From Savoy Brown: THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (September 13th): 1941: David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat & Tears) was born and that probably made his parents so very happy 1944: Peter Cetera (Chicago, vocals) was born 1965: Zak Starkey (son of Ringo) was born 1960: Payments (cash or gifts) for airplay of records was outlawed by an amendment to the Federal Communications Act in the USA 1960: Attempts were made to have Tell Laura I Love Her, by Ray Peterson, banned in the UK so as not to inspire a teen-age glorious death cult 1965: Yesterday was released as a Beatles single in the US 1967: Fiftyshapes, Ltd, an electronics company, was formed by The Beatles -- director John Alexis (Magic Alex) Mardas claimed he could build a 72-track tape machine and, George Harrison later said that employing Mardas was the biggest disaster of all time 2005: The Jimi Hendrix boyhood home, in Seattle, was saved from demolition -- the James Marshall Hendrix Foundation and the City of Seattle agreed to renovate the building into a community center opposite the cemetery Hendrix was buried in 1970 ow.ly/BsCcm
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:28:20 +0000
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