This Day in Music Sept 26th
Sept 26th,
1965, at the end of a European tour Roger Daltry knocked out Keith Moon and was sacked from The Who. The band were playing two shows in one night in Denmark, when an argument broke about between al four band members. Daltry was reinstated the following day.
1968, Rolling Stone Brian Jones was fined £50 ($85), with 100 guineas cost, after being found guilty of possession of cannabis.
1969, The Beatles released 'Abbey Road' in the UK, the final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs 'Something' and 'Here Comes The Sun' plus 'Come Together', 'Sun King' and 'Golden Slumbers.'
1996, police found drugs hidden in a Smarties tube when they raided the London home of Paula Yates and INXS singer Michael Hutchence. The couple were away in Australia at the time of the raid.
2003, singer, songwriter Robert Palmer died of a heart attack aged 54. He was a member of Vinegar Joe and as a solo artist had the 1986 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Addicted To Love.'
2004, Green Day scored their first UK No.1 album with American Idiot, the band’s seventh release.
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