This Day in Rock N Roll History

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1956 --- Elvis Presley makes the first of three appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. He belts out "Love Me Tender," "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel" and "Ready Teddy." But what's most notable about this performance is that Elvis is shot just from the waist up, so that his gyrating hips don't offend the television audience.

1971 --- John Lennon's Imagine LP is released.

1973 --- Todd Rundgren keeps his promise and records a thousand voices in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for the left track of his song, "Sons of 1984." He had put 5,000 fans in New York on tape for the right track. However, the open-air recording session ends in a rumble as police move in to arrest a suspect for alledgedly peddling cannabis. A melee erupts and 11 people are arrested.

1978 --- U2 opens for The Stranglers at the Top Hat Ballroom outside of Dublin. The Stranglers take up two dressing rooms, leaving U2 to dress behind their amps. (Ah......those were the days.)

1998 --- An episode of "Judge Judy" airs in which Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten appears as the defendant in a case involving a drummer who sues Rotten for allegedly head-butting him in a contract dispute.

And that's today's "This Day in Rock N Roll History"

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1. Otis Redding, Billy Preston, and Macy Gray born

http://www.biography.com/perl/also_botd.cgi?month=9&day=9

Also

ATTICA! ATTICA! (1971)
Mao DIES (1976)

http://www.historychannel.com/today/

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2. 'Sons of 1984'

Open your eyes and see
The world I couldn't change for you
Reach out your hand and take
The world that will belong to you

We were on our way to a better day
And the spirit was in us all
But as time went by we fell by the wayside
Maybe you'll be the last to fall

You are the only ones
There is nobody left but you
You are the chosen ones
There is nobody else to choose

Back when I was young, my hope was strong
But the time blew it all to hell
If I thought I knew what was good for you
I would have gone and done it for myself

Worlds of tomorrow
Life without sorrow
Take it because it's yours
Sons of 1984

I can still see the great panorama of hate
Being cleansed by our loving hands
But the brothers broke stride, the sisters cried
Now you have to start all over again