Today in rock history 19th September

Saturday September 19th

1946 – Status Quo drummer John Coghlan is born in Dulwich, England

1958 – Rock siren Lita Ford is born in London

1964 – Marianne Faithfull goes to No. 9 in the U.K. with the Jagger/Richards composition “As Tears Go By.”

1970 – Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush album enters the charts.

1970 – The Rolling Stones’ Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out, the live album commemorating their riotous 1969 North American tour, goes to No. 1 in the U.K.

1973 – Byrds guitarist/vocalist Gram Parsons is found dead in a hotel room in Joshua Tree, Calif.

1976 – Readers of The New York Times open their papers today to discover a full-page ad placed by promoter Sid Bernstein asking the Beatles to reunite

1985 – A U.S. Senate committee hears testimony on labeling and rating of rock music, initiated by the Parents Music Resource Center, an organization headed by Tipper Gore.

1985 – Bob Dylan rehearses for the first Farm Aid at Los Angeles’ Universal Studios.

1987 – Pink Floyd release A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The comeback album is the band’s first since the departure of Roger Waters and the subsequent lawsuit over the use of the band name.

2003 – Jack Bruce, former bassist with Cream, undergoes a success liver transplant after being diagnosed with cancer.

2008 – Behold, the video for AC/DC’s “Rock N’ Roll Train.”