September 15th

2008:  Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright died of an undisclosed form of cancer at his home in the U.K.  He was 65 years old.

2006:  The Knack sued Run-D.M.C. for copyright infringement after Run-D.M.C. sampled the guitar riff from My Sharona on their song It’s Tricky, twenty years after the initial release of It’s Tricky.

2004:  Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone died in his home in Los Angeles after a five year battle with prostate cancer.  He was 55 years old.

1988:  Mark Knopfler announced the official end of Dire Straits.  They would reunite in 1991 before splitting up for good in 1995.

1982:  Queen performed their final concert in the U.S. with Freddie Mercury at The Forum in Inglewood, CA.

1979:  Led Zeppelin reached the top of the Billboard 200 album charts for the sixth time with In Through the Out Door which began a seven week run on top.

1974:  Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thain suffered an electric shock onstage during a concert in Denver.  Thain would survive.

1964:  During a Beatles concert at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, they had to leave the stage for 15 minutes so the crowd can calm down after a group of overzealous fans managed to rush the stage.

Birthdays:

Signe Anderson-singer for Jefferson Airplane born in 1941