In The Rock 9/23/1966: The Stones roll out on a UK tour with Ike & Tina, The Yardbirds and friends. #Stones #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1969: The Band release their self-titled second album, which peaks at No.9 on the US charts. #TheBand #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1967: The Fabs make the cover of Time Magazine. Finally some press for those kooky mop tops! #Beatles #RockhonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1972: David Bowie kicks off his first North American tour at Music Hall in Cleveland, in support of his concept album, ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’. #DavidBowie #ZiggyPlayedGuitar #RockHonorRoll #ClevelandRocks

In The Rock 9/22/1982: The Who kick off their farewell tour at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. Technically, the tour has continues through 2025. #TheWho #Farewell #NeverStop #RockHonorRoll

Happy Birthday to Joan Jett, Runaway, Blackheart, guitar player, singer, songwriter, badass, rocker. Born In The Rock 9/22/1958. #JoanJett #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1978: Ramones release ‘Road To Ruin’. It’s Marky’s debut with the band, and features one of their biggest hits “I Wanna Be Sedated”. #Ramones #MarkyRamone #DaBruddas #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1958: Elvis Presley gives one last press conference in Brooklyn, NY, before joining the rest of the 3rd Armored Division on the USS General Randall for the trip to Bremerhaven, Germany. #Elvis #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1966: Grace Slick debuts with The Great Society. Later, she turns GS’s “Somebody To Love” into a signature hit with Jefferson Airplane. #GraceSlick #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/22/1968: Danny Fields signs Detroit’s own MC5 to Elektra Records. #MC5 #Motorcity5 #De2Roit #RockHonorRoll #DannyFields

In The Rock 9/21/1971: ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ debuts on BBC TV. The programme became a touchstone for great live music during its 26 year run, and lives on in glory via YouTube. #OldGreyWhistleTest #BBC #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/21/2011: Athens, GA’s R.E.M. call it quits after 31 years as America’s indy darlings turned pop superstars. #REM #IRSRecords #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/21/1985: Dire Straits reach the top of the Hot 100 Singles Chart for the first and only time with “Money for Nothing”, which spends three weeks in the #1 slot. #DireStraits #MTV #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/21/1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience release their cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower”, which hits number twenty on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, making it Hendrix’s only top forty single in the U.S. #JimiHendrix #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/21/1981: Adam And The Ants hit No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time with “Prince Charming”. #AdamAnt #princecharming #AntMusic #RockHonorRoll

Born In The Rock 9/21/1954: The late, great Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, drummer for Motörhead. #PhilthyAnimal #Motörhead #Lemmy #PhilTaylor #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/21/1979: Cheap Trick release ‘Dream Police’ on Epic Records. #CheapTrick #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/21/1968: Jeannie C Riley hits No. 1 on the Hot Country and Hot 100 singles chart with “Harper Valley PTA”, one of the most unlikely but undeniable crossover hits off all time. #JeannieCRiley #TomTHall #CocaineAndRhinestones #RockHonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/21/1968: Deep Purple hit #4 on the US Charts with their debut single “Hush”. #DeepPurple #Hush #RockHonorRoll

Happy birthday to Patrick Pentland, best known as songwriter/singer/guitarist/bass player/drummer in Sloan, proud Middle Sackville transplant, born in the rock 9/20/1969 in Newtonards, Northern Ireland. #Sloan #PatrickPentland #CanadianContent #RockHonorRoll