TODAY IN HISTORY – SEPTEMBER 20TH
1957 - Born this day, Alannah Currie, vocals, sax, The Thompson Twins, 1984 UK No.2 single You Take Me Up, Doctor, Doctor, 1984 US No.3 single Hold Me Now.
1966 - Born this day, Nuno Bettencourt, in the Azores, rock musician, Extreme, 1991 US No.1 and UK No.2 single More Than Words.
1969 - Melody Maker readers poll results were published. Eric Clapton won best musician, Bob Dylan best male singer and best album for Nashville Skyline, best group The Beatles, single was Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer, Janis Joplin won best female singer.
1969 - During a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.
1969 - Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends, The Archies started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Sugar Sugar. It became the longest running one hit wonder in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts.
1970 - Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 (£270), fine for public exposure and sixty days hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris France on July 3, 1971.
1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for the second time in four weeks for possession of cannabis, this time for growing it at their Scottish farmhouse in Campbeltown.
1973 - Died this day, Jim Croce, singer, songwriter, (Time In A Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), was killed with five others, on his way to perform his second concert of the day, when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
1975 - Fame gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US, the song was co-written with John Lennon, and was taken from Bowie's album Young Americans.
1976 - AC/DC released their third studio album 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after 'Highway To Hell' and 'Back In Black'.
1980 - Queen started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with The Game, the group's only US No.1 album.
1986 - Huey Lewis and the News started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Stuck With You. It was a No.12 hit in the UK.
1993 - Just back from a tour of Japan, keyboard player with The Charlatans Rob Collins was out with an old friend. They stopped at an off-licence and his friend went in, half-jokingly saying he could rob the place. When he came out with a loud bang, Collins stupidly picked him up. The police arrested the pair the next day and charged them both with attempted robbery and possession of a firearm (it was a replica gun).
1997 - Elton John started a six week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Something About The Way You Look Tonight, and Candle In The Wind 1997. It went on to become the biggest selling single of all time.
1997 - Pearl Jam's Jeremy video was cited as one of the reasons American teenager Barry Loukaitis had snapped into a violent rage that left three people dead. Defence attorneys took the unprecedented step of playing the video in a Washington court.
2005 - Canadian JD Fortune, beat two other finalists to become the new lead singer with INXS after a worldwide search to replace the late Michael Hutchence. INXS held auditions in six continents as part of a reality TV series.
2007 - Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones was admitted to hospital when he was injured during an altercation with a member of a club's security team. The band had gone to a west London club after appearing at the Vodafone Live Music Awards.
2013 - Kiwi teenager Lorde has ousted the Queen of Twerk from the top of the iTunes charts.Her debut single, Royals, has taken the lead and relegated Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball to second place.But it seems that the former Disney star's fans aren't taking kindly to the Auckland singer, real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor.The 16-year-old who was lauded this week by Elton John and performed with Jools Holland is already braced for the backlash.
1957 - Born this day, Alannah Currie, vocals, sax, The Thompson Twins, 1984 UK No.2 single You Take Me Up, Doctor, Doctor, 1984 US No.3 single Hold Me Now.
1966 - Born this day, Nuno Bettencourt, in the Azores, rock musician, Extreme, 1991 US No.1 and UK No.2 single More Than Words.
1969 - Melody Maker readers poll results were published. Eric Clapton won best musician, Bob Dylan best male singer and best album for Nashville Skyline, best group The Beatles, single was Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer, Janis Joplin won best female singer.
1969 - During a meeting in London between John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.
1969 - Based on the comic-book TV series Archie and his friends, The Archies started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Sugar Sugar. It became the longest running one hit wonder in the UK after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts.
1970 - Jim Morrison of The Doors was acquitted on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, but was found guilty of exposing himself during a concert at The Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove a year and a half earlier. At his trial at the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Judge Goodman sentenced Morrison to six months hard labor and a $500 (£270), fine for public exposure and sixty days hard labor for profanity. The sentence was appealed, but Morrison was never brought to trial, as he would die in Paris France on July 3, 1971.
1972 - Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for the second time in four weeks for possession of cannabis, this time for growing it at their Scottish farmhouse in Campbeltown.
1973 - Died this day, Jim Croce, singer, songwriter, (Time In A Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown), was killed with five others, on his way to perform his second concert of the day, when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
1975 - Fame gave David Bowie his first No.1 in the US, the song was co-written with John Lennon, and was taken from Bowie's album Young Americans.
1976 - AC/DC released their third studio album 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'. The album has been certified 6x Platinum in the United States, which means that it has sold at least 6 million copies, becoming the third highest sold album by AC/DC in the US after 'Highway To Hell' and 'Back In Black'.
1980 - Queen started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with The Game, the group's only US No.1 album.
1986 - Huey Lewis and the News started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Stuck With You. It was a No.12 hit in the UK.
1993 - Just back from a tour of Japan, keyboard player with The Charlatans Rob Collins was out with an old friend. They stopped at an off-licence and his friend went in, half-jokingly saying he could rob the place. When he came out with a loud bang, Collins stupidly picked him up. The police arrested the pair the next day and charged them both with attempted robbery and possession of a firearm (it was a replica gun).
1997 - Elton John started a six week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Something About The Way You Look Tonight, and Candle In The Wind 1997. It went on to become the biggest selling single of all time.
1997 - Pearl Jam's Jeremy video was cited as one of the reasons American teenager Barry Loukaitis had snapped into a violent rage that left three people dead. Defence attorneys took the unprecedented step of playing the video in a Washington court.
2005 - Canadian JD Fortune, beat two other finalists to become the new lead singer with INXS after a worldwide search to replace the late Michael Hutchence. INXS held auditions in six continents as part of a reality TV series.
2007 - Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones was admitted to hospital when he was injured during an altercation with a member of a club's security team. The band had gone to a west London club after appearing at the Vodafone Live Music Awards.
2013 - Kiwi teenager Lorde has ousted the Queen of Twerk from the top of the iTunes charts.Her debut single, Royals, has taken the lead and relegated Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball to second place.But it seems that the former Disney star's fans aren't taking kindly to the Auckland singer, real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor.The 16-year-old who was lauded this week by Elton John and performed with Jools Holland is already braced for the backlash.