September 30 Music History Report
BIRTHDAYS Bernard "Buddy" Rich (1917) jazz drummer/bandleader (died 1987) age 69 – heart failure Johnny Mathis (1935) singer/songwriter ["Chances Are"/"It's Not for Me to Say"/"The Twelfth of Never"/Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"] Dewey Martin (1940) Buffalo Springfield drummer/co-founder (died 2009) age 68 – natural causes Frankie Lymon (1942) Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers lead singer/songwriter/co-founder ["Why Do Fools Fall in Love"] (died 1968) age 25 – heroin overdose…