Saturday, September 21, 2013

September 21 in The Evolution of ROCK ‘n ROLL… Santo and Johnny, The Miracles, The Vandellas, Chambers Brothers, Janis, Jimi, ELP and BTO, The Suave Big Man Barry White and the Freaky Rick James—This is a GOOD one!!!




September 21, 1959: Santo and Johnny hit #1 with
 "Sleep Walk"…


September 21, 1963: 
The Miracles hit #8 with
 "Mickey's Monkey"…




September 21, 1963: Martha and the Vandellas' million-selling
 "Heat Wave" 
tops the R&B chart for five weeks and reaches #4 on the pop chart…








September 21, 1968: The Chambers Brothers hit #11 with "Time Has Come Today"…


Sept 21, 1968: 

Janis Joplin announced that she would be leaving Big Brother And The Holding Company at the end of the year. The band's musicianship had long been suspect by Rock critics. Joplin would later be backed by The Kozmic Blues Band…


 (BTW: The DETROIT videos were removed from my blog  by some capitalists who wanted to be  paid  for sharing the history…)

 
Sept 21, 1968: 

Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" is released in the US where will become his only Top 40 hit single, topping out at number 20…


 

September 21, 1974: Emerson Lake & Palmer hit #4 in the US with 'Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends; Ladies and Gentlemen...
Emerson Lake and Palmer'…  
 



Sept 21, 1974: 

Canada's Bachman-Turner Overdrive release "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", which will become their third US Top 30 entry and their only number one…

 

Sept 21, 1974: 

At 300 pounds, he didn't look like a Rock star, but Barry White scored his first US number one and second of five Top Ten singles with "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe". It made #8 in the UK…


September 21, 1981: Rick James hits #16 with "Super Freak" and #40 with 




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