September 3

Events

 * 1964 - Supremes debut on UK chart with 'Where Did Our Love Go'
 * 1966 - Hollies debut on US chart with 'Bus Stop'
 * 1982 - Police, Cars, B52s and Tom Petty are among the acts featured at three-day US music festival at San Bernadino in California. 400,000 people attend
 * 1983 - ZZ Top debut on UK chart with 'Gimme All Your Lovin'
 * 1988 - Robert Cray's 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' hits UK chart
 * 1988 - Mica Paris hits UK chart with 'So Good'

Births

 * 1883 -, American physicist whose research led to the development of long-distance telephony and radio communication. (d.1933.)
 * 1568 -, Italian composer (d. 1634)
 * 1695 -, Italian composer (d. 1764)
 * 1887 -, American musician (d. 1973)
 * 1901 -, Dutch conductor (d. 1959)
 * 1915 - (US blues performer)
 * 1921 -, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
 * 1925 -, American singer (d. 2007)
 * 1933 -, American singer
 * 1934 -, American musician (d. 1976)
 * 1942 -, American musician (the Beach Boys)
 * 1944 - (Walker Brothers)
 * 1945 - (Spooky Tooth)
 * 1947 -, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy
 * 1955 -, English musician (Sex Pistols)
 * 1963 - (Camper Van Beethoven)
 * 1980 -, American rapper
 * 1982 -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1982 -, Japanese singer and model

Deaths

 * 1914 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (b. 1865)
 * 1970 – "Blind Owl" Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
 * 1974 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
 * 1985 – Johnny Marks, American singer (b. 1909)
 * 1987 – Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
 * 1994 – Major Lance, American singer (b. 1939)
 * 2007 – Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)