SEPTEMBER 18
TODAY IN 1968, THE BEATLES WROTE AND RECORDED “BIRTHDAY” IN ONE LONG SESSION AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS. THEY DID 20 TAKES OF THE SONG, FINISHING AROUND 5AM. THEIR USUAL PRODUCER, GEORGE MARTIN, WAS ON VACATION.
IN 1983, THE MEMBERS OF KISS APPEARED ON MTV WITHOUT THEIR MAKE UP TO PROMOTE THEIR LATEST ALBUM, LICK IT UP, RELEASED THE SAME DAY.
AND THE MAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY CHANGED THE SOUND OF ROCK GUITAR, JIMI HENDRIX, DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1970 IN LONDON. HE WAS JUST 27 YEARS OLD.