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September 4, 1970 –The Rolling Stones release their second live concert album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert, on this date. It was recorded in New York City and Baltimore in November 1969. The album is often considered by critics as one of the greatest live albums ever made.

September 4, 1936 – The George Stevens’ helmed the sixth Astaire and Rogers film, Swing Time, co-starring Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Betty Furness, and Eric Blore, went into limited release in the US on this date. Fred Astaire always insisted that his dance routines be filmed in one continuous camera shot, showing the dancer(s) fromContinue reading “Swing Time opened”

September 4, 1951 –The first national live television broadcast in the U.S. took place when President Harry Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California was transmitted to broadcast stations in local markets across the country. It has been estimated that more than 40 million people saw the president open theContinue reading “Truman’s first live TV broadcast”

September 4, 1886 –Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who warred against the encroachment of the United States on his tribal lands and people for over 25 years.  While outnumbered, Geronimo fought against both Mexican and United States troops and became famous for his daring exploits and numerous escapes fromContinue reading “I’m sure your teachers never brought this up”

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September 3, 1983 –One of the songs that defined MTV in the 80s, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics, gave them their only US chart topper. In 1978, Squeeze had a UK hit with Take Me I’m Yours, which features the line “Dreams are made of this” in the chorus. Marilyn MansonContinue reading “… Who am I to disagree …”

September 3, 1990 –Sony Music released George Michael’s second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice, on this date. Listen Without Prejudice was his first release after Sony Music acquired his record label, Columbia, in 1988. The relationship between Michael and Sony was contentious, and when Michael refused to make a video to promote the first singleContinue reading “Listen Without Prejudice went on sale”

September 3, 1969 – The stop-motion western, The Valley of Gwangi, directed by Jim O’Connolly, and starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, and Gila Golan opened on this date. This is the last dinosaur film Ray Harryhausen worked on. When this film was first conceived it was supposed to have been a follow-up to King Kong,Continue reading “The Valley of Gwangi premiered”

September 3, 1982 –Amy Heckerling’s coming of age teen comedy (written by Cameron Crowe), Fast Times at Ridgemont High, went into general release on this date. For his masturbation scene, Judge Reinhold brought a large dildo to work with, unbeknown to the rest of the cast. Phoebe Cates’ look of horror and disgust is veryContinue reading “This guy’s been stoned since the third grade”

September 3, 2017 –Co-founder and guitarist for the band Steely Dan, Walter Becker, died aged 67, on this date. Besides being a member of Steely Dan, Becker had produced records for Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks.