This Day in Music History: September 10

September 10, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: September 10.

 

1963: During a chance meeting between The Rolling Stones at Studio 51 Jazz Club in London with Paul McCartney and John Lennon, the two played the Stones a partly finished song 'I Wanna Be Your Man' which the Stones later record.

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1964: Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon's 'Good Morning Little School Girl.' John Paul Jones, who will become Led Zeppelin's bass player played on the session.

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1965: The Byrds begin recording ‘Turn! Turn! Turn!’, but unlike their first hit, ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’, members of the group itself were permitted to play instead of session musicians.

 

1988: Guns N' Roses started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Sweet Child O' Mine', the group's first US No.1, a No.24 hit in the UK.

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1991: Nirvana's single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was released in the US. The unexpected success of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in late 1991 propelled Nevermind to the top of the charts at the start of 1992, an event often marked as the point where alternative rock entered the mainstream.

 

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