September 16th
2006: Bob Dylan reached the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time in 30 years with Modern Times which spent one week at number one.
2005: During a Motley Crue concert at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Vince Neil slipped off stage & ripped a calf muscle five songs into their set. They made up the concert in March 2006.
1989: In Sydney, Australia, U2 played with B.B. King on a boat rented for King’s 64th birthday.
1978: Boston reached the top of the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time with their second album Don’t Look Back, which spent two non-consecutive weeks on top.
1978: The Cars’ debut single Just What I Needed peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
1977: T. Rex singer & guitarist Marc Bolan was killed in a car accident in London when his girlfriend, American singer Gloria Jones lost control of her car & hit a tree. He was 29 years old.
1972: Peter Frampton made his solo live debut in New York City with his new backing band, Frampton’s Camel, supporting the J. Geils Band.
1970: Jimi Hendrix joined Eric Burdon & War onstage to jam with them at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London which would be Hendrix’s final public appearance.
Birthdays:
B.B. King born in 1925
Bernie Calvert-bassist for The Hollies born in 1942
Ron Blair-bassist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers born in 1948
Kenney Jones-drummer for The Faces & The Who born in 1948
