This Day in Music History: September 1
September 1, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 1.
1956: 19 year old Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at Sun Records hoping for an audition, but unfortunately owner Sam Phillips was on vacation in Florida. Jerry Lee recorded some demos that Phillips would hear later on when he returned.
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1966: 'I'm A Boy' by The Who entered the UK chart peaking at No.2 giving the band their second No.2 hit. The song was originally intended to be a part of a rock opera called 'Quads' which was to be set in the future where parents can choose the sex of their children.
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1967: The four Beatles held a meeting at Paul McCartney's house in London to decide upon their next course of action following the death of manager Brian Epstein. The four decide to postpone their planned trip to India and to begin the already-delayed production of the Magical Mystery Tour movie. They had two songs already recorded for the movie, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ and ‘Your Mother Should Know’.
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1976: 'Wish You Were Here' was close to spending one year on the UK chart. Pink Floyd’s ninth studio had been premiered at Knebworth in July 1975, and was released in September that year. It was an instant success, with record company EMI unable to press enough copies to satisfy demand. The artwork for the album package was created by the Hipgnosis team, who created a series of tableaux based on ‘absence’, including the empty gesture of a handshake between two US business men (one of whom is on fire), a diver that causes no ripples, and a piece of gauze floating in the wind, photographed somewhere in Norfolk, UK.
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1977: Blondie, featuring former Playboy Bunny Debra Harry, signed their first major record company contract with Chrysalis Records.
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1979: U2 released their very first record, an EP titled 'U2-3.' With an initial run of 1,000 individually numbered copies the tracks were produced by the band with Chas de Whalley and was available only in Ireland.
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1983: Mick Jones, lead guitarist with The Clash was fired by the other three members who claimed he'd 'drifted apart' from the original idea of the group.
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