Pick a Day

10 SEPTEMBER

In Music History

1973 The BBC, predictably, bans The Rolling Stones' single "Star Star," better known as "Starf----r."

1972 At the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, The Doors, who have continued as a trio since the death of Jim Morrison in July 1971, play their last concert. Their final song is "Light My Fire," the last song Morrison performed before his death.

1970 B.B. King plays for inmates at Cook County Jail in Chicago. The show is released the following year as the album Live at Cook County Jail.

1968 Rapper Big Daddy Kane is born Antonio Hardy in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Known for 1988's "Ain't No Half-Steppin'."

1966 Robin Goodridge (drummer for Bush) is born in Crawley, West Sussex, England.

1966 Miles Zuniga (guitarist/vocalist for Fastball) is born in Laredo, Texas.

1966 The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

1966 The Beatles' Revolver hits #1 in America despite a firestorm over John Lennon's comments that the group is "more popular than Jesus now."

1963 While traveling in London, John Lennon and Paul McCartney encounter Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who worked as a promoter for The Beatles earlier in the year. Oldham invites them to The Stones rehearsal, where Lennon and McCartney complete a song they were working on, "I Wanna Be Your Man," and give it to The Stones, which they use as their second UK single.

1962 The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Halloween novelty single "Monster Mash," finding it in poor taste. However, in 1973 the radio giant lifts the ban, sending a re-release of the holiday favorite to #3.

1960 David Lowery (lead singer for Cracker) is born in San Antonio, Texas.

1958 Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama and Shakespears Sister is born in Dublin, Ireland.

1956 Johnnie Fingers (keyboardist for The Boomtown Rats) is born John Peter Moylett in Ireland.

1955 Chuck Berry's first hit, "Maybellene," reaches its peak chart position of #5 in the US.

1951 Pete Tolson (guitarist for The Pretty Things) is born in Bishops Stortford, Herts, England. David Bowie covered the group's "Don't Bring Me Down" for his 1973 album, Pin Ups.