September 14 1955 - Little Richard entered J&M Studios in New Orleans for a two day recording session. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer, Bumps Blackwell, went to the Dew Drop Inn. With few people there and an old upright piano, Richard

September 14th 1962 - Tamla Motown Records releases Mary Wells' "You Beat Me To The Punch", The Marvelettes' "Beachwood 4-5789" and The Contours' "Do You Love Me" on the Oriole / American label in the UK.

September 14th 1963 - The Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" peaks at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single would achieve Gold Record status later in the year and reach #13 in the UK. Brian Wilson would later say that the lyrics were inspired by a girl named Judy Bowles, his first

Otis Redding UK 🇬🇧 Tour 1966 September 12: Colston Hall, Bristol, September 13: Carousel Club, Farnborough September 15: Odeon, Manchester September 16: London (“Ready Steady Go”) September 16: Tiles, London September 17: Gliderdome, Boston (supported by Chris Farlowe) September

September 14 1968 - Roy Orbison's two sons, Roy Jr. (11) and Tony (6), are killed in a fire at his Hendersonville, Tennessee home while he is on tour in England. Capt. Bill Deering of the Gallatin Fire Department said, "From what we've been able to piece together, the two

September 14 1968 Big Brother And The Holding Company's LP, "Cheap Thrills" enters the Billboard 200, where it will stay for twenty-nine weeks, including eight at #1. The album would later be inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame and was ranked at #372 on Rolling Stone's list of

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September 15th 1961 - A group from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones attend their first real recording session at Hite Morgan's studio in Los Angeles. The band lays down "Surfin", a song that would kick start their career as The Beach Boys. Written by Brian Wilson and

September 15th 1962 - Brian Epstein brings The Beatles to an interview with Peter Jones of the London Daily Mirror. Jones concludes they are "a nothing group."

September 15 1962 The Four Seasons had their first number one hit when "Sherry" reached the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers list. The song was originally titled "Terry", but after considering other names, including "Jackie", after Jackie Kennedy,

“Yo Chuck, it’s Marvin…your cousin, MARVIN BERRY! you know that sound you WEREN’T LOOKING FOR?” Yoko Ono can’t bear not getting enough attention so she starts wailing during John's and Chuck Berry’s performance on The Mike Douglas show until a sound engineer cuts her mic. FF to

September 15th 1965 - The Ford Motor Company becomes the first auto maker to offer an 8-track tape player for the 1966 model year as an option in their Mustang, Thunderbird and Lincoln models. Tapes were initially only available at auto parts stores, as home 8-track equipment was

September 15th 1974 - Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thain is nearly electrocuted onstage during a show in Dallas. He survives, but says that the other band members didn't show enough concern over the accident and leaves the group soon after.

September 15th 1994 - A reel to reel tape of The Quarry Men appearing at St Peter's Parish Church garden party in July 1957, sells for $125,000 at Sotheby's.

September 15 2003 More than 1,000 mourners attended a private two-and-a-half-hour funeral service for Johnny Cash at First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, Tennessee. Kris Kristofferson, who wrote the 1970 classic "Sunday Morning Coming Down" for Johnny, led the tributes. "He

September 15th 2008 - Remembering Rick Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd, died of cancer at the age of 65. Wright wrote a number of songs for the band in their early years, including "Paint Box", "Remember A Day" and "Summer '68" and also contributed prominent

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