Fox Facts: September 8

2017 - Neil Young's Hitchhiker is finally released.

2015 - The Who postponed four shows of their 50th Anniversary Tour to give singer Roger Daltrey time to recover from an unspecified virus. 

2007 - Lynyrd Skynyrd is inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Atlanta.

1993 - Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) appear on stage together for the first time, performing at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles.

1988 - It's the finale of a 4-day "garage sale" where Elton John cleans house, which in his case looks like a high-end Hoarders.

1987 - Rush bring back Peter Collins, producer of Power Windows, for Hold Your Fire.

1978 - David Bowie releases his second live album, Stage.

1976 - Peter Frampton gets invited by President Gerald Ford to spend the day at the White House.

1973 - The Allman Brothers started a five week run at the top of the US album chart with "Brothers And Sisters", the group's only US #1 LP. 

1972 - Neil Young's girlfriend, the actress Carrie Snodgrass, gives birth to his first child, a son Zeke, who has cerebral palsy. His next child, Ben, also has the condition.

1955 - In an attempt to hide the wrinkles in his suit, Chuck Berry does the duck walk for the first time.

1947 - The Cars bassist Ben Orr is born Benjamin Orzechowski in Lakewood, Ohio.

1945 - Kelly Groucutt (bassist and co-lead vocalist for Electric Light Orchestra) is born Michael William Groucutt in Coseley, Staffordshire, England.

1932 - Country singer Patsy Cline is born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Virginia.


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