a day like today ... September 19th

September 19th

....1981, The Rolling Stones went to number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the ninth and last time with “Tattoo You” which began a nine week run on top of the chart.
.....1988 - Bon Jovi released the album "New Jersey" in the U.S
....1968 , Steppenwolf won its first gold record for "Born to be Wild."
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister testified before a Senate committee on the subject of music censorship. The hearing was the result of a group of influential Washington, D.C., wives, under the name of the “Parents Music Resource Center.” They had created a list of the “Filthy Fifteen” songs that they felt contained objectionable lyrics. Eventually, record companies began voluntarily putting “Parental Advisory” labels on records that dealt with adult subject material.
Neil Young‘s third record, After the Gold Rush, was released in 1970, as was the soundtrack to the movie Performance, which starred Mick Jagger and featured his first solo song, “Memo From Turner.’
 Linda Ronstadt put out her third No. 1 album, Living in the USA
. Lenny Kravitz was introduced to the world via the classic-rock-and-soul-influenced Let Love Rule, and Down also debuted with NOLA.

News Anniversaries:

Gram Parsons dies (1973)
Max Weinberg and Roy Bittain play their first E Street Band show (1974)
Sid Bernstein offers the Beatles $230 million to reunite (1976)
The first ‘No Nukes‘ concert (1979)
Simon and Garfunkel reunite in Central Park (1981)
Dee Snider testifies before the Senate (1985)

Album Anniversaries:

Neil Young, After the Gold Rush (1970)
Performance, Original Soundtrack (1970)
Linda Ronstadt, Living in the USA (1978)
Lenny Kravitz, Let Love Rule (1989)
Down, NOLA (1995)