SEPTEMBER 14
THE FIRST MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS CEREMONY ARE HELD ON THIS DAY IN 1984 AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK. AMONG THE WINNERS THAT NIGHT – DAVID BOWIE, THE CARS, ZZ TOP AND THE POLICE.
TODAY IN 2003 AUSTRALIAN ROCKERS JET RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ‘GET BORN’, EVENTUALLY SELLING OVER FOUR MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. THE LP FEATURES “ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL” AND “COLD HARD BITCH”.
AND TWO MEMBERS OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S CLASSIC LINEUP, GUITARISTS ED KING AND STEVE GAINES, WERE BOTH BORN TODAY IN 1949.