This Week On The Charts 9/19/1994: The Stone Temple Pilots began a then-record 15 week run on top of the Album Rock Tracks Chart with “Interstate Love Song”. #STP #RockhonorRoll #StoneTemplePilots

Happy birthday Lita Ford, born in London, England, later she headed to the USA to rock. Lita was in The Runaways, solo artist, topped the charts with Ozzy. Born 9/19/1958. #LitaFord #RockhonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/19/1981: The Rolling Stones hit #1 on the Top 200 Album Chart for the ninth and last time with ‘Tattoo You’, which had a 9 week run on top. #RollingStones #Stones #RockhonorRoll

Bummerversary 9/19/1973: Gram Parsons departs for that big gig in the sky. Point of departure: Joshua Tree, CA. He was just 26 years old. #GramParsons #RockhonorRoll

In The Rock 9/19/2006: Sloan release ‘Never Hear The End of It’. Clocking in at over 76 minutes, it’s their longest album; it peaks at #48 on the heatseekers chart in the states. #Sloan #CanadianContent #LongOne #RockHonorRoll US 1/9/2007

In The Rock 9/19/1958: Elvis Presley leaves Fort Hood, TX via train en route to Brooklyn, NY, then off to Germany where he was to be stationed in the Army. #Elvis #InTheArmyNow #RockhonorRoll

This Week On The Charts 9/19/1970: The Rolling Stones’ final album for Decca, ‘Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!’ debuts at #1 on the U.K. Album Chart. #RollingStones #Stones #RockhonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/1970: Black Sabbath release ‘Paranoid’, acknowledged as one of the greatest Hard Rock albums of all time, it’s sold over 4 million copies in the US alone. #blacksabbath #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/1983: Kiss appear without makeup in public for the first time on MTV to promote the release of ‘Lick It Up’. #Kiss #RockHonorRoll

Born In The Rock 9/18/1952: The late, great Dee Dee Ramone, aka Douglas Colvin, co-founder, bassist, songwriter and occasional vocalist for The Ramones. #DeeDeeRamone #TheRamones #RockHonorRoll photo by Jenny lens, all rights deedeeramone dot com

In The Rock 9/18/1971: The Who hit #1 in the album chart in the UK for the first and only time with ‘Who’s Next’. #Who #RockhonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/1978: WKRP in Cincinnati debuts on CBS. Rock n’ Roll finally makes it to prime time TV, with a show that takes it, and the people who peddle the red hot magic of radio, as seriously as they take their comedy. #WKRP #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/1978: All 4 members of Kiss simultaneously release solo albums. Each album was certified Platinum, but in reality, sales were soft. Ace Frehley’s was the most successful record. #Kiss #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/76: Boston’s debut single “More Than A Feeling” is released. The flip side? The party track “Smokin’”, no extra charge. #Boston #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/18/2001: Wilco releases ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ chronicled by the film “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”. It’s hailed as a masterpiece. #Wilco #RockHonorRoll

Bummerversary 9/18/1970: James Marshall Hendrix joins the 27 club in a girlfriend’s apartment in London. Photo by Monika Danneman. #JimiHendrix #27Club #Bummerversary #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/17/1964: The Beatles play at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City. Openers included Jack Nead and the Jumping Jacks, The Bill Black Combo, The Exciters, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry & Jackie DeShannon. #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/17/1991: Guns N’ Roses release both ‘Use Your Illusion’ I & II with 4 million copies of each album shipping to record stores, at the time the largest ship-out of an album in the U.S. #GnR #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/17/1963: David Walker, aka Bunker Hill, with special uncredited backing back Link Wray and the Ray Men, release “The Girl Can’t Dance” on Mala records. It’s not a hit, but is it the first punk song? #BunkerHill #LinkWray #RockHonorRoll

In The Rock 9/17/1967: The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show & are banned from future appearances due to Jim Morrison singing the lyric “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” in “Light My Fire”. #TheDoors #EdSullivan #RockHonorRoll