From the Desk of CLASSICKONG
Good morning, music lovers, record collectors, radio people, musicians, working moms and dads, and everybody who still believes a great song never comes with an expiration date.
Welcome back to WTSG Digital Broadcasting and another trip through This Day in Music History.
Before we drop the needle, WTSG-DB sends our gratitude to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces — past and present — and to the families standing beside them. Thank you for your service.
September 16 gives us one heck of a musical neighborhood: Boston sitting atop an unbelievable 1978 album chart, KISS checking into the Asylum, B.B. King celebrating a birthday, Richard Marx reminding us just how deep his songwriting résumé runs, two great British bands connected by one drummer, a Heartbreaker holding down the bottom end, Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell together at Capitol, and a jazz-guitar birthday that takes me straight back to my Dad’s record collection.
And somewhere in there, the Beatles are yelling “yeah, yeah, yeah.”
Let’s fire this thing up.
National Working Parents Day
September 16 recognizes National Working Parents Day, and this one deserves more than a throwaway mention.
Millions of moms and dads get up every morning, go to work, put in the hours, come home tired, and keep right on going because somebody is depending on them.
Some of the most important things our parents gave us weren’t wrapped in paper. They were examples: showing up, working hard, keeping promises, providing for the family and finding time for us even when they were exhausted.
So today, WTSG-DB gives working parents their roses.
Your children may not understand every sacrifice you’re making right now.
Someday they probably will.
National Guacamole Day
And because life requires balance, September 16 is also National Guacamole Day.
Avocado. Lime. Onion. Tomato. Seasoning.
Chips standing by.
CLASSICKONG approves.
Just keep the bowl away from the mixing console.
Boston — Don’t Look Back Takes No. 1
On the Billboard album chart dated September 16, 1978, Boston’s second album, Don’t Look Back, reached No. 1.
And you want to know why we keep talking about the magic of radio from this period?
Look at the neighborhood.
The Top Five that week:
- Boston — Don’t Look Back
- The Rolling Stones — Some Girls
- Foreigner — Double Vision
- Grease — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Good grief.
Turn on the radio in 1978 and you might hear Boston, the Stones and Foreigner rubbing shoulders with disco, soul, pop, singer-songwriters and whatever else the DJ thought sounded good.
That wasn’t a playlist.
That was an adventure.
Don’t Look Back had been released in 1978 on Epic Records, catalog number FE 35050, with Tom Scholz again functioning as the architect behind that unmistakable Boston sound.
Even more remarkable, the album reached No. 1 in only its third chart week.
Scholz later acknowledged that he felt rushed completing the record and wished he’d had additional time to finish it. Side two contained only four songs. Yet what emerged hardly sounds like somebody mailing in a sequel.
“Don’t Look Back,” “A Man I’ll Never Be,” “Feelin’ Satisfied,” “Party” and “Don’t Be Afraid” gave radio another batch of beautifully layered guitars, Brad Delp’s soaring voice and those gigantic harmonies that made Boston sound like Boston and nobody else.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Boston: Don’t Look Back
Released: 1978
Label: Epic Records
Catalog: FE 35050
Producer: Tom Scholz
Billboard 200: No. 1
No. 1 date: September 16, 1978
Signature weapon: Layered guitars and enormous vocal harmonies
Classic Weapon: “Don’t Look Back”
Power move: Reached No. 1 in its third chart week
Must-Have Discography
- Boston — 1976, Epic
- Don’t Look Back — 1978, Epic
- Third Stage — 1986, MCA
If somebody tells you they want to understand American album rock, those first two Boston records belong in the lesson.
KISS Opens the Asylum — September 16, 1985
All right, KISS Army.
Now we’re talking.
On September 16, 1985, KISS released Asylum in the United States through Mercury Records.
The album marked an important moment in KISStory: it was the first KISS studio album with Bruce Kulick as an official member of the band.
Paul Stanley. Gene Simmons. Eric Carr. Bruce Kulick.
That’s a serious lineup.
Asylum eventually reached No. 20 in the United States, and it was certified Gold in November 1985.
But let’s get to the song.
“Tears Are Falling”
I love this one.
Paul Stanley wrote it, sang it, and delivered one of the defining KISS tracks of the mid-’80s.
There’s melody. There’s muscle. There’s a gigantic chorus. And Bruce Kulick sounds like he belongs exactly where he is.
That’s important.
KISS had been through an enormous amount of lineup turbulence by this point. Bruce wasn’t Ace Frehley, and trying to make him Ace would have been pointless.
Bruce Kulick brought Bruce Kulick to KISS.
That’s what the band needed.
Also worth pulling from the album are “Who Wants to Be Lonely,” “King of the Mountain” and the gloriously subtle piece of high art known as “Uh! All Night.”
Ahem.
KISS was not applying for a literature grant.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — KISS: Asylum
Released: September 16, 1985
Label: Mercury Records
Catalog: 826 099-1 M-1
Produced by: Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons
Recorded primarily at: Electric Lady Studios, New York
U.S. chart peak: No. 20
RIAA: Gold
Official guitar debut: Bruce Kulick
Classic Weapon: “Tears Are Falling”
Secondary weapon: “Who Wants to Be Lonely”
CLASSICKONG rating: KISS Army approved
Must-Have KISS Discography
Trying to reduce KISS to three records around here is asking for trouble, but we’ll start with:
- KISS — 1974, Casablanca
- Alive! — 1975, Casablanca
- Destroyer — 1976, Casablanca
- Creatures of the Night — 1982, Casablanca
- Asylum — 1985, Mercury
Turn it up.
B.B. King — The King of the Blues Was Born
Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Mississippi.
He died on May 14, 2015, at age 89.
There are musicians who become identified with an instrument, and then there are musicians who make an instrument seem almost human.
B.B. King’s Gibson guitar — famously called Lucille — didn’t need a hundred notes to say something.
B.B. could bend one note and make it hurt.
Most birthday tributes will understandably point toward “The Thrill Is Gone.”
We’re going somewhere else.
Into the Night
One of my favorite B.B. King performances is “Into the Night,” from the 1985 John Landis movie of the same name, starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer.
B.B. appears prominently on the soundtrack, performing “Into the Night,” “My Lucille” and “In the Midnight Hour.”
And here’s another fun connection: rock-and-roll pioneer Carl Perkins appears in the film as Mr. Williams.
That’s the kind of rabbit hole we love around here.
But “Into the Night” is the one that gets me.
B.B.’s voice, that guitar and the late-night atmosphere fit together beautifully.
And “My Lucille”?
Come on.
That’s B.B. talking about an instrument that had effectively become another member of the family.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — B.B. King
Born: September 16, 1925
Died: May 14, 2015
Birth name: Riley B. King
Instrument: Guitar and vocals
Weapon of choice: Lucille
Style: Blues
Superpower: Saying more with one bent note than many players say with fifty
CLASSICKONG pick: “Into the Night”
Must-Have B.B. King Discography
- Live at the Regal — 1965, ABC-Paramount
- Lucille — 1968, BluesWay/ABC
- Completely Well — 1969, BluesWay/ABC
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds — 1970, ABC
- Live in Cook County Jail — 1971, ABC
If you’re buying only one to begin the education, Live at the Regal is sacred ground.
Give the King his roses.
Richard Marx — Much More Than the Guy Singing the Hits
Richard Marx was born September 16, 1963.
Now here’s somebody who deserves his roses.
“Don’t Mean Nothing.”
“Hold On to the Nights.”
“Right Here Waiting.”
“Satisfied.”
And then there’s one of my personal favorites:
“Hazard.”
What a haunting record.
The atmosphere, the story and the unanswered questions make it feel almost like a little mystery movie set to music.
But Marx’s résumé gets considerably deeper when you start looking behind the curtain.
He has written and produced for other artists across pop, rock, country and R&B.
And then there’s Luther Vandross.
Marx and Vandross co-wrote “Dance with My Father,” a song rooted in Luther’s memories of his father. The composition won Song of the Year at the 2004 Grammy Awards.
That connection stopped me in my tracks when I learned about it.
Luther Vandross had one of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. Period.
Knowing Richard Marx helped create something that personal for Luther adds another dimension to how I hear Marx as a musician and songwriter.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Richard Marx
Born: September 16, 1963
Primary weapons: Vocals, songwriting, keyboards
Breakthrough album: Richard Marx — 1987, Manhattan
Major follow-up: Repeat Offender — 1989, EMI
CLASSICKONG pick: “Hazard”
Songwriting power-up: Co-writer of Luther Vandross’ “Dance with My Father”
Grammy: Song of the Year, 2004, as co-writer
Must-Have Discography
- Richard Marx — 1987
- Repeat Offender — 1989
- Rush Street — 1991
And don’t stop at the singles. Follow the songwriting credits.
That’s where the rabbit hole gets really interesting.
Kenney Jones — Never Ask a Drummer to Become Keith Moon
Kenney Jones was born September 16, 1948, in London.
Here’s a drummer whose résumé speaks for itself:
Small Faces. Faces. The Who.
That’s not somebody who wandered into an audition carrying a pair of sticks.
Jones had already played on records such as Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake with the Small Faces and A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse with Faces before joining the Who following Keith Moon’s death.
And that’s where I think history sometimes treats Kenney unfairly.
He couldn’t replace Keith Moon.
Nobody could.
More importantly, he shouldn’t have tried.
Keith Moon played like Keith Moon.
Kenney Jones played like Kenney Jones.
Those are different musical personalities, and that’s okay.
As a drummer myself, I respect that.
The impossible job wasn’t playing drums for the Who.
The impossible job was being expected by some people to become the man who had sat behind that kit before him.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Kenney Jones
Born: September 16, 1948
Instrument: Drums
Bands: Small Faces, Faces, The Who
Style: Groove, pocket, song-first British rock drumming
Impossible assignment: Following Keith Moon
Correct response: Remain Kenney Jones
CLASSICKONG verdict: Résumé speaks for itself
Must-Have Records Featuring Kenney Jones
- Small Faces — Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake — 1968
- Faces — A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse — 1971
- The Who — Face Dances — 1981
- The Who — It’s Hard — 1982
Ron Blair — A Heartbreaker Holding Down the Foundation
Here’s a fun birthday coincidence.
Ron Blair was also born September 16, 1948 — the exact same day and year as Kenney Jones.
Blair was the original bassist in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, appearing on that classic 1976 debut and helping establish the band’s early sound.
He eventually stepped away, with Howie Epstein taking over bass duties, before Blair returned to the Heartbreakers in the early 2000s.
I’ve always loved the Heartbreakers.
One reason is that they understood something great bands understand:
Serve the song.
Mike Campbell didn’t need to play twenty notes where three would work. Benmont Tench didn’t have to dominate the arrangement to make you notice him. Ron Blair didn’t need to turn every bass line into an athletic event.
Everybody contributed to the record.
That’s a band.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Ron Blair
Born: September 16, 1948
Instrument: Bass
Band: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Role: Original Heartbreaker
Debut appearance: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — 1976
Superpower: Holding down the song without getting in its way
CLASSICKONG verdict: That’s how a rhythm section works.
Must-Have Heartbreakers Records
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — 1976, Shelter
- You’re Gonna Get It! — 1978, Shelter
- Damn the Torpedoes — 1979, Backstreet/MCA
- Hard Promises — 1981, Backstreet/MCA
The Beatles Bring “She Loves You” to America
On September 16, 1963, Swan Records released the Beatles’ “She Loves You” in the United States, backed with “I’ll Get You.”
And America immediately went crazy!
Well…
Not exactly.
The record initially received relatively little attention in the United States.
Beatlemania hadn’t fully detonated here yet.
That would change dramatically in 1964.
And once it did, “She Loves You” became part of the avalanche.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sorry. Had to do it.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — “She Loves You”
U.S. release: September 16, 1963
Label: Swan
Catalog: S-4152
B-side: “I’ll Get You”
Written by: Lennon–McCartney
Produced by: George Martin
Initial U.S. reaction: Quiet
What happened next: BEATLEMANIA
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell — Two Great Voices Together
Now you’ve got my attention.
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell together.
Their collaborative Capitol album Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell arrived in September 1968, with September 16 commonly cited as its release date.
The record paired two distinctive Southern voices on material including “Little Green Apples,” “Gentle on My Mind,” “My Elusive Dreams,” “Let It Be Me” and “Mornin’ Glory.”
The album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s country album chart, crossed into the pop market and earned Gold certification.
Bobbie Gentry has always fascinated me because there was nobody quite like her.
Glen Campbell?
World-class singer. World-class guitarist. Session veteran. Wrecking Crew.
Put the two of them in Capitol Studios and you’ve got my attention before the tape even starts rolling.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
Album: Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
Released: September 1968
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog: ST-2928
Producers: Kelly Gordon and Al De Lory
U.S. Country Albums: No. 1
Certification: Gold
Classic pairing: “Let It Be Me”
CLASSICKONG status: Bobbie gets a chair.
Must-Have Starting Points
Bobbie Gentry
- Ode to Billie Joe — 1967, Capitol
- The Delta Sweete — 1968, Capitol
- Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell — 1968, Capitol
Glen Campbell
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix — 1967, Capitol
- Wichita Lineman — 1968, Capitol
- Galveston — 1969, Capitol
The Beach Boys — A Surfer Girl Date Mystery
Here’s where checking our work paid off.
Many references list September 16, 1963 as the release date of the Beach Boys’ Surfer Girl. Other major discographical sources list September 23.
Rather than pretend the historical record is cleaner than it is, we’re putting an asterisk beside this one.
What isn’t disputed is the importance of the album.
Released by Capitol Records in 1963, Surfer Girl was the first Beach Boys album to officially credit Brian Wilson as producer.
And listen to where Brian was already headed.
“Surfer Girl.”
“Catch a Wave.”
“Little Deuce Coupe.”
“In My Room.”
That last one especially points toward the increasingly sophisticated and deeply personal music Brian Wilson would create later.
The sessions also included early appearances by musicians associated with what would become known as the Wrecking Crew, while “The Surfer Moon” incorporated strings.
This wasn’t merely surf music anymore.
Brian was learning how to use the recording studio itself as an instrument.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Surfer Girl
Artist: The Beach Boys
Year: 1963
Label: Capitol Records
Mono catalog: T-1981
Producer: Brian Wilson
U.S. album peak: No. 7
Historic distinction: First Beach Boys album officially produced by Brian Wilson
Classic Weapons: “Surfer Girl,” “In My Room,” “Catch a Wave”
Session-musician alert: Early Wrecking Crew involvement
Release-date note: September 16 and September 23 both appear in established discographical sources
Must-Have Beach Boys Discography
- Surfer Girl — 1963
- All Summer Long — 1964
- The Beach Boys Today! — 1965
- Pet Sounds — 1966
Those harmonies never get old.
Marc Bolan — Give Him His Roses
Marc Bolan was born September 30, 1947, and died September 16, 1977, at only 29 years old.
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet and frontman of T. Rex, Bolan became one of the defining figures of glam rock.
You can’t tell the story of early-’70s British rock without him.
And you certainly can’t tell it without records such as “Get It On,” known in the United States as “Bang a Gong (Get It On).”
The clothes and glam presentation attracted plenty of attention, but underneath it was a songwriter with a sharp ear for riffs, hooks and attitude.
Bolan’s influence stretched far beyond glam and can be heard in punk, new wave, alternative rock and generations of artists who understood that rock and roll could be dangerous, strange, theatrical and catchy at the same time.
He was gone far too young.
Today we give Marc Bolan his roses.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Marc Bolan
Born: September 30, 1947
Died: September 16, 1977
Age: 29
Band: T. Rex
Weapons: Voice, guitar, songwriting and swagger
Classic Weapon: “Bang a Gong (Get It On)”
Legacy: Glam-rock pioneer whose influence traveled far beyond glam
Must-Have T. Rex
- T. Rex — 1970
- Electric Warrior — 1971
- The Slider — 1972
- Tanx — 1973
Jazz Corner — September 16 Came to Play
Good grief.
September 16 apparently looked at the jazz calendar and said:
Hold my chart.
Charlie Byrd — Born September 16, 1925
Guitarist Charlie Byrd was born September 16, 1925, and died December 2, 1999.
And just to clear up something that had me turned around earlier:
Charlie Byrd is the guitarist.
Charlie “Bird” Parker is the legendary saxophonist portrayed by Forest Whitaker in Clint Eastwood’s Bird.
Two Charlies.
One bird nickname.
Completely different guys.
Got it now. ROFLMAO.
Byrd was classically trained and became an important bridge between jazz guitar and Brazilian music. After encountering bossa nova during a State Department-sponsored South American tour, Byrd helped bring the sound home.
That ultimately led to Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba in 1962, one of the recordings that helped ignite America’s bossa nova fascination.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Charlie Byrd
Born: September 16, 1925
Died: December 2, 1999
Instrument: Guitar
Special attack: Nylon-string fingerstyle
Styles: Jazz, classical, bossa nova
Classic Weapon: Jazz Samba with Stan Getz
Superpower: Making sophisticated guitar playing sound effortless
Must-Have Charlie Byrd
- Jazz Samba with Stan Getz — 1962, Verve
- Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros — 1962, Riverside
- For All We Know — 1971, Columbia
Earl Klugh — This One Takes Me Back to Dad
Now this birthday is personal.
Guitarist Earl Klugh was born September 16, 1953, in Detroit.
You’ll occasionally see 1954 printed in reference material, but Klugh’s official biography gives 1953, so that’s the year we’re using.
My Dad introduced me to Earl Klugh when I was young.
He had Earl’s records.
And those records became part of my musical education without anybody sitting me down and announcing that class was in session.
That’s how it happens sometimes.
You hear something coming from Dad’s stereo.
You ask what it is.
And another door opens.
Klugh’s nylon-string sound was immediately recognizable: warm, melodic and technically beautiful without needing to beat you over the head with technique.
And look at the people around his early development.
Chet Atkins was a major influence.
So was the lyrical piano language of Bill Evans.
Klugh appeared with Yusef Lateef, worked with George Benson, spent a short period with Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, and then established his own recording career.
That’s one serious education.
And then there’s Bob James.
Klugh and James recorded One on One in 1979, a collaboration that won a Grammy.
Two musicians with instantly identifiable sounds sitting in the same room and making them work together.
Beautiful record.
Dad knew what he was buying.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Earl Klugh
Born: September 16, 1953
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Instrument: Nylon-string acoustic guitar
Major influences: Chet Atkins, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans and Brazilian music
Early connections: Yusef Lateef, George Benson, Chick Corea
Power collaboration: Bob James
Grammy winner: One on One
Personal connection: Dad introduced me to Earl’s records
Superpower: Melody first, virtuosity underneath
Must-Have Earl Klugh Discography
- Earl Klugh — 1976, Blue Note
- Finger Paintings — 1977, Blue Note
- Heart String — 1979
- One on One with Bob James — 1979
- Crazy for You — 1981
If you’ve never spent an evening with Earl Klugh coming through a good pair of speakers, fix that.
Jon Hendricks — The Art of Vocalese
Jazz vocalist and lyricist Jon Hendricks was born September 16, 1921, and died November 22, 2017.
Hendricks became one of the masters of vocalese — writing and singing lyrics fitted to previously improvised jazz solos.
With Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, he helped demonstrate that the human voice could navigate jazz arrangements with the agility of a horn section.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Jon Hendricks
Born: September 16, 1921
Died: November 22, 2017
Weapon: Voice and words
Special ability: Vocalese
Essential association: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
CLASSICKONG verdict: Your voice is an instrument. Hendricks proved it.
Must-Have
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross — Sing a Song of Basie — 1957
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross — The Swingers! — 1958
Joe Venuti — Before Jazz Violin Was Normal
Joe Venuti was born September 16, 1903, and died August 14, 1978.
Venuti became one of jazz’s pioneering violinists, working frequently with guitarist Eddie Lang and proving very early in jazz history that the violin could be a serious improvisational voice.
Long before Jean-Luc Ponty plugged in and started bending our minds, guys like Joe Venuti helped establish that the violin belonged in jazz.
CLASSICKONG Trading Card — Joe Venuti
Born: September 16, 1903
Died: August 14, 1978
Instrument: Violin
Era: Early jazz through swing and beyond
Key musical partner: Eddie Lang
Superpower: Helping establish the violin as a legitimate jazz improvising instrument
One Correction from the Research Desk
We initially found Brother Jack McDuff listed on some September 16 jazz birthday calendars.
A deeper check against stronger biographical and discographical sources gives his birth as September 17, 1926, with his death on January 23, 2001.
So we’re not squeezing Brother Jack into today’s history just because we love the Hammond B3.
He gets his proper day.
That’s the WTSG-DB rule:
If the record doesn’t check out, we don’t force it.
Birthday Roll Call
Also celebrating September 16 birthdays:
- Kenney Jones — 1948
- Ron Blair — 1948
- Earl Klugh — 1953
- Richard Marx — 1963
And remembered today:
- Joe Venuti — 1903–1978
- Jon Hendricks — 1921–2017
- Charlie Byrd — 1925–1999
- B.B. King — 1925–2015
CLASSICKONG’s Final Spin
There’s a phrase sitting right in the middle of today’s history:
Don’t Look Back.
But I don’t hear that as an order to forget where we’ve been.
Not even close.
Some things are worth looking back at.
A Saturday afternoon with Dad.
A record he brought home that introduced you to Earl Klugh.
The first time a Boston record came roaring through an FM radio.
The sound of B.B. King’s Lucille.
Brian Wilson stacking harmonies in a recording studio.
Kenney Jones sitting behind the drums and being smart enough not to pretend he was Keith Moon.
Luther Vandross singing a song about his father.
Those things become part of us.
So maybe the lesson isn’t don’t look back.
Maybe it’s:
Don’t look back with regret. Look back with gratitude.
Remember the people who showed you something.
Remember the music that shaped you.
Remember the radio stations that took chances and played records because somebody behind the microphone believed they were worth hearing.
And then carry the best of it forward.
That’s what we’re doing here at WTSG-DB.
We’re not putting great music behind museum glass.
We’re putting it back on the radio.
Because somebody out there may hear Boston, B.B. King, Earl Klugh, Bobbie Gentry, the Beach Boys or KISS for the first time today.
To that listener, it isn’t old music.
It’s brand new.
Great music doesn’t have an expiration date.
Tomorrow, we drop the needle again.
— CLASSICKONG
Trivia
Question: Which two musicians featured in today’s edition were born on exactly the same date — September 16, 1948?
Don’t peek.
Answer at the bottom.
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Trivia Answer
Kenney Jones and Ron Blair were both born on September 16, 1948.
One held down the drums for Small Faces, Faces and the Who.
The other held down the bass for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Not a bad day for rhythm sections.
References
- Billboard — Charts & Music Industry Reference — Boston / Don’t Look Back chart research
- MusicBrainz — Boston: Don’t Look Back — 1978 Epic release, catalog and discographical information
- MusicBrainz — KISS: Asylum — September 16, 1985 U.S. release, Mercury label and catalog information
- Kenney Jones — Official Biography — Small Faces, Faces and the Who career history
- Official Small Faces — Kenney Jones Biography — Small Faces history and Jones’ career
- National Endowment for the Arts — B.B. King Biography — September 16, 1925 birth and biographical history
- National Endowment for the Arts — Remembering B.B. King — B.B. King biographical and legacy information
- PBS American Masters — B.B. King — September 16, 1925–May 14, 2015 dates and career overview
- American Film Institute — Into the Night — 1985 film, John Landis, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Recording Academy — Richard Marx — GRAMMY history and “Dance with My Father”
- Recording Academy — 2004 Song of the Year — Richard Marx and Luther Vandross songwriting credit
- Tom Petty — Official Site — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers history and discography
- 45cat — The Beatles: She Loves You / I’ll Get You — original September 16, 1963 U.S. Swan S-4152 release
- MusicBrainz — The Beach Boys: Surfer Girl — Capitol album discography and September 23, 1963 documented mono pressing
- MusicBrainz — Surfer Girl U.S. Mono Release — Capitol T-1981 release documentation
- AllMusic — Charlie Byrd Biography & Discography — September 16, 1925–December 2, 1999; jazz guitar and bossa nova
- Earl Klugh — Official Biography — September 16, 1953 birth and career history
- National Endowment for the Arts — Jon Hendricks — September 16, 1921–November 22, 2017 and vocalese history
- AllMusic — Joe Venuti Biography & Discography — September 16, 1903–August 14, 1978 and jazz-violin history
- AllMusic — Brother Jack McDuff Biography & Discography — confirms September 17, 1926, not September 16, and January 23, 2001 death
- MusicBrainz — Marc Bolan Discography — Marc Bolan/T. Rex discographical reference
