Cегодняшний день в истории рок-музыки

14 сентября
Cобытия:

1966, Otis Redding appeared at The Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey, England. Tickets 10 shillings, ($1.40).

1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared on UK music show Top Of The Pops.

1967, Filming continued for The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ in South West England.

1968, Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burnt down, his two eldest sons both died in the blaze. Orbison was on tour in the UK at the time of the accident.

1968, The first episode of the comic strip 'The Archies' was aired on US TV. The recording group had contributions from Ron Dante, Andy Kim, Jeff Barry and others.

1970, Stevie Wonder married Syreeta Wright a former secretary at Motown Records.

1971, During a US tour Led Zeppelin appeared at Berkley Community Theatre, Berkley, California. The set list included: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven, That's the Way, Going to California, What Is and What Should Never Be and Whole Lotta Love.http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/led-zeppelin/led-zeppelin-berkeley-daze-1st-night...

1974, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Jesse Colin Young and Joe Walsh all appeared at Wembley Stadium, London, England.

1988, Prince played the first night of the North American leg on his Lovesexy 84-date world tour at the Met Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1995, The lyrics to The Beatles song ‘Getting Better’ hand-written by Paul McCartney sold for £161,000 at a Sotheby's auction in London.

997, Over 2000 fans watched Pete Townshend unveil a English Heritage Blue Plaque at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair London, to mark where Jimi Hendrix had lived in 1968-69. Hendrix was the first pop star to be awarded with the plaque.

1999, It was reported that George Michael was being sued for $10m by the policeman who arrested the singer in a public lavatory. Marcelo Rodriguez claimed he was mocked in the video 'Outside' leaving him in physical distress.

1999, The Strokes made their live debut at The Spiral in New York.

2002, No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani married Gavin Rossdale of Bush in St. Paul's church London.

2008, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was one of the pilots who flew specially chartered flights after 85,000 tourists were stranded in the US, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe after Britain's third-largest tour operator went into administration.