DYR Today, September 3

“Born Today”

1955 – Bill Haley & the Comets refused an offer to tour Australia because of a fear of flying.
1955 – Chuck Berry logged a third week at #1 on the R& B chart with “Maybellene”
1962 – The Beatles, Billy J. Kramer, the Coasters, and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes played the first of three Monday night gigs at the Queen’s Hall in Widnes, Cheshire, England.
1963 – Frank Sinatra’s Reprise Records was absorbed by Warner Brothers Records.
1966 – The Supremes stood on top of the R&B chart with “You Can’t Hurry Love”
1966 – What Now My Love gave Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass their third #1 album out of six released.
1966 – The great song “Born Free” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart for Roger Williams.
1966 – The Association were making their move as “Cherish” jumped from #66 to #27.

1966 – Donovan’s “Sunshine Superman” took over #1 from the Lovin’ Spoonful, which dropped to 2 with “Summer In The City”

1970 – Alan Wilson, guitarist, harmonica player, singer and main songwriter of Canned Heat, died in Topanga Canyon, California from barbiturates.
1977 – The Grateful Dead, the Marshall Tucker Band and the New Riders of the Purple Sage performed at Old Bridge Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey.
1977 – “Handy Man” by James Taylor ruled the Adult chart.

1979 – Monday, the date for new releases, fell on this date and Foreigner provided “Dirty White Boy”
1979 – Kenny Rogers released the single “You Decorated My Life”

1982 – The Police, the Talking Heads, the B-52’s, Oingo Boingo, the English Beat and the Ramones performed on the opening day of the three-day US Festival in San Bernadino, California. The Festival attracted 400,000 people.
1983 – Metallica wrapped up their first tour at The Stone in San Francisco, California.
1983 – Laura Branigan reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You”

1983 – The Eurythmics scored #1 with “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This).” Michael Sembello’s “Maniac” from the movie Flashdance edged up and the Police finally fishtailed from #1 with “Every Breath You Take”

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1988 – Peter Cetera of Sun Valley, Idaho enjoyed a huge Adult Contemporary hit as “One Good Woman” reached #1.

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1992 – David Bowie appeared on the cover of Architectural Digest.
1993 – Kenny G & Peabo Bryson combined for the #1 Adult Contemporary hit on this date “By The Time This Night Is Over”

1994 – Brian Setzer (Stray Cats and solo performer) married Christine Schmidt.
1994 – Boyz II Men could not be stopped as “I’ll Make Love To You” remained #1 on the R&B chart for the third week.

1999 – Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots was sentenced to one year in jail for violating parole.

1951 – “Search for Tomorrow” debuted on CBS-TV.
1954 – “The Lone Ranger” was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.
1967 – The TV game show “What’s My Line?” broadcast its final episode. The show aired over 17 years on CBS.
1966 – The television series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” ended after 14 years.
1981 – David Brinkley left NBC News after 38 years to join with ABC