Events in Music History in September 1976

Very Good Eddie

Sep 5 Revival of Jerome Kern and Schuyler Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater, NYC, after 307 performances

Music History

Sep 5 Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen's musical "Rex", starring Nicol Williamson and Glenn Close, closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater, NYC, after 48 performances

Musical Theater Lyricist Sheldon Harnick

Telethon

Sep 6 Singer Frank Sinatra brings surprise guest Dean Martin to his appearance on Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon - the first time Martin and Lewis share a stage in 20 years

Music History

Sep 7 US courts find George Harrison guilty of 'subconsciously' plagiarizing "He's So Fine" for his song "My Sweet Lord"

Music History

Sep 17 British punk rock band the Sex Pistols play before a captive audience at Chelmsford Prison, Essex, England

Band Manager and Pioneer of Punk Malcolm McLaren

Ringo's Rotogravure

Sep 17 Polydor/Atlantic releases Ringo Starr' fifth studio album "Ringo's Rotogravure"

Beatles Drummer, Singer, and Actor Ringo Starr

Sep 19 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 49 performances
Sep 19 New York concert promoter Sid Bernstein offers $230 million to charity for a Beatles reunion; they politely decline
Sep 20 "The Captain and Tennille" television musical-variety show debuts in US (ABC)

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Sep 20 Albert Records releases rock band AC/DC's third studio album "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" in Australia and Europe

Album Release

Sep 21 Asylum Records releases "Small Change", the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; his best-selling album until 1999, features the songs "Tom Traubert's Blue" and "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)"

Oh! Calcutta! - The Bare Facts

Sep 24 "Oh! Calcutta!" revival opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 5,959 performances, Broadway’s longest-running musical revue

A brief cover-up by the cast of "Oh! Calcutta!"

Music History

Sep 25 Bono, David Evans, his brother Dik, and Adam Clayton respond to an advertisement on a bulletin board at Mount Temple posted by fellow student Larry Mullen Jr. to form a rock band, which becomes U2