September 26th

2003:  Robert Palmer, best known for Addicted to Love & Simply Irresistible died of a sudden heart attack in Paris.  He was 54 years old.

1999:  Deep Purple played at London’s Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

1997:  Bryan Adams taped his appearance on MTV Unplugged at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.  The concert featured students from the Juilliard School being conducted by Michael Kamen.

1991:  The original lineup of Jane’s Addiction performed their farewell concert at the Aloha Tower in Honolulu, HI.  There would go on to be multiple Jane’s Addiction reunions in 1997, 2001 and 2003, but the original lineup didn’t reunite until April of 2008.

1991:  Southside Johnny filmed his music video for It’s Been a Long Time with 500 fans and friends in attendance at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.  The video featured appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Steven Van Zandt, who ended up jamming together onstage for over an hour.

1989:  Paul McCartney kicked off his first world tour in ten years at the Drammenshallen in Drammen, Norway.  Throughout this tour, McCartney performed several Lennon/McCartney songs live for the first time

1981:  Bruce Dickinson replaced Paul Di’Anno as the singer for Iron Maiden.  Dickinson would leave the band in 1993 and rejoin in 1999.

1970:  Free’s third studio album Fire and Water entered the Billboard 200 album chart where it eventually peaked at number seventeen.

1964:  Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison began a three week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.  It would later be covered by artists such as Al Green & Van Halen.

Birthdays:

Bryan Ferry-singer for Roxy Music born in 1945

Craig Chaquico-guitarist for Jefferson Starship born in 1954