Today in Rock History – 9th SEPTEMBER:

BIRTHDAYS
1927: Elvin Jones
1941: Otis Redding
1945: Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)
1946: Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield)
1952: Nihat Orerel (Grup Bunalim, Erkin Koray Super Grup, Snatch, Nexus, etc.)
1952: Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

EVENTS
1956: Elvis Presley made his first appearance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’.
1971: John Lennon released his ‘Imagine’ album.
1976: Uriah Heep sacked their singer, David Byron.
1978: Knebworth Festival featured Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Tubes, Boomtown Rats and more!

1987: Pink Floyd began their world tour for ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’, despite threats to sue by former member, Roger Waters.
2004: Death of guitar maker, Ernie Ball [aged 74].
2014: Death of guitarist, Robert Young of Primal Scream [aged 49].
2020: Death of singer / songwriter / producer, Ronald Bell of Kool & The Gang [aged 68].
2023: Aerosmith performed their last concert, at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.

Remembering Doug Ingle on his birthday. The founding member, organist, vocalist and main composer for Iron Butterfly passed away on 24 May, 2024. Doug wrote this little ditty in 1968… the psychedelic anthem, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”!