THIS DATE IN MUSIC HISTORY (September 16th): 1942: Bernie Calvert (The Hollies, bass) was born 1948: Kenny Jones (Small Faces, Faces and The Who, drums) was born 1963: She Loves You, by The Beatles, was released by Swan Records in the US -- although it was #1 UK, it was relatively ignored in the US until 1964 when it then reached #1 1966: A member of Parliament (Tom Drilberg) asked the British House of Commons to officially deplore the action of a magistrate that had earlier called the Rolling Stones complete morons ... who wear filthy clothes 1967: The Beatles, at Abbey Road Studios, recorded 11 takes of Your Mother Should Know ... and used the original 1967: Are You Experienced? (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) first cracked the Billboard charts and stayed for 106 weeks (77 weeks in the Top 40) 1970: Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon on stage at Ronnie Scotts in London -- it would turn out to be his last public appearance 1972: Wishbone Ash, Family, Steppenwolf, John Kay Band, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roy Wood and Wizzard, Wild Angels, Glencoe, Sunshine and Cold Comfort Farm all appeared at the Buxton Festival in Derbyshire, England 1977: 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London 2009: Mary Travers (Peter, Paul and Mary) died of leukemia at age 72 2013: A 1967 Monterey Pop Festival program, with a Jimi Hendrix autograph, sold on eBay for $6500
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:41:03 +0000
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