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September, 6

  • 2000 Rapper DMX goes one step too far. When he fails to show up for rehearsal for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards for the second year in a row, the folks at the music cabler give him the boot as a performer. Chart-topping hip-hop star Nelly takes his place onstage the next night.
  • 1998 Brad Warren, of the Warren Brothers, interrupts touring to be present for the arrival of his new baby, Sage Warren, at Nashville hospital. Brad’s brother and bandmate Brett performs a scheduled appearance in Portland, Ore., as a solo act.
  • 1997 David Bowie launches a six-week tour of North America in Vancouver, British Columbia. The tour hits clubs, ballrooms, and theaters.
  • 1997 Roy Husky Jr., regarded as one of country music’s best upright bassists, dies of cancer at Columbia Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Husky performed with such icons as Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill and George Jones. Husky is 41.
  • 1990 Guitarist Tom Fogerty dies of respiratory failure from tuberculosis. Along with his brother John, he was part of Creedence Clearwater Revival, whose two No. 1 albums were “Cosmo’s Factory” in 1970 and “Green River” in 1969.
  • 1982 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Hard to Say I’m Sorry,” Chicago.
  • 1971 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Go Away Little Girl,” Donny Osmond. Steve Lawrence hit No. 1 with the song in 1963, making this the first song in the rock era to be a No. 1 hit for two people.
  • 1957 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Diana,” Paul Anka.
  • 1944 Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is born in Cambridge, England.
  • 1925 Jimmy Reed (Matthew James Reed Leland) is born in Dunleight, Miss.