Today in Oldies Music History: September 30

Today In Oldies Music History: September 30

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Births

1922: Oscar Pettiford
1935: Jill Corey
1935: Johnny Mathis
1942: Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield)
1942: Frankie Lymon
1942: Gus Dudgeon
1943: Marilyn McCoo (The 5th Dimension)
1946: Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons)
1947: Marc Bolan (T. Rex)
1953: Deborah Allen

Deaths

1977: Mary Ford
1992: Paul Jabara
2003: Ronnie Dawson

Events

1933: WLS radio in Chicago's popular program The National Barn Dance, one of the first country music radio programs, goes national with a move to NBC radio.
1935: The Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess opens at Boston's Colonial Theatre. While not commercially successful, a revival in 1942 would turn it into one of the longest-running musicals in history.
1954: Julie Andrews makes her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend.
1955: James Dean, icon of Fifties youth, dies in a car accident. Upon hearing the news in his Gladewater, TX, hotel room while on tour, Elvis Presley breaks down and cries.
1965: Elvis Presley is introduced to singer Tom Jones on the set of the King's latest film Paradise, Hawaiian Style. The two become fast friends.
1967: The UK radio network BBC Radio One takes the airwaves tonight with an opening spin of the Move's "Flowers In The Rain."
1987: Roy Orbison engineers his comeback with the taping of the star-studded, acclaimed HBO special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night at Los Angeles' Coconut Grove. It features Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, and J.D. Souther, and is indeed filmed in black and white!
1988: John Lennon is posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine St.
1989: Bette Midler is awarded $400,000 in a landmark "intellectual property" lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. when the car giant used a soundalike version of Midler on one of their commercials.
1989: Neil Young performs his latest song, "Rockin' In The Free World," on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live.
1991: Liza Minnelli is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
1993: On tonight's fifth-season episode of The Simpsons, entitled "Homer's Barbershop Quartet," David Crosby and George Harrison make guest appearances.
1998: Joe Walsh, Rick Neilsen, Dave Mustaine, Matthew Sweet, Slash, and Joey Ramone appear on tonight's "In Ramada Da Vida" episode of ABC-TV's Drew Carey Show.

Releases

1977: Ringo Starr, Ringo The 4th

Recording

1941: The Larry Clinton Orchestra, "That Solid Old Man"
1963: The Beatles, "Money (That's What I Want)," "I Wanna Be Your Man"
1964: The Beatles, "Every Little Thing," "What You're Doing," "No Reply"

Charts

1977: Exile's "Kiss You All Over" hits #1

Certifications

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