September 7th

2005:  New York nightclub CBGB was served with an eviction notice by their landlord.  Artists such as The Ramones, Talking Heads & Patti Smith played their first shows here.

2003:  Warren Zevon died in his sleep from lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, CA.  He was 56 years old.

1997:  Fleetwood Mac went to number one on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth and final time with The Dance, a live album recorded for an MTV special earlier in the year.  It spent one week on top.

1996:  Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres married supermodel Eva Herzigova in Sea Bright, NJ.  Their marriage lasted until June 1998 when they divorced.

1985:  Ringo Starr became the first Beatle to become a grandfather when his son Zak & wife Sarah gave birth to a daughter named Tatia Jayne.

1978:  Founding drummer from The Who Keith Moon died in London at 32 years old of an overdose of Hemenephirin which he was using to cure his alcoholism.

1968:  Led Zeppelin made their live debut at the Teen Club Box 45 in Gladsaxe, Denmark.

1968:  The Doors reached the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the first and only time with Waiting for the Sun, which spent four non-consecutive weeks on top.

Birthdays:

Buddy Holly born in 1936

Chrissie Hynde-singer & guitarist for The Pretenders born in 1951

Benmont Tench-keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers born in 1954