64) Turkish actor, singer, and composer; famous for his compelling voice and precise articulation in his singing of both established Turkish classical music and contemporary songs. In his forty-five-year professional career Müren composed more than one hundred songs and made more than two hundred recordings. He was celebrated as the "Sun" of classical Turkish music and was affectionately called "Pasha". For many years he reigned as "Artist of the Year" in his hme country. Many of his records were also published in Greece, where he also enjoyed popularity, along with the U.S., Germany, and several other countries during the 1960s and 1970s (heart attack during a performance on stage in the city of Izmir ) b. December 6th 1931.
2007: Natalya Pivovarova (44) Russian singer in the all-girl band Kolibri (car accident).
2008: Vice Vukov (72) Croatian singer and politician; one of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Brodovi" and at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Cežnja" (died as a result of a fall; in 2006 he tripped and fell, sustaining a serious head injury, he underwent surgery, but fell into a coma shortly afterwards) b. August 3rd 1936.

September 25th
1980: John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham (32) UK legendary drummer with Led Zeppelin (found dead at guitarist’s Jimmy Page's house of asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, 40 shots in 4 hours). b. May 31st 1948
1999: Stephen Canaday (55) US vocalist, drums, guitar, bass with Ozark Mountain Daredevils, also tour manager for Lee Roy Parnell, a country singer and guitarist, and Marshall Chapman, a Nashville folk-rocker. (plane crash).
2003: Matthew Jay (24) UK singer, songwriter. (fell from a seventh-storey window in London).
2007: Patrick Bourque (29) Canadian bass guitarist of the band Emerson Drive which at the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards, was named Group of the Year and also won awards for Single of the Year and CMT Video of the Year, both for "Moments."(?).
2008: Horatiu Radulescu (66) Romanian composer, spectral music pioneer: among many acheivements, in 1983 he founded the ensemble European Lucero in Paris to perform own his works, a variable ensemble consisting of soloists specialising in the techniques required for his music. In 1991 he founded the Lucero Festival. (died in Paris) b.January 7th 1942.

September 26th
1937: Bessie Smith (43) US blues singer; became the greatest blues singer of her era, recording more than 160 songs between 1923 and 1933.(car accident while traveling from a Memphis concert to Clarksdale, Mississippi along U.S. Route 61. She was taken to Clarksdale's segregated Afro-Hospital and her arm was amputated, but she never regained consciousness and died that morning).
1980: Pat Hare (49) US memphis blues guitarist; he recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, and other artists ().
1991: Richard "Billy" Vaughn (72) American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader; after serving in the army in WW2, he attended Western Kentucky State College, majoring in music composition, after which he joined The Hilltoppers as a singer and their pianist. As a member of the group, he also wrote their first hit song, "Trying," which charted in 1952. He left the group in 1954 to join Dot Records, Tennessee, as music director as well as forming his own orchestra, which had a big hit in that same year with "Melody of Love." He went on to have many more hits over the next decade and a half, and based purely on chart successes, was the most successful orchestra leader of all time charting over 30 hit singles and had numerous sell-out tours throughout the USA, Japan, Brazil and Korea (died of mesothelioma ) b. April 12th 1919.
1998: Betty Carter (69) US jazz singer; she was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton in 1997, and remained active in jazz music until her death (pancreatic cancer).
2003: Robert Palmer (54) UK singer, songwriter, Vinegar Joe/solo; among other awards he a two time Grammy Award winner with "Addicted To Love" and for "Simply Irresistible" (heart attack).
2008: Bernadette Greevy (68) Irish mezzo-soprano made her professional operatic debut as Maddalena in the Dublin Grand Opera Society's production of Verdi's Rigoletto in 1961. She was founder and artistic director of the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival. She was the first artist-in-residence at the Dublin Institute of Technology's Faculty of Applied Arts. (died after a short illness) b. July 3rd 1940
2008: Marc Moulin (66) Belgian jazz keyboardist and journalist in print, radio & TV. He was a member of the avant-garde rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978, becoming one of Belgium's great jazz legends, making jazz-influenced records for over 30 years. He was also a successful producer, working with Lio, four albums for French crooner Alain Chamfort; the band Sparks; jazz guitarist Philip Catherine and left-field artists such as Anna Domino and Kid Montana (throat cancer) b. ?? 1942

September 27th
1979: Jimmy McCullough (26) Scottish guitarist; from the age of 11, he has played a band called The Jaygars which later changed it's name to One in a Million, the Glasgow psychedelic band


In 1972 at the age of eighteen, McCulloch joined the blues rock band Stone the Crows, replacing guitarist Les Harvey who died from being electrocuted on stage.

playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977.

with Thunderclap Newman, Wings and Stone the Crows; he was the composer of the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the Wings album Venus and Mars, and the similar "Wino Junko" on Wings at the Speed of Sound. (heroin overdose) b. June 4th 1953.
1986: Cliff Burton (24) bass player Metallica (crushed to death after the band's tour bus crashed on the road between Stockholm and Copenhagen).
2004: Louis Satterfield (67) bassist/tombonist, Fontella Bass, Earth Wind & Fire, The Phenix Horns, sessionist (died in Chicago).
2008: Sanny Day (87) Dutch singer with The Millers (?) b. ??
2008: George "Wydell" Jones (71) American doo-wop singer-songwriter; lead vocalist with The Edsels, who before their hit "Rama Lama Ding Dong," songs like "What Brought Us Together," "Bone Shaker Joe," and "Do You Love Me" helped the group land a major recording contract with Capitol Records in 1961. (cancer) b. 1936
2008: Mahendra Kapoor (74) Indian playback singer; in a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ (Gumrah), ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ (Hamraaz), but he became synonymous with patriotic songs, with Mere Desh Ki Dharthi', in Manoj Kumar’s film Upkaar (heart attack) b. January 9th 1934

September 28th
1949: Ivie Anderson (45) jazz singer, best known for performing with Duke Ellington; developed chronic asthma, which forced her to retire from touring in August 1942. She ran a chicken restaurant, Ivie's Chicken Shack, and continued singing in nightclubs on the west coast (asthma related).
1968: Dewey Phillips (42) He was the first DJ to play all styles of music, Black and White, blues, hillbilly, pop, and jazz, and appeal to all races; and he was doing it in the South in 1948. First DJ to play an Elvis record on the radio. He ruled the Memphis airwaves for ten years until the rise of Top 40 and changing tastes ended up banishing him from the marketplace.(heart failure).
1972: Rory Storm/Alan Caldwell (34) lead singer of Rory Storm & The Hurricanes (along with his mother, died of poisoning by sleeping pills in a double suicide after the death of his father).
1991: Miles "Dewey" Davis 111 (65) trumpeter/bandleader/composer (stroke and pneumonia).

September 29th
1992: Paul Jabara (44) Singer/Songwriter, Actor, Producer, Film/TV/Musical Theatre Composer (lymphoma related to AIDS).
2008: Stan Kann (83) American organist and Tonight Show regular, also was known among theatre organ aficionados for his 22-year tenure as resident organist at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri (complications from heart procedure) b. December 9th 1924.

September 30th
1969: Christine Hinton () The girlfriend of David Crosby was killed in a car crash near San Francisco while taking their cat to the vets.
1977: Mary Ford/Iris Colleen Summers (53) US singer and wife of the great Les Paul (died from cancer after being in a diabetic coma for 54 days).
2008: Henry Adler (93) American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drumset technique. He is best known for having been a teacher to Buddy Rich, and for co-authoring, with Buddy, the classic instructional book Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments. First published in 1942, the book is widely regarded as one of the most important snare-drum rudimental books ever written (?) b. June 28th 1915.

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