This Day in Music History: September 30
September 30, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 30.
1967: The UK's first National pop radio station, BBC Radio 1 was launched in the UK, to take over from the very successful pirate radio stations, which had been forced off-air by the Government. Former pirate DJ Tony Blackburn, from Radio Caroline, was the first presenter on air, with The Move's Flowers In The Rain the first record to be played.
1974: Police were called to a Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blue Oyster Cult concert after a fight broke out between two sound engineers. The Skynyrd roadie claimed that the sound had been deliberately turned off during the band's set.
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1978: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John had their second UK No.1 from the film 'Grease' with 'Summer Nights.' Seven weeks at No.1 it became the second best selling single of 1978, beaten only by 'Saturday Night Fever'.
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1995: Mariah Carey made chart history when she started an eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fantasy'. This made her the first female act to enter the chart in pole position.
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1995: Simply Red scored their first UK No.1 single when 'Fairground' started a four-week run at the top of the charts. It was their 15th UK Top 40 hit.
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2007: Country music singer Keith Urban crashed his motorcycle on the way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The 39-year-old singer, who was not injured, said he was being followed by a photographer when the accident happened near his home in Sydney, Australia.
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