SEPTEMBER 23
TODAY IN 1970 SANTANA RELEASE THEIR SECOND STUDIO ALUM ‘ABRAXAS’ FEATURING THE CLASSIC TRACKS “BLACK MAGIC WOMAN” AND “OYE COMO YA”. IT BECOMES THE BAND’S FIRST ALBUM TO REACH NUMBER ONE IN THE U.S.
IN 1974 APPLE RECORDS RELEASES JOHN LENNON’S “WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT”. IT WOULD PEAK AT THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, BECOMING HIS ONLY #1 SINGLE IN THE U.S. DURING HIS LIFETIME.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER AND E STREET BANDLEADER BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WHO IS 75 TODAY.