Music Ephemeris september 10

🎵 SEPTEMBER 10 - SIXTIES BEAT - 

ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIBUTE - SPECIALIST COMPLEMENT

Vinyl & Memories Est. 1960 - Public spécialistes

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🎂 BIRTHDAYS - SEPT 10 

[USA - R&B] ★ Sept 10 1925 - ROY BROWN - Good Rockin' Tonight #1 R&B 48 - pioneer rock'n'roll - New Orleans LA - Died 1981 age 55 - MAJOR HISTORIQUE

PETER TOLSON

[ANGLETERRE - 60s SPECIALIST] ★ Sept 10 1939 - PETER TOLSON - Pretty Things guitarist - Emotions / S.F. Sorrow first rock opera 68 - London UK - Died 2016 age 76 - MAJOR SPECIALIST 60s

[USA - R&B/JAZZ] ★ Sept 10 1940 - Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine #1 R&B 76 / Ubiquity vibraphone - Los Angeles CA - Died 2025 age 84 - MAJOR

Danny Hutton

Three Dog Night

[USA] Sept 10 1942 - Danny Hutton - Three Dog Night co-founder - Joy To The World #1 Billboard 71 - Buncrana IE/US - Age 83 - MAJOR

José Feliciano

[USA] Sept 10 1945 - José Feliciano - Light My Fire #3 Billboard 68 / Feliz Navidad - Lares PR - Age 80 - MAJOR

[ANGLETERRE] ★ Sept 10 1946 - Don Powell - Slade drummer - Cum On Feel The Noize #1 UK 73 - Bilston UK - Age 79 - MAJOR

Barriemore Barlow

[ANGLETERRE] Sept 10 1949 - Barriemore Barlow - Jethro Tull drums - Living In The Past #3 US 72 - Birmingham UK - Age 75

Jethro Tull

Joe Perry

[USA] Sept 10 1950 - Joe Perry - Aerosmith lead guitarist - Dream On / Walk This Way - Lawrence MA - Age 75 - MAJOR

[USA] Sept 10 1950 - Rosie Flores - rockabilly legend - alt-country pioneer - San Antonio TX - Age 75

Siobhan Fahey

Bananarama

[ANGLETERRE] Sept 10 1958 - Siobhan Fahey - Bananarama / Shakespears Sister - Venus / Stay - Dublin IE/London UK - Age 67 -

Jon Moss with Boy George

 Culture Club

[ANGLETERRE] Sept 10 1957 - Jon Moss - Culture Club drums - Karma Chameleon #1 US/UK 83 - Wandsworth UK - Age 68 - 

[AMERIQUE DU SUD] Sept 10 1963 - Big Daddy C - Brazilian rockabilly - São Paulo BR - SA BONUS

[FRANCE] No major born Sept 10 60s - REF Nino Ferrer 15Aug34 Marseille soul R&B FR / Eddy Mitchell 3Jul42 R&B FR / Pierre Bachelet 25May44 film - 

📅 ON THIS DAY - SEPT 10

1955: Chuck Berry Maybellene enters US Top 10 - first rock chart hit #5 Chess 1604

1963: Lennon & McCartney write I Wanna Be Your Man for Rolling Stones at De Lane Lea Studio London - Stones 2nd single

1964: Rod Stewart first single Good Morning Little Schoolgirl with Long John Baldry's Hoochie Coochie Men - John Paul Jones session bass

Dave Davies

1964: The Kinks You Really Got Me UK #1 first #1 - 2 weeks - Dave Davies distortion

1966: Beatles Revolver 6-week run Billboard 200 #1 US Capitol - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby era

1966: Supremes You Can't Hurry Love #1 Billboard - 3rd consecutive #1966  - Motown R&B

1970: BB King Live In Cook County Jail Chicago - recorded for album Jan 71 R&B #1

AMERIQUE DU SUD 1966: Supremes #1 BR R&B / Roberto Carlos influence Motown BR

FRANCE 1966: Supremes #1 FR Europe 1 R&B

💿 RECORD RELEASES - SEPT 10

1975: KISS Alive! landmark live album Casablanca - first Top 30 - Rock And Roll All Nite live #12

1971: The Who Who's Next US release Decca - Baba O'Riley / Won't Get Fooled Again

1977: David Bowie Heroes single UK RCA - Berlin Trilogy title #24 UK

1965: Joan Baez Farewell Angelina album Vanguard #10 Billboard

1971: John Prine debut album John Prine Atlantic - Angel From Montgomery

1968: José Feliciano Feliciano! LP #2 US

AMERIQUE DU SUD 1968: Roberto Carlos O Inimitavel LP BR #1 soul R&B BR / 1971 Secos & Molhados influence

FRANCE 1973: Status Quo #8 FR / 1968 Aretha Franklin Lady Soul LP import R&B #1 FR

📊 CHARTS - SEPT 10 #1 THIS DAY

UK 1964: The Kinks You Really Got Me #1 - 2 weeks

US 1966: The Supremes You Can't Hurry Love #1 Billboard + #1 R&B + Beatles Revolver #1 LP 6 weeks

UK 1954: Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean A Lot #1 - also US #1 previous week

US 1983: Michael Sembello Maniac #1 Flashdance OST

AMERIQUE DU SUD 1966 Supremes #1 BR

FRANCE 1966 Supremes #1 FR Europe 1 / 1988 Elsa #1 FR

💀 IN MEMORIAM - SEPT 10

1981: Roy Brown 55 heart attack Encino CA - Good Rockin' Tonight pioneer

2005: Clarence Gatemouth Brown 81 lung cancer Orange TX - Okie Dokie Stomp - lost home Katrina

1965: Claude Thornhill 56 jazz Snowfall composer

Ray Coleman

1996: Ray Coleman 59 kidney cancer - Melody Maker Beatles biographer

2024: Frankie Beverly 77 Maze Before I Let Go R&B #1 81

EUROPE: No major died Sept 10 - REF Brian Epstein 27Aug67 manager Beatles

SA: No major died Sept 10 - REF Tim Maia 15Mar98 soul BR / Cassia Eller 29Dec01

💀 LIVE - SEPT 6-9 2026

USA ★ CASSANDRA WILSON died Sept2 70 Grammy - WBGO/Rolling Sept3-4 confirmed

UK/EU/SA/FR: No death - AFP/Le Monde Sept 7-10 check

🎭 ANECDOTE / HOAX - SEPT 10

TRUE: Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight 47 - covered Wynonie Harris #1 R&B 48 / Elvis 54 Sun - first rock'n'roll debated HOAX: NOT died 1991 - died 25May81

TRUE: Peter Tolson, he joined the group The Pretty Things after the release of the LP *Parachute*. TRUE: S.F. Sorrow 68 - first rock opera before Tommy Who - Emotions 67 psych HOAX: NOT Rolling Stones - Pretty Things

TRUE: Roy Ayers sampled 100+ times hip-hop - Mary J Blige HOAX: NOT drummer - vibraphone legend

🎂 BONUS - ALSO BORN SEPT 10 

USA: Roy Brown 25 MAJOR HISTORIQUE / Roy Ayers 40 MAJOR / Danny Hutton 42 MAJOR / José Feliciano 45 MAJOR / Joe Perry 50 MAJOR / Rosie Flores 50 / Gerry Goffin 39 songwriter / Bob Hartman 49 Petra

UK: Peter Tolson 39 MAJOR SPECIALIST 60s / Don Powell 46 MAJOR / Barriemore Barlow 49 MAJOR / Jon Moss 57 BONUS / Siobhan Fahey 58 BONUS / Johnnie Fingers 56 Boomtown Rats

EU/SA/FR: No major born Sept10 - REF Morricone 10Nov28 IT / Bachelet 25May44 FR / Roberto Carlos 19Apr41 BR

AMERIQUE DU SUD/LATIN: José Feliciano 45 MAJOR LATIN PR - compte SA / No other major 60s born Sept10 SA - REF Tim Maia 28Sept42 BR SOUL MAJOR / Roberto Carlos 19Apr41 BR / Jorge Ben 22Mar39 samba soul BR / Rita Lee 31Dec47 BR rock

FRANCE: No major born Sept10 - REF Nino Ferrer 15Aug34 R&B FR / Eddy Mitchell 3Jul42 / Hallyday 15Jun43 / Bachelet 25May44

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Source AllMusic/Discogs/Billboard/Wikipedia/AFP - V7.5 DEFINITIF VERIFIE COMPLET - Roy Brown + Peter Tolson LOCKED

September 10, 1971