Today in rock history 6th September

Sunday September 6th

1944 – Roger Waters of Pink Floyd is born in Cambridge,

1961 – Bob Dylan makes his New York debut, playing at the Gaslight Cafe

1968 – Eric Clapton contributes a solo to the Beatles track “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

1969 – David Bowie debuts on UK chart with ‘Space Oddity

1970 – Hendrix, Cox and Mitchell play the Love and Peace Festival in Puttgarden, Germany. Hendrix then returns to London.

1974 – T. Rex embarks on their US tour

1975 – ZZ Top hits #20 with “Tush”

1975 – ‘Born to Run’ by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is released. The album garners critical raves, and Springsteen appears on the covers of both ‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek’ at the end of October.

1975 – Ritchie Blackmore’s new group Rainbow makes its chart debut with their self-titled LP.

1980 – Ginger Baker quits recently re-formed Atomic Rooster to join Hawkwind, which soon crumbles.

1989 – At Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium, the Steelers football team is required to find another place to practice, as the Rolling Stones are rehearsing their concert there.

1989 – Neil Young had his video for “This Note’s for You” named Best Video of the Year by MTV at its sixth annual awards ceremony

1990 – Tom Fogerty, who played rhythm guitar with his brother John in Creedence Clearwater Revival, dies

1999 – Stone Temple Pilot Scott Weiland is sentenced to a year in jail for a probation violation.

2006 – For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan tops The Chart Toppers 200 with “Modern Times.”