SEPTEMBER 20
IN 1964, THE BEATLES WRAPPED UP THEIR FIRST AMERICAN CONCERT TOUR WITH A BENEFIT SHOW IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. PROCEEDS WENT TO AID THE UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY AMONG OTHER CHARITIES.
SINGER/SONGWRITER JIM CROCE DIED ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS ON THIS DAY IN 1973 AS THE SMALL AIRPLANE THEY WERE IN CLIPPED A TREE AND CRASHED ON TAKE-OFF FROM LOUISIANA. IT WAS JUST A DAY BEFORE HIS “I GOT A NAME” ALBUM WAS RELEASED.
AND THE “BLIND FAITH” LP WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS ON THIS DAY IN 1969. BLIND FAITH WAS A ONE-ALBUM SUPERGROUP THAT INCLUDED ERIC CLAPTON, GINGER BAKER, AND STEVE WINWOOD.