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September, 4

  • 1997 MTV Online webcasts behind-the-scenes happenings at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Show. The exclusive webcast includes a live pre-show performance by Meredith Brooks.
  • 1997 After performing during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show in New York, Pat Smear publicly announces that he will no longer be the guitarist for the Foo Fighters, and introduces Franz Stahl as his replacement. Stahl exits the band in late 1998.
  • 1991 Saxophonist Charlie Barnet dies of pneumonia in San Diego at the age of 77. He was one on the first white jazzmen to racially integrate his band. His biggest hits were in the late 1930s and ‘40s, including “Cherokee,” “Redskin” and “Rhumba.”
  • 1991 Country music singer Dottie West dies at age 58 from injuries sustained five days earlier in a car accident. West was the first female country Grammy winner and was considered a trailblazer for women country performers.
  • 1983 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Maniac,” Michael Sembello. The song is the second No. 1 single from the film “Flashdance,” following “Flashdance … What a Feeling,” by Irene Cara.
  • 1973 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Let’s Get It On,” Marvin Gaye.
  • 1966 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “You Can’t Hurry Love,” The Supremes.
  • 1964 The Animals give their debut U.S. performance at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 1962 The Beatles record “Love Me Do” at Abbey Road studios in London.
  • 1960 Kim Thayil, guitarist for the Seattle-based grunge-group, Soundgarden, is born in Seattle, Wash.
  • 1952 Gladys Knight & the Pips are formed after a birthday party for member Bubba Knight.