This Week's Music History Highlights...

September 2nd : 1965, The Doors recorded their first demos at World Pacific Jazz Studios in Los Angeles, California, where they cut six Jim Morrison songs.

September 3rd : 1965, A Rolling Stones gig in Dublin, Ireland ended in a riot after 30 fans jumped onto the stage.  Jagger was knocked to the floor as the rest of the band fled the stage.

4th : 1971, from the album 'Ram', Paul and Linda McCartney went to #1 on the US singles chart with 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey', released only in the US and his first US solo #1.  Paul explained "Uncle Albert" was based on his real-life uncle. "He's someone I recall fondly... As for Admiral Halsey, he's one of yours, an American admiral", Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

September 5th : 1970, Janis Joplin started recording sessions recording a version of the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster song 'Me and Bobby McGee'.  Joplin, topped the US singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second posthumous #1 single in US chart history after '(Sittin' by) The Dock Of The Bay' by Otis Redding.

September 6th : 1980, The Jam were at #1 on the UK singles chart with 'Start!', the group's second UK #1 and taken from the band's 5th album Sound Affects.

September 7th : 1968, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The New Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe. 1,200 teens attended the show. A local review stated; 'Their performance and their music were absolutely flawless, and the music continued to ring nicely in the ears for some time after the curtains were drawn after their show. We can therefore conclude that the new Yardbirds are at least as good as the old ones were'.

September 8th : 1973, Marvin Gaye started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with 'Let's Get It On', which only reached #31 in the UK.