The Rock History Report for September 4th
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1962 - The Fab Four started recording at Abbey Road Studio for the first time. The product of their first sessions there was the song "Love Me Do."
1964 - The Animals played their first live show at Brooklyn’s U.S. Paramount Theater.
1965 - The Who’s gear was stolen from out of their van. Ironically, the band was busy buying a guard dog at Battersea Dog's Home in England at the time.
1968 - The Rolling Stones’ "Street Fighting Man" was banned in several U.S. cities after authorities feared it might incite chaos in public.
1970 - George Harrison released his song "My Sweet Lord." He was later sued for copyright infringement by The Shirelles, who thought the song sounded too much like, “He’s So Fine.”
1970 - The Rolling Stones issued their album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out.
1976 - KISS released their single "Beth."
1986 - Gregg Allman was jailed after he was caught drunk driving in Florida.
1996 - Singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam, (formerly known as Cat Stevens), emerged to sign copies of his first album in almost 20 years.
1996 - KISS performed under the Brooklyn Bridge for MTV’s Video Music Awards.
1997 - Pat Smear announced that he would no longer play guitar in the Foo Fighters after a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Birthdays:
1945 Gene Parsons of The Byrds
1950 Ronald La Pread of The Commodores
1951 Martin Chambers of The Pretenders
1960 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
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