SEPTEMBER 4
The Beatles began their first official recording session on this day, September 4, 1962. They did their first single, “Love Me Do,” but Ringo, who’d just replaced Pete Best, only got to play tambourine.
In 1965, the Who’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey went shopping for a guard dog to protect their equipment van. While they were inside looking at dogs, their van was stolen.
And Happy Birthday to the founding drummer of the Pretenders, Martin Chambers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was born today in 1951.