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September, 10

  • 1999 Louisiana Zydeco bandleader Beau Jocque dies of an apparent heart attack at his home in Kinder, La. He is 45.
  • 1998 Police announce that Miguel Dega, president of Spain’s biggest indie label, Max Music, has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and the attempted murder of his former partner, Ricardo Campoy.
  • 1998 Madonna is the big winner at the MTV Video Music Awards, winning six of the 18 categories.
  • 1998 British glam-rock icon Gary Glitter appears in court on child pornography charges. Glitter, who had a string of U.K. hits in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, is charged under his real name of Paul Gadd with 51 counts of making indecent photographs of children. He is also charged with a number of sexual assaults on girls under the age of 16.
  • 1998 The Beastie Boys are presented with the Video Vanguard Award at the 15th annual MTV Video Music Awards.
  • 1997 In order to usher in his 80th birthday, John Lee Hooker holds a live chat on ET Online on MSN. Topics include his latest album, the nightclub he plans to open in San Francisco, general musings on his five- decade career and discussions of his upcoming star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
  • 1996 Rondor Music International sends a letter to the campaign officials of Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole. The letter asks that Dole discontinue his use of the Rondor-published song, “Soul Man” as a campaign jingle. Dole’s campaign violated copyright laws when, without permission, it changed the words to “Dole Man” and used the song to promote ideas not necessarily held by the original authors, David Porter and Isaac Hayes.
  • 1973 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Delta Dawn,” Helen Reddy. Reddy is the fifth female vocalist to record the song.
  • 1964 Rod Stewart records his first single, “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl.”
  • 1957 Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama is born.
  • 1950 Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is born in Boston.
  • 1946 Vocalist Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is born in Buncrana, Ireland.
  • 1945 Jose Feliciano is born in Puerto Rico. He is blind at birth.