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What happened in history on this day: September 22?
On September 22 in ...
- 1962 - NBC begins airing The Andy Williams Show 60-minute musical variety TV show.
- 1985 - Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois.
Births on September 22
- 1913 - Birth of Leroy Holmes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57).
- 1918 - Birth of Henryk Szeryng in Zelazowa Wola, Poland; violinist (Brahms Concerto).
- 1919 - Birth of Jack Russell in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA; singer (Your Show of Shows).
- 1949 - Birth of David Coverdale; rocker (Whitesnake - "Here We Go Again").
- 1956 - Birth of Debby Boone in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; singer ("You Light Up My Life").
- 1960 - Birth of Joan Jett in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Blackhearts - "I Love Rock 'n Roll").
- 1964 - Birth of Marq Torien; rocker (Bullet Boys - "For the Love of Money").
- 1971 - Birth of Chesney Lee Haskes in England; singer ("Feels So Alive").
Deaths on September 22
- 1981 - Death of Harry Warren AKA Salvatore Guaragna at age 87; songwriter ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "42nd Street", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "Serenade in Blue", "Jeepers Creepers", "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me", won Best Song Oscars for "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know", "On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe").
- 1989 - Death of Irving Berlin AKA Israel Isidor Baline at age 101 following a heart attack; songwriter ("There's No Business Like Show Business", "God Bless America", "White Christmas", Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1968)).
- 2010 - Death of Eddie Fisher at age 82 in Berkeley, California, USA; singer, teen idol in the 1950s ("Thinking of You", "Oh! My Pa-Pa").
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