This Day in Music History: September 4
September 4, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 4.
1962: The Beatles first formal recording session at EMI's Abbey Road studios started. George Martin was unhappy with a previous session on June 6, so he called The Beatles back into the studio to give it another try. They recorded six songs, including 'Love Me Do' and 'Please Please Me.'
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1965: The Who had their van stolen which contained over £5000 worth of equipment outside the Battersea Dogs Home. The band were inside the home at the time buying a guard dog. Later on, the van was recovered.
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1968: The Bee Gees had their second UK No.1 single with 'I've Gotta Get A Message To You'. The song is about a man who, awaiting his execution in the electric chair, and begs the prison chaplain to pass a final message on to his wife.
1976: Fleetwood Mac went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album after being on the charts for over a year. The album sold over 5 million copies in the US and was the first of three No.1 albums for the band.
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1987: Mike Joyce, drummer with The Smiths, quit the band claiming that 'the present role within the group had been fulfilled'.
2007: The Police played the first UK date on their Reunion tour when they played two nights at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
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2008: The first guitar torched on stage by Jimi Hendrix sold for £280,000 at an auction of rock memorabilia. The Fender Stratocaster was burned at the end of a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in 1967. The sale that was held in London also included The Beatles first management contract, signed in 1962 by all four members of the group and manager Brian Epstein, which sold for £240,000.
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