1978Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Cisco Sam Adler is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.
On this day
September 6, 1978
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 1978, covering September 6, 1978.
- 1
Grease
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 17
- 2
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 12
- 3
Double Vision
Foreigner
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 10
- 4
Don't Look Back
Boston
- Last week
- 10
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 2
- 5
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 5
Notable Births
1978Foxy Brown, American rapper[†]
Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand, known professionally as Foxy Brown, is an American rapper. She signed to Def Jam Recordings and released her debut studio album Ill Na Na (1996) to critical and commercial success. The album peaked at number seven on the US Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), sold over seven million units worldwide, and was supported by the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "I'll Be".
1978Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player[†]
Alexander José Escobar [ess-COE-bar] is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball outfielder.
1978Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter[†]
Mathew Frazer Horne is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter, and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey, The Catherine Tate Show, Horne & Corden, and Bad Education.
1978Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer[†]
Homare Sawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.
Notable Deaths
1978Max Decugis, French tennis player (born 1882)[†]
Maxime Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, with a gold medal in the mixed doubles partnering Suzanne Lenglen.
1978Tom Wilson, American record producer (born 1931)[†]
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. was an American record producer. He is best known for his work in the 1960s with artists such as Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Eddie Harris, Nico, Eric Burdon and the Animals, the Blues Project, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and others.
1978Adolf Dassler, German cobbler and entrepreneur, founded Adidas (born 1900)[†]
Adolf "Adi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor and businessman who founded sportswear giant Adidas. He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Puma.
Historical Context for September 6, 1978
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]