September 21st
2009: Eddie Van Halen made a cameo appearance on the season premiere of the seventh season of Two and a Half Men. Van Halen was quoted saying “I typically shy away from these requests as I’m not an actor, but Charlie Sheen and I are friends & since it was a scene with him, I agreed.”
2001: The benefit concert America: A Tribute to Heroes was broadcast on 35 U.S. television stations with performers such as Bruce Springsteen, U2, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Sting, & Neil Young appearing, raising $30 million for the United Way’s September 11th telethon fund.
2000: At the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto, Lenny Kravitz joined The Guess Who onstage to perform American Woman.
1991: Dire Straits entered the U.K. album chart at number one with their sixth and final album On Every Street, which spent one week on top.
1985: Dire Straits reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first and only time with Money For Nothing which spent three weeks at number one.
1984: Rush filmed their concert at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens which would later be released as Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984.
1980: Elton John left longtime label MCA to sign a six year contract with David Geffen’s new label Geffen Records. He returned to MCA after his contract expired.
1968: Deep Purple’s debut single, a cover of Joe South’s Hush peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Birthdays:
Leonard Cohen born in 1934
Don Felder-guitarist for The Eagles born in 1947
Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor-drummer for Motorhead born in 1954
