DYR Today, September 6

“Born Today”

• Max George (27)
• Pippa Middleton (32)
• Kerry Katona (35)
• Foxy Brown (37)
• Cisco Adler (37)
• Naomie Harris (39)
• Nina Persson (41)
• Justin Whalin (41)
• Idris Elba (43)
• Justina Machado (43)
• Anika Noni Rose (43)
• Dolores O’Riordan (44)
• CeCe Peniston (46)
• Macy Gray (48)
• Rosie Perez (51)
• Chris Christie (53)
• Elizabeth Vargas (53)
• Jeff Foxworthy (57)
• Jane Curtin (69)Featured Above
• Swoosie Kurtz (71)
• Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (72)
• Jo Anne Worley (78)

“Died Today”

• Jane Frazee (Born: July 18, 1918 / Died: September 6, 1985)
• Tom Fogerty (Born: November 9, 1941 / Died: September 6, 1990)
• Nicky Hopkins (Born: September 24, 1944 / Died: September 6, 1994)

“Movies”

• 1991 – Company Business
• 1996 – Bogus
• 1996 – Bulletproof

“Music”

• 1956 – Georgia Gibbs performed “The Hula-Hoop Song” on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
• 1959 – The Miracle’s “Bad Girl” was the first single on Motown Records
• 1961 – Bob Dylan gave his first major performance in New York City
• 1965 – “A Taste of Honey” was released by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

• 1968 – Eric Clapton recorded a guitar solo to “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at Abbey Road Studios
• 1969 – James Brown announced retirement after performing in Memphis, Tennessee
• 1969 – The Rolling Stones were #1 with “Honky Tonk Women” for the third week

• 1971 – Cher released “Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves”

• 1975 – The Carpenters’ cover of “Solitaire” reaches #1 on the Easy Listening Chart
• 1975 – Dickie Goodman’s “Mr. Jaws” debuted at #49
• 1975 – K.C. and the Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight” was #3 while Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” reached #1
• 1975 – Jefferson Starship’s Red Octopus was the #1 album
• 1976 – The Bee Gee’s released “Love So Right”
• 1980 – Diana Ross spent her fourth week at #1 with “Upside Down”

• 1982 – Crosby, Stills, & Nash released “Southern Cross”
• 1982 – Paul McCartney released “Tug of War”
• 1983 – Cyndi Lauper released “Girls Want To Have Fun”

• 1986 – Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson were #1  with “Friends and Lovers” on the Adult Contemporary chart
• 1993 – Don Henley was joined by Areosmith, Sting, Elton John, and Jimmy Buffett for a benefit concert for Walden Woods
• 1997 – Elton John sang what would become “Candle In The Wind ‘97” at Princess Diana’s funeral

“TV/Radio”

• 1972 – Jerry Lewis’s Muscular Dystrophy Marathon aired on television

“Other Important Events…”

• 1991 – After its renaming of Leningrad in 1924, the name Saint Petersburg is returned to the Russian city
• 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks the MLB record for games played consecutively
• 1997 – Princess Diana’s funeral is held at Westminster Abbey in London