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Music Ephemeris september 11

🎵 SEPTEMBER 11 -

🎂 BIRTHDAYS - SEPT 11

Estelle Axton & Jim Stewart

USA - 1918 Estelle Axton - co-founder Stax Records with Jim Stewart Memphis (d.2004)

USA - 1938 Charles Patrick - The Monotones, Who Wrote The Book Of Love #5 1958

USA - 1943 Mickey Hart - Pop Rock / Garage Psychedelic - Grateful Dead - Brooklyn NY

USA - 1943 Jack Ely - Rock & Roll / Garage - Kingsmen Louie Louie - Portland OR - Died 2015

USA - 1945 Leo Kottke - Folk - Athens GA

USA - 1953 Tommy Shaw - Pop Rock - Styx - Montgomery AL

📅 ON THIS DAY - SEPT 11

1962 UK - Beatles - First session Love Me Do Ringo drums - Abbey Road

1967 UK - Beatles - Begin filming Magical Mystery Tour - British Beat - BBC film - First project after Brian Epstein death

1967 UK - Jimi Hendrix - Last public interview NME Keith Altham - London - British Blues

💿 RECORD RELEASES - SEPT 11 -

1969 USA - Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! - Columbia - Pop Rock / Soul - First solo LP after Big Brother - Gold within 2 months【9054877265323635368†L8-L12】

1973 USA - Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle - Columbia - Pop Rock / Folk - Rosalita Sandy【9054877265323635368†L11-L14】

1975 UK/USA - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Harvest/Columbia - British Blues / Pop Rock / Psychedelic - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - #1 UK/US

📊 CHARTS - SEPT 11 #1

1956-57 UK - Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues - #1 UK 3 weeks peak Jan 4 1957 - Pop Rock / Country - Philips - Released 1956 peak 1957【6335722150398639597†L109-L113】

1959 UK - Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen - #1 UK - Ended Living Doll 6 weeks at #1 - Pop Rock / British Beat - Top Rank - 17 years old - Singing Milkman【6335722150398639597†L323-L326】