SEPTEMBER 14 |
ON THIS DAY IN 1974, ERIC CLAPTON WAS #1 ON THE U.S. SINGLES CHART WITH HIS VERSION OF THE BOB MARLEY SONG ‘I SHOT THE SHERIFF’. IT IS CLAPTON’S ONLY #1, EITHER AS A SOLO ARTIST OR WITH ONE OF HIS BANDS (CREAM, THE YARDBIRDS, DEREK & THE DOMINOS)
IN 1984 THE FIRST MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS ARE HELD AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK CITY. DAVID BOWIE AND THE BEATLES WERE PRESENTED WITH THE VERY FIRST ‘VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD’ WHILE THE CARS’ “YOU MIGHT THINK” WON THE VERY FIRST VIDEO OF THE YEAR. OTHER WINNERS INCLUDED DAVID BOWIE, ZZ TOP, VAN HALEN, EURYTHMICS, AND THE POLICE.
AND TWO MEMBERS OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S CLASSIC LINEUP, GUITARISTS ED KING AND STEVE GAINES, WERE BOTH BORN TODAY IN 1949.
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