September 25

1995: Mariah Carey’s Fantasy debuts at No. 1.

1990: Drummer Dave Grohl joins Nirvana.

1980: Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham dies at age 32. The band decides to break up instead of replacing him.

1979: The Eagles release The Long Run.  The album debuts at #2 and one week later hits #1 and spends eight weeks at the top.  The single Heartache Tonight goes to #1 and I Can’t Tell You Why makes the top ten.

1971: Cat Stevens releases Peace Train.

1970: The Partridge Family, a TV show about a singing family (loosely based on a real band called the Cowsills), debuts.  Johnny Cash made a cameo appearance in the first episode episode. The theme song was C’mon Get Happy. 

1968: Actor-rapper Will Smith is born.  He first becomes famous as part of the group DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Smith is “The Fresh Prince”).  The group wins the first ever Rap Grammy for their hit Parents Just Don’t Understand.

1965: Barry McGuire’s Eve Of Destruction is #1.

1964: Roy Orbison’s Pretty Woman is #1.

1964: The Temptations record My Girl.

1956: Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender becomes the first single to sell a million copies before its release.

1954: Rosemary Clooney’s Hey There is #1.  She is the aunt of actor George Clooney.

1954: Elvis Presley performs live on The Grand Ole Opry, singing Blue Moon Of Kentucky.

Songs of The Day:

Heartache Tonight (Eagles); I Can’t Tell You Why (Eagles); Peace Train (Cat Stevens); Parents Just Don’t Understand (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince); Fantasy (Mariah Carey); Eve Of Destruction (Barry McGuire); Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley); Hey There (Rosemary Clooney); Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Elvis Presley); C’mon Get Happy (The Partridge Family)