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September 26
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| 1887 | | The first "gramophone", a disc-player, was patented in 1887 by Emile Berliner, a German immigrant living in Washington, DC. |
| 1898 | | George Gershwin (George or Jacob Gershovitz), who fought to 'elevate' jazz and had no idea that Black people were ever involved in the genre, born in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1914 | | Born in Andalusia, Alabama; blues piano man Charlie West. |
| 1925 | | Country & Western singer Marty Robbins born in Glendale, Arizona. Marty was the last artist to sing at the old Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium, and the first to play the new one at Opreland. |
| 1926 | | Busty, bluesy floozie chantuse Julie London born. |
| 1931 | | George Chambers, of the Chambers Brothers soul group, born. |
| 1937 | | Blues singer Bessie Smith dies as a result of being refused treatment at a "whites-only" hospital for injuries suffered in a car accident near Coahoma, Mississippi. Revisionists say the treatment part of the story may be false. |
| 1941 | | Original Youngbloods drummer Joe Bauer born in Memphis, Tennessee. Their best known hit was "Get Together". |
| 1941 | | David Frizzell, country and rockabilly star, Lefty's younger brother and half of the duet Frizzell and West, born in Texas. |
| 1945 | | Singer and keyboead player Bryan Ferry, founder of the art rock band Roxy Music and a successful solo artist, born in Washington County, Durham, UK. |
| 1947 | | Country songstress Lynn Anderson born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. |
| 1948 | | Olivia Newton-John born in Cambridge, (grew up in Australia) England. Her first singing group, the Sol Four. |
| 1954 | | Jefferson Starship guitarist Criag Chaquico born. |
| 1955 | | Third generation Carter Family member, Charlene, born in Tennessee. Daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith, Charlene hovers between country and rock long enough to marry British new waver Nick Lowe. |
| 1956 | | Tupelo, Mississippi declares this day Elvis Presley Day. Elvis performs two sell-out shows at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show. |
| 1961 | | Bob Dylan begins a two week engagement at Gerde's Folk City in Manhattan. New York Times critic Robert Shelton describes Dylan as "bursting at the seams with talent". |
| 1965 | | Cindy Herron of R n' B divas En Vogue born in San Francisco |
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