On September 9th in Rock and Roll history: in 1956 Elvis Presley made his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show where he was filmed ONLY from the waist up; >>>> in 1968 The Beatles recorded “Helter Skelter” at EMI Studios in London. Helter Skelter would go on to be covered by Aerosmith, Pat Benatar, Motley Crue, U2 & Bon Jovi; >>>> in 1971 John Lennon released his second solo album Imagine. This would be Lennon’s first solo album to reach the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart; >>>> in 1978 Foreigner peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Hot Blooded” which was their third top ten single in the U.S.; >>>> in 1982 Rush released their ninth studio album Signals. This was their first album to simultaneously be certified Gold & Platinum, went on to peak at number ten on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, & contains their only top forty Pop hit “New World Man”; >>>> in 1987 Pink Floyd kicked off their first tour without Roger Waters at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON in support of A Momentary Lapse of Reason; >>>> in 1992 at the ninth annual MTV Video Music Awards at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Van Halen won Video of the Year, Best Direction and Best Editing for “Right Now”. Backstage during the show, Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose got into an argument after Courtney Love jokingly asked Rose to be the godfather of Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean. Rose reportedly told their reunion tour, their first tour in twenty years. The Rock and Roll celebrity birthday persons for September 9th includes: Joe Negroni - the baritone in Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers born in 1940; the late Otis Redding – soul singer and Stax recording artist was born in 1941; Doug Ingle-singer and organist for Iron Butterfly born in 1945; Billy Preston – keyboardist (with hit - “Will It Go Round in Circles”) was born in 1946; Bruce Palmer-bassist for Buffalo Springfield also born in 1946; and John McFee-guitarist for The Doobie Brothers born in 1950.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:44:03 +0000
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