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Today in Music: Sept. 28 ...

Music events that occurred today in history

… in 1962, The Beatles performed a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, and then an evening riverboat show aboard the MV Royal Iris

… in 1965, The Rolling Stones played the first of two nights at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.

… in 1968, “Hey Jude” begins its nine-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart

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… in 1968, The Rascals went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with “Time Peace: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits”

… in 1971, Led Zeppelin played the first of two nights at the Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan

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Bad Company went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with their self-titled debut in 1974

… “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” went to No. 1 in the U.K. in 1980

Kate Bush hit her second UK No. 1 album with “Hounds of Love” in 1985

… in 1987, U2 played the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden in New York City during the Joshua Tree world tour

Miles Davis died in 1991 from a troke and pneumonia

Garth Brooks’ “Ropin’ The Wind” went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart in 1991

Guns N’ Roses released “Use Your Illusion I” and “Use Your Illusion II” in 1991

Nirvana appears at the Tower Records store in New York City in 1991. They then play a show at The Marquee Club in New York.

LeAnn Rimes goes to No. 1 in the U.S. with “You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs” in 1997

Madonna is voted greatest female singer of all time by 75,000 music fans in a VH1 poll in 2002

Phil Spector is charged with the murder of B-actress Lana Clarkson in an unsealed indictment in 2004.

… “Only by the Night” by Kings of Leon hits No. 1 on the UK album chart in 2008

DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, died of an accidental drug overdose at his home in 2009. He was 36

Ed Sullivan was born in 1902 … Ben E. King, of The Drifters, was born in 1938 … Ginger Fish of Marilyn Manson was born in 1966 … Hilary Duff was born in 1987 …

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