On September 6th in Rock and Roll history: in 1963 Brian Epstein signs a management contract with Priscilla White, Ringo Starr’s mother’s hairdresser and cloakroom girl at the Cavern. She changes her name to Cilla Black; >>>> in 1965 The Rolling Stones began recording “Get Off of My Cloud” at RCA Studios in Hollywood. The song would reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart two months later; >>>> in 1968, at the request of George Harrison, Eric Clapton joined the Beatles recording session and recorded the guitar solo for The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps; >>>> in 1970 Jimi Hendrix performed his final concert when he appeared at the Love and Peace Festival on the Isle of Fehmarn, Germany; >>>> in 1975 ZZ Top peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Tush” which was the group’s first top 40 single; >>>> also in 1975 Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship began the first of four non-consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart; >>>> in 1980 The Rolling Stones peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Emotional Rescue” which was their nineteenth top ten single in the U.S.; >>>> in 1989 Neil Young received the Video of the Year award at the MTV Video Music Awards for “This Note’s For You” which was initially banned by MTV because it mentioned corporate sponsors. The show also featured performances by The Cult, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Axl Rose, and Def Leppard; >>>> in 1990 Credence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogerty died due to complications from AIDS acquired during a blood transfusion; >>>> and in 2003 Neil Young’s movie Greendale which is based on the concept album of the same name premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for September 6th are Jimmy Reed (Matthew James Reed Leland) - Mississippi blues musician and composer, with compositions such as “Bright Lights, Big City” and “Baby, What Do You Want Me to Do,” which have become an essential part of the blues repertoire, was born in 1925 and Roger Waters-bassist & singer for Pink Floyd born in 1944.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 03:54:30 +0000
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