1936
Rock & Roll legend Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) is born in Lubbock, Texas.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets "Peggy Sue" Live 1959

1949
Singer Gloria Gaynor ("I Will Survive") is born in Newark, N.J.
Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive"

1951
Chrissie Hynde, guitarist and vocalist for The Pretenders, is born in Akron, Ohio. She now lives in London and keeps an apartment in the Highland Square neighborhood of her hometown of Akron.
The Pretenders "My City Was Gone" Live

1959
Dick Clark's Michigan State Fair stage show, winding up a four day stand, attracts 15,000 spectators - it's the most in the fair's 110-year history. Appearing on stage are Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, La Vern Baker, Freddy Canon, Duane Eddy, the Coasters, Lou Rawls, and Bobby Rydell.

1963
The Beatles' "She Loves You" hits #1 in England.
The Beatles "She Loves You" Live in Manchester 1963

1968
The Doors' Waiting For The Sun LP hits #1.
The Doors "Waiting for the Sun"

1968
Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida LP enters the charts as does Canned Heat's Boogie With Canned Heat.
Canned Heat "On the Road Again" Live Montreaux 1973

1972
Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly goes gold and becomes the country's Number One album. The soundtrack LP also includes "Freddie's Dead," a #4 in October.
Curtis Mayfield "Freddie's Dead" Live 1973

1973
Elton John plays the Hollywood Bowl and is introduced by the show's emcee, porn star Linda Lovelace of Deep Throat infamy: "Here he is, the biggest, largest, most gigantic and fantastic man, the costar of my next movie....Elton John."
Elton John "Crocodile Rock" Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1973

1973
The president of the slumping MGM Records since 1969, Mike Curb, resigns. The 28 year old made his reputation as a purveyor of middle-of-the-road music. He once got rid of eighteen acts from his label because the were allegedly "drug oriented." Curb had other things on his mind like politics and became Lieutenant Governor of California.

1974
Elton John gets a gold record for "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me."
Elton John "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"

1975
The Guess Who play their final concert with a gig in Montreal.
The Guess Who "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"

1976
Judge Richard Owen of the New York State Supreme Court rules that George Harrison "subconsciously plagiarized" "He's So Fine," the Chiffons' 1963 hit. Harrison's 1970 hit "My Sweet Lord" is the reason for the problem. Harrison is ordered to pay $587,000 to ABKCO Music, a company owned, ironically, by Harrison's former business manager (when he was one of the Beatles), Allen Klein.
George Harrison "My Sweet Lord"

1976
Paul McCartney, who earlier purchased rights to Buddy Holly's song catalog, commemorates Holly's 40th birthday with the inauguration of "Buddy Holly Week" in the U.K.

1978
Ex-Sex Pistol bassist Sid Vicious performs at Max's Kansas City, New York City punk club.

1978
The Who's drummer, Keith Moon dies in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin, a prescription drug which was supposed to have helped him with alcohol. His untimely death does not mean the end of the Who. He is replaced by ex-Faces drummer Kenney Jones. Keith Moon was 31.
Keith Moon Tribute Video

1979
Gary Numan releases his LP The Pleasure Principle, which features the track, "Cars."
Gary Numan "Cars"

1985
David Bowie and Mick Jagger's version of "Dancing In The Streets" hits #1 on the U.K. pop chart.
David Bowie & Mick Jagger "Dancing in the Streets" Live at the Prince's Trust Concert 1986

1985
Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's "Rebels" peaks at #74 on the pop singles chart.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Rebels" Live

1986
Michael Nesmith joins the other three Monkees on stage for the first time since the band disbanded.
The Monkees reunite at the Greek Theatre in LA 1986

1986
No. 1 Hit: "Take My Breath Away," Berlin. The song, which is featured in the film Top Gun, wins an Oscar for best original song.
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"

1987
Despite threats from former member Roger Waters to sue promoters if the show goes on, Pink Floyd kicks off their "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" tour in Ottawa, Canada.
Pink Floyd "Dogs of War" Live at The Omni in Atlanta 1987

1995
Hip-hop periodical Rappages magazine presents a $10,000 check to the Minority AIDS Project in memory of Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, on what would have been the rapper's 32nd birthday.

1996
Rapper Tupac Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight are shot while riding in Knight's Mercedes in Las Vegas following a Mike Tyson fight. Shakur would die 6 days later.

1996
Composer Niccolo Castiglioni dies at the age of 64.

1997
Derek Taylor, press officer for the Beatles for much of their career, dies at his home in Suffolk, England, at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer for several years.

2000
Rage Against The Machine bassist Timothy Commerford pleads guilty to charges of assault and disorderly conduct in a Manhattan court, and is sentenced to time served, stemming from an incident during the MTV Video Music Awards the night before. During the show, Commerford climbed a large set piece as Limp Bizkit was accepting an award, was forcibly removed from the venue by N.Y. Police, and spent the rest of the night in jail. More like Rage Against The Set.
Rage Against the Machine "Testify" at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards

2002
Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, 63, is rushed to the hospital with an undisclosed stomach illness, just hours before he is due to perform in his hometown of Gorilla, Ontario. Lightfoot undergoes surgery the following day.

2002
R&B artist Erma Franklin, who sang backup for her better-known sister Aretha, dies of cancer in Detroit. She is 64.

2003
Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon dies in Los Angeles. He is 56. Zevon was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in August of the previous year. A spokesperson for the artist says that Zevon had been feeling well of late, and died peacefully in his home.
Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London"

2004
Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand wins the 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize with its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the U.K. or Irish album of the year, is presented at the Grosvenor House hotel in Central London.

2005
Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey, and Ciara divvie up the wealth at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, taking home two trophies apiece.

September 7 Birthdays

• Elizabeth I 1533
• Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) 1860
• J.J. Morgan 1867
• Taylor Caldwell 1900
• Michael DeBakey 1908
• Elia Kazan 1909
• David Packard 1912
• Sir Anthony Quayle 1913
• Al Caiola 1920
• Arthur Ferrante 1921
• Louise Suggs 1923
• Peter Lawford 1923
• Al McGuire 1928
• Sonny Rollins 1930
• Little Milton 1934
• Buddy Holly 1936
• John Phillip Law 1937
• Richard Roundtree 1942
• (Chic) Alfa Anderson 1946
• Alfa Anderson (Brown Sugar) 1946
• Gloria Gaynor 1949
• Susan Blakely 1950
• Julie Kavner 1951
• Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) 1951
• Corbin Bernsen 1954
• Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) 1954
• Michael Feinstein 1956
• Margot Chapman 1957
• Eric "Eazy-E" Wright 1963
• Chad Sexton (311) 1970
• Devon Sawa 1978

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