SEPTEMBER 26
ON THIS DAY IN 1969 THE BEATLES RELEASE THEIR ELEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘ABBEY ROAD’. IT IS THE LAST ALBUM THE GROUP RECORDED TOGETHER. THE ALBUM COVER, SHOWING THE BAND CROSSING THE STREET HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC.
IN 1979 U2 RELEASE THEIR VERY FIRST RECORD, AN EP TITLED ‘U2-3.’ WITH AN INITIAL RUN OF 1,000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ONLY AVAILABLE IN IRELAND; THE 12-INCH VINYL SOLD OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHING THE BAND’S CAREER.
AND IN 2003, SINGER SONGWRITER ROBERT PALMER, SOLO ARTIST AND FRONTMAN OF THE SUPERGROUP ‘THE POWER STATION’, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN PARIS AT AGE 54.