September 3rd in
THE EVOLUTION of ROCK and ROLL…
1934: Freddie King hit the planet…
1948 - Don Brewer - drummer for Grand Funk Railroad hits the planet…
1953: The Flamingos' classic
"Golden Teardrops" is released on the Chance label…
1966: Donovan reaches #1 with
"Sunshine Superman"
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Also (and possibly MORE IMPORTANT) on September 3, 1966:
Question Mark And The Mysterians'
"96 Tears" makes its debut on Billboard's Hot 100, where it will eventually reach number one…
September 3, 1970:
At the Palermo Pop '70 Festival in Italy, Arthur Brown is arrested and put in solitary confinement for four days after he set fire to his helmet and stripped naked during his stage performance. The audience threw all sorts of things at him. While in solitary, he was given a note signed by over 200 locals telling him to get out of Italy and stay out…
September 3, 1991:
"Post-Tina" Ike Turner was released from prison, having served 18 months of a four year prison term. Ike had been arrested ten other times and in an interview with Variety magazine, he claimed to have spent over $11 million on cocaine…
September 3, 1994:
Major Lance, who had many hits on the US R&B charts as well as placing "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um" and "Monkey Time" on the Pop charts, died of heart failure at the age of 55. R.I.P. Major…
Not an insignificant day at all, in
THE EVOLUTION of ROCK and ROLL…
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