This Day in Music History: September 18

September 18, 2016

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

 

Today: September 18.

 

1968: Working at Abbey Road studios on new songs for their forthcoming album, The Beatles recorded 20 takes of ‘Birthday.’ Roadie Mal Evans added hand claps, and Yoko Ono and Pattie Harrison contributed backing vocals on the track.

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1970: Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital in London at the age of 27, after choking on his own vomit. He left the message 'I need help bad man', on his managers answer phone earlier that night. Rumors and conspiracy theories grew up around Hendrix’s death. Eric Burdon claimed that Jimi Hendrix had committed suicide, but that’s contradicted by reports that he was in a good frame of mind. In 2009, a former Animals roadie published a book that claimed that Jimi’s manager had admitted to him that he arranged the murder of Hendrix, since the guitarist wanted out of his contract.

 

1971: The Who scored their first and only UK No.1 album with 'Who's Next', the band's sixth LP release, featuring 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. The cover artwork features a photograph, taken at Easington Colliery, of the band apparently having just urinated on a large concrete piling. According to photographer Ethan Russell. But, because most of the members were unable to urinate, rainwater was tipped from an empty film canister in order to achieve the desired effect.

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1982: The seven-minute epic by Dire Straits 'Private Investigations' went to No.2 on the UK singles chart, held off No.1 by survivors 'Eye Of The Tiger'.

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1983: KISS appeared without their 'make-up' for the very first time during an interview on MTV. They were promoting the release of their newest album, 'Lick It Up'.

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