September 10th

2006:  Metallica made an appearance on the season premiere of The Simpsons’ sixteenth season.

1999:  Paul McCartney made headlines after being spotted at a New York City party minus one of his front teeth after a crown broke when he was eating.  He lost the tooth in 1967 in a motorcycle accident.

1988:  Guns N’ Roses reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first and only time with Sweet Child o’ Mine which spent two weeks on top.  During these two weeks, Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer was at its peak of number two.

1979:  The Who performed their first American concert without Keith Moon who died the previous year in Passaic, NJ at the Capitol Theatre with new drummer Kenney Jones.

1975:  Kiss released their first live album Alive!  The double album which went on to become their first top ten album in the U.S. and to this day it’s considered a landmark for live albums.

1973:  The Rolling Stones’ song Star Star was banned from airplay by the BBC due to the chorus containing profanity.

1964:  The Kinks topped the U.K. singles charts with You Really Got Me for the first of two weeks.  It would later be covered by Van Halen, Robert Palmer & Oingo Boingo.

1964:  Rod Stewart recorded his debut single Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, a cover of a blues standard.  It failed to reach the charts.

Birthdays:

Danny Hutton-singer for Three Dog Night born in 1942

Barriemore Barlow-drummer for Jethro Tull born in 1949

Joe Perry-guitarist for Aerosmith born in 1950