SEPTEMBER 13
THE CONCERT DEBUT OF JOHN LENNON’S POST-BEATLES GROUP, THE PLASTIC ONO BAND, WAS AT THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL REVIVAL SHOW IN TORONTO TODAY IN 1969. JOHN & YOKO WERE BACKED BY ERIC CLAPTON AND ALAN WHITE, LATER THE DRUMMER OF YES. IT WAS RELEASED AS “LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO.”
DAVID KNOPFLER, BROTHER OF LEAD GUITARIST MARK KNOPFLER, QUIT DIRE STRAITS ON THIS DAY IN 1980, DURING THE RECORDING OF THEIR THIRD ALBUM, MAKING MOVIES.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER, JACKSON BROWNE HAD THE #1 ALBUM IN AMERICA TODAY IN 1980, WITH “HOLD OUT.” “BOULEVARD” WOULD BECOME ITS BIG HIT SINGLE.