SEPTEMBER 13
ON THIS DAY IN 1965 THE BEATLES RELEASE THE PAUL MCCARTNEY PENNED SINGLE “YESTERDAY”. THE SONG TOPS THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART FOR FOUR WEEKS IN OCTOBER, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST RECORDED SONGS IN THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC WITH OVER 1600 COVER VERSIONS.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD ISSUE THEIR FIRST LIVE ALBUM, ‘ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD’ TODAY IN 1976. CAPTURING THREE SHOWS RECORDED IN JULY AT THE FOX THEATRE IN ATLANTA, IT FEATURES THE CLASSIC LIVE VERSION OF “FREEBIRD”.
AND IN 1980 SINGER-SONGWRITER JACKSON BROWNE SCORES HIS FIRST AND ONLY NO.1 ALBUM IN THE U.S. WITH HIS SIXTH STUDIO RELEASE ‘HOLD OUT’. THE LP FEATURES THE HITS “THAT GIRL COULD SING”, “BOULEVARD”, AND HOLD ON HOLD OUT”