Monthly Archives: September 2022

‘Hard to Say I’m Sorry’ by Chicago peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, September 11, 1982) — “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” by Chicago peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks (September 11/18, 1982). Continue reading ‘Hard to Say I’m Sorry’ by Chicago peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982) →

‘Valley Girl’ by Frank Zappa and Moon Zappa peaks at #32 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, September 11, 1982) — “Valley Girl” by Frank Zappa and Moon Zappa peaked at #32 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Valley Girl’ by Frank Zappa and Moon Zappa peaks at #32 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982) →

The Beatles complete recording first single ‘Love Me Do’/’P.S. I Love You’ in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Audio: 'P.S. I Love You (Remastered 2009)'

(Tuesday, September 11, 1962, 5:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. BST) — The Beatles returned to EMI Studio 2 in London tonight to complete their first single, recording 10 takes of a second version of “P.S. I Love You,” 18 takes of a third version of “Love Me Do,” and a first version of “Please Please Me,” all original Lennon-McCartney compositions. Continue reading The Beatles complete recording first single ‘Love Me Do’/’P.S. I Love You’ in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1962) →

‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force peaks at #48 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s

(Saturday, September 11, 1982) — “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force peaked at #48 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force peaks at #48 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1982) →

The Doors perform final concert at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Doors


Video: 'The Doors - Live @ The Hollywood Bowl 1972'

(Sunday, September 10, 1972, following the 7:30 p.m. EDT scheduled start time for opening act Tim Buckley but before headliner Frank Zappa) — 26 months and one week after lead singer Jim Morrison was found dead in a bathtub in Paris, the surviving members of the American rock group The Doors — keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore — performed tonight at the Hollywood Bowl in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California Continue reading The Doors perform final concert at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972) →

Soviets end U.S. Olympic basketball reign with disputed last-shot 51-50 victory 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972)

1970s


Video: '1972 Olympic Gold Medal Basketball Game USSR vs USA'

(Saturday, September 9, 1972 from 11:45 p.m. to Sunday, September 10, 1972, 1:14 a.m. Central European Time; during the 1972 Olympic Men’s Basketball Final, part of the 1972 Summer Olympics) — In the gold medal match at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the American men’s basketball team today lost to the Soviet Union, 51–50, on a shot at the buzzer by Alexander Belov in what is widely considered the most controversial game in international basketball history. Continue reading Soviets end U.S. Olympic basketball reign with disputed last-shot 51-50 victory 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1972) →

Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon forest in first air attack on U.S. mainland during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1942)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Almanac: The day Japan bombed Oregon'

(Wednesday, September 9, 1942, lookout reported a plume of smoke at 12:20 p.m. PWT; during the Lookout Air Raids, part of the American theater and Pacific theater of World War II) — In the first air attack on the U.S. mainland during World War II, a Japanese floatplane dropped incendiary bombs today in the Siskiyou National Forest, some ten miles east of Brookings, on the southern Oregon coast. Continue reading Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon forest in first air attack on U.S. mainland during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1942) →

‘She’s Not You’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 8 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Saturday, September 8, 1962) — “She’s Not You” by Elvis Presley peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week (the track was recorded March 19, 1962). Continue reading ‘She’s Not You’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 8 1962) →