This Day in Music History: September 17

September 17, 2016

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

 

Today: September 17.

 

1964: During a US tour, The Beatles appeared at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. They were paid $150,000 for the show, which was more than any other act had ever been paid for a live show. Tickets back then costed $4.50.

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1967: The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show, after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. He said before the show, that he wouldn’t sing the words, ‘Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,’ from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single 'People Are Strange.'

 

1978: The video clip for Queen's single 'Bicycle Race' was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, UK. It featured 65 naked female professional models racing around the stadium's track on bicycles, which had been hired for the day. The rental company was reported to have requested payment for all the saddles when they found out how their bikes had been used.

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1983: Paul Young scored his first UK No.1 album with his debut release 'No Parlez.' The album returned to the top of the charts on four other occasion's and spent a total of 119 weeks on the chart.

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1991: lead singer with the American hard rock band MC5, Rob Tyner, died after suffering a heart attack in the seat of his parked car in his hometown of Berkley, Michigan. MC5, (shortened from the Motor City Five), formed in Detroit, in 1965. The band released their first album, ‘Kick Out the Jams’ in 1969.

 

1991: Over 4 million copies of Guns N' Roses album, 'Use Your Illusion I' and 'Use Your Illusion II' were simultaneously released for retail sale, making it the largest ship-out in pop history in the US.

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