The end of the 1965 European tour for The Who was dramatic.
Roger Daltrey punched Keith Moon resulting in Daltrey being sacked from The Who. An argument broke about between all four band members on a double show backed night in Denmark.
The band had terrible circumstances happen at the back end of the 1965 tour. At one show, fans pulled Daltrey into the crowd which injured his back. Another concert began with the audience storming the stage that resulted in massive damage. The van containing the band’s gear was stolen.
Daltrey had enough of Moon’s drug-induced haze and lackluster performances during the tour and he flushed his drug stash down the toilet. Moon flipped a switch and Daltrey ended up punching him in the nose, almost breaking it.
In the book Roger Daltrey: The Biography, Daltrey says, “It wasn’t just because I hated him, it was just because I loved the band so much and thought it was being destroyed by those pills.”
The decision to fire him lasted about a week. Managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp felt the band needed to stick together to achieve success. After apologizing and agreeing to abstain from violent outbursts, Daltrey was back in the band. Two weeks later, The Who recorded their chart-breaking hit ‘My Generation’.
Other Music Trivia for September 26
‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ released by Roy Orbison began a three-week stay at No. 1 on the US singles chart in 1964. A conversion between Orbison and his wife Claudette inspired the title. She told Roy she was going out, and Orbison asked if she was okay for cash. Bill Dees interjected, “A pretty woman never needs any money.”
The Beatles released studio album and last album together Abbey Road in the UK in 1969. The album featured the George Harrison songs ’Something’, and ‘Here Comes the Sun’. Band members have said that while recording they didn’t call it the ‘last album’ yet they all felt this would likely be the final Beatles product. They agreed to set aside their differences and “go out on a high note”.
The 12th international studio album for AC/DC Ballbreaker produced by Rick Rubin dropped today in 1995. Ballbreaker saw the return of former drummer Phil Rudd.
The band had fired Rudd in 1983 because of drinking and drug problems and a fight with founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.
Birthdays
Multi-award-winning American country music singer, Lynn Anderson was born this day in 1947. She passed away on July 30, 2016, at 67. Anderson charted 12 No. 1 hits, 18 songs in the Top 10, and over 50 Top 40 hits in her career. In 1970 the single ‘Rose Garden’ went to No. 3 in the US, and to No. 3 in the UK in 1971.
Happy 72 to Olivia Newton-John, UK singer, actress. In 1978 the single with John Travolta ‘You’re The One That I Want’ went to No. 1 in the US and the UK. Her single ‘Physical’ went to No. 7 in the UK charts.
Shawn Stockman, from American R&B vocal group Boyz II Men, turns 48 today. Stockman’s single ‘End of The Road’ went to No. 1 in the UK and the US in 1992 and set a record for longevity, The single remained at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks, breaking the historical record held by Elvis Presley.
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