September 5

Events

 * 1958 - Duane Eddy debuts on UK chart with 'Rebel Rouser'
 * 1964 - Jerry Butler and Betty Everett's 'Let it Be Me' enters US Hot 100
 * 1964 - 'Mercy Mercy' by Don Couay enters US Hot 100
 * 1965 - Rolling Stones fly to Los Angeles to record 'Get off My Cloud' and other titles
 * 1987 - Huey Lewis and the News become only the second group (following Genesis) to score five Top 10 hits with tracks from same LP as 'Doin' it All for My Baby' from 'Fore' moves to No. 10
 * 1988 - Tom Waits's 'Big Time' hits UK LP chart
 * 1990 - B.B. King receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
 * 1991 - R.E.M. wins 5 MTV Video Music awards, including video of the year for "Losing My Religion."
 * 1996 - The Beatles Anthology video tape set is released

Births

 * 1735 -, German composer (d. 1782)
 * 1791 -, German composer (d. 1864)
 * 1850 -, German physicist who discovered and named canal rays (1886) which emerge through holes in the anodes of low-pressure electrical discharge tubes (later shown to be positively charged particles). (d.1956)Earlier, he coined the term "cathode ray" (1876) emitted from a cathode.
 * 1867 -, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)
 * 1879 -, U.S. electrical engineer who directed research as the first president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories}}, Inc. (d.1949)
 * 1892 -, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
 * 1912 -, American composer (d. 1992)
 * 1934 -, American actress and singer
 * 1939 -, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
 * 1942 - conductor and composer (d. 1995)
 * 1943 -  (Impalas)
 * 1945 -, Scottish singer and songwriter
 * 1946 -, Zanzibar-born singer and songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991)
 * 1946 -, American singer and composer
 * 1946 - (Marmalade)
 * 1947 -, American musician (d. 2008)
 * 1949 - (Humble Pie)
 * 1956 -, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)
 * 1961 -, Canadian pianist
 * 1966 - (En Vogue)
 * 1968 - (Rage Against The Machine)
 * 1969 -, American musician
 * 1982 -, Norwegian musician
 * 1984 -, Grammy-nominated musician

Deaths

 * 1629 –, Italian composer (b. c.1585)
 * 1734 –, French musician and composer (b. 1664)
 * 1803 –, French composer (b. 1759)
 * 1975 –, Estonian singer (b. 1920)
 * 1983 –, flamenco singer (b. 1909)
 * 1997 –, Hungarian conductor (b. 1912)
 * 2003 –, Canadian-born singer (b. 1927)
 * 2007 –, Norwegian musician (b. 1976)