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September, 5

  • 2000 Eager journalists and hardcore fans alike mingle at the Sony IMAX Theater in New York’s Lincoln Square for the North American unveiling of Radiohead’s long-awaited fourth album “Kid A.”
  • 1999 Blues singer/pianist Katie Webster dies of heart failure at her home in League City, Texas. She is 63.
  • 1997 Sir Georg Solti, the Hungarian-born conductor who led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to international fame as its music director for more than 20 years dies at the age of 84.
  • 1997 R&B newcomer Erykah Badu finds her hands literally full at the 1997 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards as she garners an unprecedented four honors. Badu is named best R&B/soul or rap new artist, R&B/soul album of the year, the solo accolade for her debut set “Baduizm,” and best R&B/ soul single, solo and song of the honors for “On & On.”
  • 1992 John Mellencamp marries model Elaine Irwin. It is the third marriage for the 40-year-old Indiana-born rocker and first for the 23-year-old model. The couple met in 1991 when Irwin appeared in the video for Mellencamp’s “Get a Leg Up.”
  • 1976 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,” KC & the Sunshine Band.
  • 1946 Jazz and R&B singer, drummer, and bandleader Buddy Miles is born.
  • 1946 Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III is born.