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Stephen Collins Foster is born in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. As songwriter Stephen
Foster, he will become revered as the "Father of American
music." His legacy of timeless songs includes Oh! Susanna, Old
Folks at Home (aka Swanee River), Camptown Races, Beautiful
Dreamer, My
Old Kentucky Home and Old
Black Joe.
Thousands of spectators gather beside the Mississippi river in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to await the arrival of the winner of "The Steamboat Race Of The Century" between The Robert E. Lee and The Natchez. The winner is the Robert E. Lee, and the event will inspire the 1912 song Waiting For The Robert E. Lee, which will become a popular standard, recorded by Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Al Jolson, Benny Goodman and many others.
Isidore Caesar is born in Manhattan's Lower East Side, New York City, USA. He will find fame as lyricist and composer Irving Caesar. Although he will be credited with over 700 compositions in his long career, he is perhaps best-known as the lyricist of Tea For Two, Swanee, Just A Gigolo and Animal Crackers in My Soup.



Timothy Rogers is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. As Vaudeville/nightclub comic Timmie 'Oh Yeah!' Rogers he will enjoy one minor hit single, Back To School Again, in the USA in November of 1957.
Art Tatum plays Humoresque and Where Or When on the KHJ Radio show California Melodies, broadcast from Los Angeles, California, USA.
Harvey Goldstein is born in New York City, USA. He will find success as Harvey Brooks, bass player in The Electric Flag. Brooks will also make his mark playing bass on Bob Dylan's classic mid-60s electric recordings. He will also work with Miles Davis, John Sebastian, David Blue, The Doors, John Cale and many others.
The Kingston Trio Trio is signed up to perform for one week at The Purple Onion Club, San Francisco, California, USA. The residency will prove so successful that it will last for seven months.





I Remember You by Frank Ifield enters the UK Top 30 singles chart, where it will peak at No1 during a twenty-one week stay.



Sound-Out Mini-festivals begins in Woodstock, New York State. Running over the Labor Day weekend, this one features Tim Hardin, Major Wiley, The Blues Magoos, Chrysalis and Happy And Artie Traum.
Another in the series of
The original line up of Deep Purple plays its final live gig, at the Top Rank, Cardiff, Wales.
Big Brother And the Holding Company play the second of three nights at Euphoria (aka Pepperland), San Rafael, California, USA.


The Replacements play their final concert together, in The Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Casey Kasem, who launched American Top 40, a weekly countdown of America's most popular songs in 1970, tells listeners that today's show is his last.

On her Femme Fatale tour, Britney Spears plays at The MTS Centre, Wiinipeg, Manitoba, Canada.



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