TODAY IN HISTORY - September 2nd
1946 - Born on this day, Billy Preston, US singer, keyboard player. (1973 US No.1 single 'Will It Go Round In Circles', 1978 UK No.2 single with Syreeta 'With You I'm Born Again', and 1969 single 'Get Back' with The Beatles. Died on June 6, 2006.
1957 - Born this day, Steve Porcaro, musician, keyboards, Toto, 1983 US No.1 and UK No.3 single Africa. The 1982 Grammy winning single “Rosanna” was written for him by David Paich (from Toto) in reference to his then relationship with actress Rosanna Arquette.
1964 - The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the Willie Dixon song 'Little Red Rooster' at Regent Sound Studios in London, England.
1965 - Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Discoll and The Brian Auger Trinity appeared at the Marquee Club, London.
1970 - Phil Collins answered an advert and joined Genesis as its drummer.
1971 - Grateful Dead's former manager was arrested after disappearing with over $70,000 of the bands money.
1972 - Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Wear It Well', the singers second UK No.1 was taken from his album 'Never A Dull Moment.'
1978 - Teddy Pendergrass, the former lead singer of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, set out to promote his latest album 'Life Is A Song Worth Singing' by performing a concert for women only.
1983 - The movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence was released, directed by Nagisa Oshima, it starred David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, and Takeshi.
1984 - U2 played the second of two nights at the Logan Cambell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand during their Unforgettable Fire World tour.
1988 - The Human Rights Now!' world tour kicked off at Wembley Stadium London with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssu n'Dour. Taking in five continents and claiming to be the most ambitious rock tour in history.
1989 - Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife, he was released on condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was latter dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
1989 - Paula Abdul scored her third US No.1 single of the year with Cold Hearted. It only made No.46 in the UK.
1995 - Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the R Kelly penned song, You Are Not Alone. It was also a No.1 in the UK.
1995 - The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland.
2000 - Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Music', her 10th UK No.1 single, from her album of the same title. The video stars Madonna as well as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as his famous character Ali G.
2002 - Burglars raided the London home of Icelandic singer Bjork. Thieves broke into Bjork's luxury flat in Maida Vale, London, and stole valuable recording equipment. The 36-year-old singer was asleep in the flat at the time.
2005 - Mariah Carey became only the fifth act ever to hold the top two positions in the US Hot 100 singles chart. The singer's ‘We Belong Together’ notched a 10th consecutive week at number one on the Billboard chart while ‘Shake It Off’ jumped two places to second place. The feat puts Carey in a select group of acts to hold the top two with Nelly, OutKast, The Bee Gees and The Beatles. ‘We Belong Together’ was Carey's 16th number one, giving her the third highest number of chart-toppers in the US behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
2006 - Lead singer of the Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley was sentenced to three years in a US prison for multiple counts of tax fraud. The 64-year-old, was also ordered to pay more than $3.1m (£1.62m) to the US tax service for "pathological" evasion. The court heard he cashed royalty cheques belonging to his brother O'Kelly, who died in 1996 and also spent millions of dollars made from undeclared performances on a yacht and two homes.
2007 - 17 year-old Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Girls', also a US No.1. The song samples the bassline from Ben E. King's classic 'Stand by Me'.
2008 – Troubled 24 year old singer, Amy Winehouse, tops a poll of 3000 Britons to be voted the celebrity with the worst skin. She is regularly pictured with spots, scabs and blemishes. In 2nd place was former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham and rounding out the top 3 is Cameron Diaz (who admits to suffering from acne).
2013 - Sir Elton John won the first ever Brits Icon award, in a gala concert which marked his stage return after surgery for appendicitis. Elton was presented with the prize by his friend, singer Rod Stewart, who described him as "the second-best rock singer ever". The Icon prize had been created by the BPI, the music industry's trade body, which also runs the Brit Awards.
1946 - Born on this day, Billy Preston, US singer, keyboard player. (1973 US No.1 single 'Will It Go Round In Circles', 1978 UK No.2 single with Syreeta 'With You I'm Born Again', and 1969 single 'Get Back' with The Beatles. Died on June 6, 2006.
1957 - Born this day, Steve Porcaro, musician, keyboards, Toto, 1983 US No.1 and UK No.3 single Africa. The 1982 Grammy winning single “Rosanna” was written for him by David Paich (from Toto) in reference to his then relationship with actress Rosanna Arquette.
1964 - The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the Willie Dixon song 'Little Red Rooster' at Regent Sound Studios in London, England.
1965 - Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Discoll and The Brian Auger Trinity appeared at the Marquee Club, London.
1970 - Phil Collins answered an advert and joined Genesis as its drummer.
1971 - Grateful Dead's former manager was arrested after disappearing with over $70,000 of the bands money.
1972 - Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Wear It Well', the singers second UK No.1 was taken from his album 'Never A Dull Moment.'
1978 - Teddy Pendergrass, the former lead singer of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, set out to promote his latest album 'Life Is A Song Worth Singing' by performing a concert for women only.
1983 - The movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence was released, directed by Nagisa Oshima, it starred David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jack Thompson, and Takeshi.
1984 - U2 played the second of two nights at the Logan Cambell Centre, Auckland, New Zealand during their Unforgettable Fire World tour.
1988 - The Human Rights Now!' world tour kicked off at Wembley Stadium London with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Youssu n'Dour. Taking in five continents and claiming to be the most ambitious rock tour in history.
1989 - Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife, he was released on condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was latter dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
1989 - Paula Abdul scored her third US No.1 single of the year with Cold Hearted. It only made No.46 in the UK.
1995 - Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the R Kelly penned song, You Are Not Alone. It was also a No.1 in the UK.
1995 - The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland.
2000 - Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Music', her 10th UK No.1 single, from her album of the same title. The video stars Madonna as well as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as his famous character Ali G.
2002 - Burglars raided the London home of Icelandic singer Bjork. Thieves broke into Bjork's luxury flat in Maida Vale, London, and stole valuable recording equipment. The 36-year-old singer was asleep in the flat at the time.
2005 - Mariah Carey became only the fifth act ever to hold the top two positions in the US Hot 100 singles chart. The singer's ‘We Belong Together’ notched a 10th consecutive week at number one on the Billboard chart while ‘Shake It Off’ jumped two places to second place. The feat puts Carey in a select group of acts to hold the top two with Nelly, OutKast, The Bee Gees and The Beatles. ‘We Belong Together’ was Carey's 16th number one, giving her the third highest number of chart-toppers in the US behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
2006 - Lead singer of the Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley was sentenced to three years in a US prison for multiple counts of tax fraud. The 64-year-old, was also ordered to pay more than $3.1m (£1.62m) to the US tax service for "pathological" evasion. The court heard he cashed royalty cheques belonging to his brother O'Kelly, who died in 1996 and also spent millions of dollars made from undeclared performances on a yacht and two homes.
2007 - 17 year-old Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Girls', also a US No.1. The song samples the bassline from Ben E. King's classic 'Stand by Me'.
2008 – Troubled 24 year old singer, Amy Winehouse, tops a poll of 3000 Britons to be voted the celebrity with the worst skin. She is regularly pictured with spots, scabs and blemishes. In 2nd place was former Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham and rounding out the top 3 is Cameron Diaz (who admits to suffering from acne).
2013 - Sir Elton John won the first ever Brits Icon award, in a gala concert which marked his stage return after surgery for appendicitis. Elton was presented with the prize by his friend, singer Rod Stewart, who described him as "the second-best rock singer ever". The Icon prize had been created by the BPI, the music industry's trade body, which also runs the Brit Awards.