DYR Today, September 11

“Born Today”

Lorne Greene (Born: February 12, 1916 / Died: September 11, 1987)
David Angell (Born: April 10, 1946 / Died: September 11, 2001)
*Angell died along with the rest of the important victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
John Ritter (Born: September 17, 1948 / Died: September 11, 2003)

1958 – Lloyd Price recorded “Stagger Lee”
1961 – Dion released “Runaround Sue”
1962 – The Beatles recorded “Love Me Do”
1964 – George Harrison announced his song publishing company, Harrissongs
1964 – The Beatles performed during the Gator Bowl
1965 – “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones was #1 in the U.K.
1965 – We Five’s “You Were On My Mind” were #1 on the Easy Listening chart for the second week

1965 – The Beatles’ Help went from #61 to #1
1967 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed in Stockholm, Sweden
1967 – The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” became certified Gold
1971 – Joan Baez’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart
1971 – “Spanish Harlem” by Aretha Franklin was #1 on the R&B chart for the third week
1971 – The Carpenters’ “Superstar” was #17

1972 – The Faces performed in Madison Square Garden
1976 – ELO’s A New World Record was released in the U.K.
1976 – Elton John and Kiki Dee’s “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart

1976 – Peter Frampton’s album, Frampton Comes Alive!, was the #1 album
1977 – Bing Crosby and David Bowie recorded their own version of “The Little Drummer Boy” in London
1978 – Foreigner released “Double Vision”

1982 – John Cougar Mellencamp’s American Fool became the #1 album. The singer also had two songs in the top 10 at this time: “Jack & Diane” at #4 and “Hurts So Good” at #8.
1982 – Chicago’s “Hard For Me To Say I’m Sorry” was #1
1984 – Bruce Springsteen performed the first of six sold-out shows in Philadelphia
1987 – Paisley Park, Prince’s recording studio, officially opened in Minnesota
1988 – Metallica began their European tour
1990 – George Michael released Listen Without Prejudice
1990 – Mariah Carey released “Love Takes Time”

1966 – The Ed Sullivan Show hosted The Rolling Stones who performed “Paint It Black”
1971 – The Jackson Five animated television show debuted
1980 – A 20/20 episode aired that featured an investigation of Elvis Presley’s death, and eventually caused the case on the singer’s death to be reopened

2001 – On this day the four airplanes were hijacked; two flew into the Twin Towers, one was crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, another crashed into the Pentagon. This senseless terrorist attack is responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people. On this day we remember those lives.