September 16th 1948:
Dinah Washington's Mercury single "Am I Asking Too Much," hits #1 on the R 'n B chart…Don’t have this one in digital, but check out these by the lady…
September 16, 1960:
Johnny Otis hits #2 on the R 'n B chart with "Rockin' Blues"…
September 16, 1960:
September 16, 1967: Jimi Hendrix's debut LP, "Are You Experienced?" enters the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, where it will stay for 106 weeks, including 77 weeks in the Top 40. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #15 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and two years later it was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in the United States…
September 16, 1970: England's Rock and Roll magazine, Melody Maker named Led Zeppelin as England's "Best Group", replacing The Beatles, who had held that honor for eight years. Melody Maker stopped publication in December, 2000 after 73 years…
September 16, 1972: Three Dog Night reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time with a song written in 1955 called "Black and White". In the UK however, the record failed to chart at all…
September 16, 1977: Marc Bolan of T. Rex was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree. An investigation would later blame the accident on mechanical failure. Bolan was just weeks away from his 30th birthday…
September 16, 1979:
The first Rap record makes it onto vinyl when the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was recorded over the instrumental break from Chic's "Good Times". The single becomes a Disco smash, selling two million copies in the US. Rap has gone on to open up a whole new industry for people who can't sing, write music or play an instrument…
September 16, 2006: 65 year old Bob Dylan held the #1 spot on the US album chart with "Modern Times", making him the oldest living musician to ever top the Billboard album chart…
Born on September 16th Into
THE EVOLUTION of ROCK ‘n ROLL…
September 16th Birthdays:
1925 - B.B. King
1943 - Joe Butler:
Drummer for The Lovin' Spoonful…
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