Sept 1st in Pop History

On this day, September 1st, in: 

• 1946 - Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees was born in Douglas, the Isle of Man, United Kingdom 

• 1953 - Buddy Holly auditioned for a radio station in Lubbock, TX. He was given a half-hour Sunday afternoon show to perform country and bluegrass music 

• 1956 - On this day, Elvis Presley celebrated his new success by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac

• 1981 - Hall & Oates released Private Eyes, their 10th studio album. The title track and I Can’t Go For That both went to # 1 

• 1984 - It had been 13 years since Tina Turner and former husband Ike had hit the Top 10 with their remake of the CCR song Proud Mary. Now she was back with the number one song in the U.S. What's Love Got To Do With It. The record would go on to win 3 Grammy Awards