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Noteworthy Then

9/17/1967 Doors banned from playing the Ed Sullivan Show

1931 RCA issues the first 33 1/3 lp.

1935 Ken Kesey born.

1946 Doobie Brothers Michael Hoosack born.

1950 Tubes Fee Waybill born.

1967 Doors appear on Ed Sullivan Show and are banned from future appearances after Jim Morrison ditches his pre-show agreement not to sing the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" when the group does Light My Fire.

 

1967 Pete Townshend's hair smoked and hearing damaged when flash pot ignites early during Who appearance on Smothers brothers TV show. 

1969 U.S. papers pick up on the Paul McCartney is dead rumors.

1975 Scorpions release In Trance.

1976 Queen plays for 150,000 in London's Hyde Park. 

1976 Ringo Starr releases Retrogravure

1980 Doobie Brothers release One Step Closer.

1987 Yes releases Big  Generator.

1996 Pearl Jam  opensNo Code Tour in Seattle. 

1997 Fleetwood Mac launches The Dance tour at the Hartford Civic Center in Connecticut.

1996 ZZ Top releases Rhythmeen. 

1997 Fleetwood Mac opens reunion tour in Hartford, CT.

2000 Bistow, Virginia hosts Farm Aid with Crosby Stills, Nash & Young, Willie Nelson, Arlo Guthrie, Barenaked Ladies, Sawyer Brown and Travis Tritt.

2003 Bono meets with George Bush to spur more donations to eradicating AIDS.

2003 David Lee Roth suffers tour ending injuries when he smacks himself in the face doing a Samurai maneuver.

2007 Paul McCartney does guest DJ session during BBC 40th anniversary series.

2009 Eric Clapton joins Bruce Hornsby on the Jay Leno Show.

2016 Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson honored at opening of Lee Lifeson Art Park in Toronto neighborhood they grew up in.

2017 Bob Weir named Goodwill Ambassador by United Nations during New York City ceremony.

2018 Dickey Betts seriously injured in a fall while playing with his dog. Suffers bleeding on the brain after hitting his head in a fall.

2022 Ringo Starr releases EP3...