This Day in Music History: September 14
September 14, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 14.
1955: Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not smooth and during a break, Richard and his producer, Bumps Blackwell decided to go to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of ‘Tutti Frutti.’ With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, ‘a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.’
1968: Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burnt down, and his two eldest sons both died in the blaze. Orbison was on tour in the UK at the time of the horrible accident.
1974: Eric Clapton reached the #1 spot in the US with his version of the Bob Marley song 'I Shot The Sheriff' which was first released in 1973 on The Wailers' album Burnin'. Clapton's version was included on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard.
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1984: David Bowie won Video of the Year for 'China Girl' at the first MTV Video awards. The song co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop during their years in Berlin, first appeared on Pop's album 'The Idiot' which was released in 1977.
1994: US singer Steve Earle was sentenced to 1 year in jail after being found guilty of possession of crack cocaine.
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1995: The lyrics to The Beatles song 'Getting Better' hand-written by Paul McCartney sold for £161,000 at a Sotheby's auction in London.
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