September 15
Today in 1994, the earliest known John Lennon recording was sold at Sotheby’s in London for just under one hundred twenty-three thousand dollars. It was made the day Lennon and McCartney met for the first time.
In 1968, during a show in Amsterdam, an intoxicated Jim Morrison passed out while dancing to Jefferson Airplane’s set onstage. He was rushed to the hospital while The Doors performed as a trio.
And today in 2019, Cars’ leader Ric Ocasek died while recovering from surgery. The Rock And Roll Hall of Famer was 75 years old.