September 13

 

Rock lost a blue-collar hero on this date in 2019 when Eddie Money passed away at 70, ending the career of the Brooklyn-born rocker whose honest songs about working-class life gave us anthems like "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight."…

 

Television and rock merged today in 1993 when Max Weinberg traded his E Street Band drum kit for the bandleader's chair on NBC's new Late Night with Conan O'Brien, proving that rock drummers could master the art of late-night comedy timing…

 

Love at first sight struck today in 1959 when 24-year-old Elvis Presley met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu at a party at his German army base home, beginning the relationship that would eventually lead to marriage and one of rock's most famous unions…

 

Blood, Sweat & Tears' powerhouse vocalist David Clayton-Thomas celebrates his 84th birthday today, the Canadian singer whose dynamic voice transformed the jazz-rock band and delivered classics like "Spinning Wheel" with unmistakable authority…

 

Chicago's romantic voice Peter Cetera marks his 81st birthday today, the bassist and vocalist whose smooth tenor on ballads like "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and "Glory of Love" helped the band transition from jazz-rock to mainstream pop success…

 

Alternative music's confessional poet Fiona Apple was born today in 1977, the singer-songwriter whose raw emotional honesty and complex arrangements have made albums like "Tidal" and "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" critical masterpieces…

 

Music production's renaissance man Don Was celebrates his 73rd birthday today, the producer and record executive who has worked with everyone from Bonnie Raitt to The Rolling Stones while serving as president of Blue Note Records…

 

Rock nostalgia reached its cinematic peak today in 2000 when Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" opened in theaters, capturing the magic and mythology of 1970s rock journalism through the fictional band Stillwater and winning hearts worldwide.