September Birthdays

SEPTEMBER 30

• 1917 – Buddy Rich
• 1924 – Truman Capote
• 1928 – Elie Wiesel
• 1931 – Angie Dickinson
• 1933 – Cissy Houston
• 1935 – Z. Z. Hill
• 1935 – Johnny Mathis
• 1940 – Dewey Martin
• 1942 – Gus Dudgeon
• 1942 – Frankie Lymon
• 1943 – Marilyn McCoo
• 1947 – Marc Bolan (Feld)
• 1952 – John Lombardo
• 1953 – Matt Abts
• 1954 – Barry Williams
• 1957 – Fran Drescher
• 1958 – Marty Stuart
• 1964 – Trey Anastasio
• 1970 – Tony Hale

SEPTEMBER 29

• 1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni
• 1931 – Anita Ekberg
• 1935 = Jerry Lee Lewis
• 1942 – Jean-Luc Ponty
• 1944 – Mike Post
• 1946 – Ian Wallace
• 1948 – Mark Farner
• 1948 - Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly)
• 1956 – Suzzy Roche
• 1960 – Alan McGee
• 1963 – Les Claypool

SEPTEMBER 28

• 1901 – Ed Sullivan
• 1923 – Tuli Kupferberg
• 1928 – Koko Taylor
• 1932 – Víctor Jara
• 1934 – Brigitte Bardot
• 1936 – Emmett Chapman
• 1938 – Ben E. King
• 1939 – Elbridge Bryant (The Temptations)
• 1943 – Nick St. Nicholas
• 1951 – Norton Buffalo
• 1957 – C. J. Chenier
• 1967 – Moon Unit Zappa
• 1968 – Naomi Watts
• 1971 – Joseph Arthur
• 1971 – A. J. Croce
• 1982 – St. Vincent
• 1984 – Melody Thornton (Pussycat Dolls)

SEPTEMBER 27

• 1920 – Jayne Meadows
• 1922 – Arthur Penn
• 1924 – Bud Powell
• 1936 – Don Cornelius
• 1941 – Don Nix
• 1942 – Alvin Stardust
• 1943 – Randy Bachman
• 1947 – Marvin Lee Aday (Meat Loaf)
• 1953 – Robbie Shakespeare
• 1958 – Shaun Cassidy
• 1974 – Carrie Brownstein

SEPTEMBER 26 

• 1888 – T. S. Eliot
• 1898 – George Gershwin
• 1914 – Jack LaLanne
• 1925 – Marty Robbins
• 1926 – Julie London
• 1942 – Kent McCord
• 1945 – Bryan Ferry
• 1947 – Lynn Anderson
• 1948 – Olivia Newton-John
• 1954 – Craig Chaquico
• 1954 - Cesar Rosas
• 1955 – Carlene Carter
• 1981 – Serena Williams

SEPTEMBER 25

• 1929 – Barbara Walters
• 1930 – Shel Silverstein
• 1932 – Glenn Gould
• 1933 – Ian Tyson
• 1947 – Cecil Womack
• 1951 – Mark Hamill
• 1955 – Steven Severin
• 1970 – Dean Ween

SEPTEMBER 24

• 1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1931 – Anthony Newley
• 1934 – Chick Willis
• 1936 – Jim Henson
• 1941 – Linda McCartney
• 1942 – Gerry Marsden
• 1946 – Jerry Donahue
• 1952 – Mark Sandman
• 1983 – Liam Finn

SEPTEMBER 23

• 1905 – Tiny Bradshaw ("The Train Kept A-Rollin'")
• 1920 – Mickey Rooney
• 1930 – Ray Charles
• 1931 – Hilly Kristal
• 1935 – Les McCann
• 1939 – Roy Buchanan
• 1940 – Tim Rose
• 1944 – Eric Bogle
• 1945 – Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly)
• 1947 – Mary Kay Place
• 1947 – Neal Smith
• 1948 – Dan Toler
• 1949 – Bruce Springsteen
• 1970 – Ani DiFranco

SEPTEMBER 22

• 1943 – Toni Basil
• 1946 – King Sunny Adé
• 1951 – David Coverdale
• 1956 – Debby Boone
• 1957 – Nick Cave
• 1957 – Johnette Napolitano
• 1958 – Joan Jett

SEPTEMBER 21

• 1866 – H. G. Wells

• 1874 – Gustav Holst
• 1912 – Chuck Jones
• 1932 - Don Preston
• 1934 – Leonard Cohen
• 1939 – Rory Storm
• 1944 – Bobby Tench
• 1945 – G. C. Cameron (The Spinners)
• 1947 – Don Felder
• 1947 – Stephen King
• 1950 – Bill Murray
• 1952 – Dave Gregory (XTC)

SEPTEMBER 20

• 1878 – Upton Sinclair
• 1920 – Jay Ward
• 1925 – Bobby Nunn (The Coasters and The Robins)
• 1929 – Anne Meara
• 1930 – Eddie Bo
• 1933 – Steve McCall (Air)
• 1934 – Sophia Loren
• 1938 – Eric Gale
• 1941 – Jim Cullum, Jr.
• 1968 – Ben Shepherd

SEPTEMBER 19

• 1926 – Duke Snider
• 1927 – Nick Massi (The Four Seasons and Four Lovers)
• 1927 – Helen Carter (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters)
• 1928 – Adam West
• 1931 – Brook Benton
• 1933 – David McCallum
• 1934 – Brian Epstein
• 1936 – Martin Fay (The Chieftains)
• 1940 – Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers)
• 1940 – Sylvia Tyson
• 1940 – Paul Williams, American actor and composer
• 1941 – Cass Elliot
• 1942 – Freda Payne
• 1945 – David Bromberg
• 1947 – Lol Creme
• 1949 – Twiggy
• 1951 – Daniel Lanois
• 1952 – Nile Rodgers
• 1958 – Lita Ford
• 1963 – Jarvis Cocker
• 1964 – Trisha Yearwood
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon
• 1980 – Sara Quin (Tegan and Sara)
• 1980 – Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara)

SEPTEMBER 18 

• 1939 – Fred Willard
• 1945 – P. F. Sloan
• 1955 – Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!)
• 1961 – James Gandolfini
• 1961 – Mark Olson (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)

SEPTEMBER 17

• 1923 – Hank Williams
• 1926 – Bill Black
• 1928 – Roddy McDowall
• 1931 – Anne Bancroft
• 1935 – Ken Kesey
• 1950 – Fee Waybill

SEPTEMBER 16

• 1921 – Jon Hendricks
• 1924 – Lauren Bacall
• 1925 – Charlie Byrd
• 1925 – B.B. King
• 1927 – Peter Falk
• 1928 – Rex Trailer
• 1934 – Ronnie Drew
• 1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith
• 1935 – Billy Boy Arnold
• 1941 – Joe Butler (The Lovin' Spoonful)
• 1942 – Bernie Calvert (The Hollies)
• 1944 – Winston Grennan
• 1948 – Ron Blair
• 1948 – Kenney Jones
• 1949 – Ed Begley, Jr.
• 1950 – Henry Louis Gates
• 1951 – Vince Bell
• 1956 – Dave Schulthise (Dead Milkmen)
• 1959 – Victory Tischler-Blue (The Runaways)
• 1971 – Amy Poehler

SEPTEMBER 15

• 1903 – Roy Acuff
• 1907 – Fay Wray
• 1908 – Kid Sheik (Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
• 1915 – Al Casey
• 1918 – Nipsey Russell
• 1921 – Snooky Pryor
• 1922 – Jackie Cooper
• 1924 – Bobby Short
• 1927 – Norm Crosby
• 1928 – Cannonball Adderley
• 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson
• 1942 – Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
• 1945 – Jessye Norman

SEPTEMBER 14

• 1898 – Hal B. Wallis
• 1902 – Alice Tully
• 1942 – Oliver Lake (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 1947 – Jon Bauman (Sha Na Na)
• 1950 – Paul Kossoff
• 1954 – Barry Cowsill
• 1955 – Steve Berlin
• 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman
• 1959 – John Berry
• 1981 – Ashley Roberts (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse

SEPTEMBER 13

• 1908 – Chu Berry
• 1908 – Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist best known for Betty Boop and Olive Oyl
• 1911 – Bill Monroe
• 1922 – Charles Brown
• 1922 – Yma Sumac
• 1924 – Maurice Jarre
• 1925 – Mel Tormé
• 1939 - Dave Quincy (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
• 1941 - David Clayton-Thomas
• 1944 – Peter Cetera
• 1944 – Leslie Harvey (Stone the Crows)
• 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith
• 1949 - Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1952 – Randy Jones (Village People)
• 1952 – Don Was
• 1957 – Vinny Appice
• 1965 – Zak Starkey
• 1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens
• 1971 – Stella McCartney
• 1977 – Fiona Apple

SEPTEMBER 12

• 1880 – H. L. Mencken
• 1888 – Maurice Chevalier
• 1913 – Jesse Owens
• 1931 – George Jones
• 1940 – Mickey Lolich
• 1943 – Maria Muldaur
• 1944 – Leonard Peltier
• 1944 – Barry White
• 1944 – Colin Young (The Foundations)
• 1952 – Gerry Beckley
• 1952 – Neil Peart
• 1956 – Barry Andrews
• 1966 – Ben Folds
• 1967 – Louis C.K.
• 1972 - Liam Gallagher

SEPTEMBER 11

• 1862 – O. Henry
• 1899 – Jimmie Davis
• 1925 – Alan Bergman
• 1943 – Mickey Hart
• 1945 – Leo Kottke
• 1953 – Tommy Shaw
• 1964 – Victor Wooten
• 1965 – Moby
• 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr.
• 1968 – Kay Hanley
• 1970 – Ted Leo
• 1977 – Ludacris
• 1977 – Jonny Buckland (Coldplay)
• 1978 – Ben Lee

SEPTEMBER 10

• 1659 – Henry Purcell
• 1918 – Rin Tin Tin
• 1925 – Roy Brown
• 1929 – Arnold Palmer
• 1934 – Roger Maris
• 1939 – Cynthia Lennon
• 1940 – Roy Ayers
• 1942 – Danny Hutton
• 1945 – José Feliciano
• 1946 – Don Powell (Slade)
• 1948 – Margaret Trudeau
• 1950 – Joe Perry
• 1950 – Rosie Flores (Asleep at the Wheel)
• 1956 – Johnnie Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)
• 1956 – Johnny Hickman (Cracker)
• 1958 – Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama and Shakespears Sister)
• 1960 – David Lowery (Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven)
• 1968 – Big Daddy Kane

SEPTEMBER 9

• 1828 – Leo Tolstoy
• 1935 – Chaim Topol
• 1940 – Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)
• 1941 – Otis Redding
• 1942 – Inez Foxx
• 1942 – Danny Kalb
• 1946 – Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)
• 1946 – Bruce Palmer
• 1947 – Freddy Weller (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• 1948 – Pamela Des Barres
• 1950 – John McFee
• 1952 – David A. Stewart

SEPTEMBER 8

• 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers
• 1922 – Sid Caesar
• 1925 – Peter Sellers
• 1932 – Patsy Cline
• 1939 – Guitar Shorty
• 1942 – Brian Cole (The Association)
• 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
• 1947 – Ann Beattie
• 1947 – Benjamin Orr
• 1956 – Fad Gadget
• 1970 – Neko Case
• 1971 – David Arquette

SEPTEMBER 7

• 1923 – Peter Lawford
• 1926 – Ronnie Gilbert
• 1930 – Sonny Rollins
• 1934 – Dan Ingram
• 1934 – Little Milton
• 1936 – Buddy Holly
• 1948 – Susan Blakely
• 1949 – Gloria Gaynor
• 1950 – Julie Kavner
• 1950 – Peggy Noonan
• 1951 – Chrissie Hynde
• 1951 – Mark Isham
• 1953 – Benmont Tench
• 1954 – Corbin Bernsen
• 1979 – Owen Pallett (The Mountain Goats and Enter the Haggis)

SEPTEMBER 6

• 1925 – Jimmy Reed
• 1937 – Jo Anne Worley
• 1939 – David Allan Coe
• 1942 – Dave Bargeron (BS&T)
• 1942 – Mel McDaniel
• 1943 – Roger Waters
• 1947 – Sylvester
• 1947 – Jane Curtin
• 1952 – Buddy Miller
• 1967 – Macy Gray
• 1971 – Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
• 1972 – Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello)

SEPTEMBER 5

• 1907 – Sunnyland Slim
• 1912 – John Cage
• 1929 – Bob Newhart
• 1934 – Carol Lawrence
• 1937 – William Devane
• 1939 – John Stewart (The Kingston Trio)
• 1940 – Raquel Welch
• 1942 – Werner Herzog
• 1945 – Al Stewart
• 1946 – Freddie Mercury
• 1946 – Loudon Wainwright III
• 1947 – Buddy Miles
• 1947 - Mel Collins (King Crimson, Alan Parsons Project) 
• 1947 – Chip Davis (Mannheim Steamroller)
• 1947 - Legendary Stardust Cowboy (born Norman Odam)
• 1949 – Clem Clempson (Humble Pie and Colosseum)
• 1950 – Cathy Guisewite
• 1951 – Michael Keaton
• 1969 – Dweezil Zappa
• 1970 – Liam Lynch

SEPTEMBER 4

• 1928 – Dick York
• 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor
• 1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
• 1945 – Danny Gatton
• 1946 – Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• 1951 – Martin Chambers
• 1955 – David Broza
• 1956 – Blackie Lawless (W.A.S.P., London, Sister, and New York Dolls)
• 1975 – Mark Ronson

SEPTEMBER 3

• 1910 – Kitty Carlisle
• 1925 – Hank Thompson
• 1934 – Freddie King
• 1942 – Al Jardine
• 1945 – George Biondo (Steppenwolf)
• 1947 – Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy and The Noel Redding Band)
• 1948 – Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad and Terry Knight & the Pack)
• 1955 – Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
• 1969 – John Fugelsang

SEPTEMBER 2

• 1914 – Tom Glazer
• 1928 – Horace Silver
• 1929 – Hal Ashby
• 1929 – Victor Spinetti
• 1931 – Clifford Jordan
• 1932 – Walter Davis, Jr.
• 1934 – Sam Gooden (The Impressions)
• 1943 – Rosalind Ashford (Martha and the Vandellas)
• 1943 – Joe Simon
• 1946 – Billy Preston
• 1950 – Michael Rother (Neu!, Kraftwerk, and Harmonia)
• 1951 – Mik Kaminski (ELO)
• 1953 – John Zorn

SEPTEMBER 1

• 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
• 1922 – Yvonne De Carlo
• 1923 – Rocky Marciano
• 1925 – Art Pepper
• 1931 – Boxcar Willie
• 1933 – Marshall Lytle (Bill Haley & His Comets)
• 1933 – Conway Twitty
• 1935 – Seiji Ozawa
• 1938 – Alan Dershowitz
• 1939 – Lily Tomlin
• 1944 – Archie Bell
• 1944 – Leonard Slatkin
• 1946 – Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone and Weather Report)
• 1946 – Barry Gibb (Bee Gees)
• 1955 – Bruce Foxton
• 1957 – Gloria Estefan
• 1975 – Omar Rodríguez-López (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and De Facto)

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