SEPTEMBER 23
“CANDLE IN THE WIND ’97,” ELTON JOHN’S TRIBUTE TO HIS FRIEND PRINCESS DIANA, WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1997. IT WAS CERTIFIED 8 TIMES PLATINUM THAT DAY, BECOMING THE HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE IN MUSIC HISTORY.
FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS BURIED “ALIVE” ON THIS DAY IN 1969, THE DAY “PAUL IS DEAD” RUMORS BEGAN SWEEPING THE COUNTRY. IT CAME FROM A HUMOROUS ARTICLE IN A UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STUDENT PAPER WITH THE HEADLINE, “CLUES HINT AT A BEATLES DEATH.”
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A MODERN MUSIC LEGEND: ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER, AND BROADWAY SENSATION, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS 76.