SEPTEMBER 12
TODAY IN 1975, PINK FLOYD RELEASE THEIR NINTH ALBUM, ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’. THE LP REACHES NUMBER ONE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND FEATURES THE TITLE TRACK, “HAVE A CIGAR” AND “SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND”, A NINE-PART TRIBUTE TO FOUNDING MEMBER SYD BARRETT.
IN 2007 THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN ANNOUNCE THEY WILL REFORM FOR A STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE CONCERT IN LONDON FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS FOUNDER AHMET ERTEGUN. THE PLACE OF LED ZEPPELIN DRUMMER JOHN BONHAM, WHO DIED IN 1980, IS TAKEN BY HIS SON JASON.
AND THE LATE NEIL PEART, DRUMMER AND LYRICIST OF RUSH FOR OVER 40 YEARS, WAS BORN TODAY IN 1952.