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September 24

1931 In prep for his birth, Anthony Newley screams, "Stop the World I Want to Get Off".
1934 Bluesman Joseph Valery, who performed as Little Joe Blue, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1942 Linda Eastman, wife of Paul McCartney, avid photographer, horrid musician with him in Wings and Kodak heiress, born in Scarsdale, New York.
1931 Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers was born in Liverpool today.
1962 One of country music's best known numbers via the tube, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", recorded by Flatt & Scruggs for the show, The Beverly Hillbillies.
1968 The Beatles biggest selling hit (while they were together as a band) "Hey Jude," begins its nine week ride at #1 on the Billboard charts.
1973 Loretta Lynn releases "Coal Miner's Daughter" on Decca - a sentimental stab at realism that rock will never match.
1977 2,500 fans attend the first ever Elvis Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1988 For the first time since the 10th century an a capella song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy," by Bobby McFerrin, reaches #1 on the Billboard charts.
1993 Between closing arguments and retiring the jury, Guns N' Roses cave and settle with former drummer Steven Adler for $2.5 million. Adler sued to retain his corporate partnership interest in the band (that's the way it is these days), a right he signed away while strung out on heroin. His habit was also the reason why he was booted from the band.
1999 Squirrel Nut Zippers sax player Ken Mosher auctions off his gold record he received for 1996's album, Hot, on the Internet site eBay in order to finance a vintage guitar, a '54 Les Paul Junior.