This Day in Music History: September 5

September 5, 2016

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

 

Today: September 5.

 

1956: Elvis Presley surprised his mother with a gift of a no less than a pink Cadillac. The car remained in the Presley family and eventually went on display at Graceland.

 

1965: The Rolling Stones recorded 'Get Off Of My Cloud', their eighth single at RCA studios in Hollywood. The song reached the No.1 in the US and the UK.

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1968: On their first ever visit to the UK, The Doors appeared on TV show Top Of The Pops. They performed the song 'Hello I Love You' on live TV.

 

1981: Soft Cell were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of 'Tainted Love.' The song had been a hit for Gloria Jones in 1964. (Jones who became Marc Bolan's girlfriend was the driver of the car, that crashed and killed Bolan on 16 September 1977, and nearly died in the accident herself).

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1987: Ian Astbury of The Cult was arrested after a show in Vancouver which ended in a riot. The staff at the concert claimed they were assaulted by Astbury, who spent the night in the local police cells.

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1998: Aerosmith scored their first US No.1 single with the Diane Warren written song 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing'. The song featured in the 1998 film Armageddon and gave the band their first No.1 single after 28 years together.

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