a day like today... September 25th

Rock History September 25th

... 1980, Rock world lost John Bonham. The Led Zeppelin drummer died from inhaling his own vomit after a day of binge-drinking.

.... 1965, An animated, fictionalized series about the Beatles premiered on ABC. The cartoon, which ran for 39 episodes between 1965 and 1967, was produced by the same team that would later make the Yellow Submarine movie.

.... 1967, The Doors suffered a bit from the sophomore slump on the inconsistent Strange Days, but still had hits with “People Are Strange” and “Love Me Two Times.”

... 1970,  Ringo Starr indulged his love of country music with Beaucoups of Blues, which was the second album he released in 1970.

.... 1972, Black Sabbath‘s Vol. 4 continued the experimentalism of  Master of Reality, delivering classics like “Snowblind” and “Changes.”

....1989, Neil Young performs “Rockin’ In The Free World” on “Saturday Night Live.”

....1989, Aerosmith’s “Pump”album enters the chart. It contains the hits, “Love In An Elevator,” “Janie’s Got A Gun” and “What It Takes.”

... 1990, INXS followed up the global success of Kick with X, which had four Top 40 hits.

... 2000, David Coverdale gave us Into the Light, which was his third solo album and first after the (temporary) breakup of Whitesnake.

News Anniversaries:

The Beatles’ animated series debuts (1965)
John Bonham dies (1980)

Album Anniversaries:

The Doors, Strange Days (1967)
Ringo Starr, Beaucoups of Blues (1970)
Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 (1972)
INXS, X (1990)
David Coverdale, Into the Light (2000)

Number 1 In The Charts 

1965 Barry McGuire: ‘Eve of Destruction’ US 45
1968 Mary Hopkin: ‘Those Were the Days’ UK 45
1971 Deep Purple: ‘Fireball’ UK LP
1993 Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince : Boom! Shake The Room! : UK single
1993 Nirvana : In Utero : UK LP

Birthdays

1943 John Locke (Spirit)

and... happy birthday to our Tony Walker