This Day In Rock History: September 20th
1963: Marvin Gaye released “Can I Get a Witness,” a song composed by Motown writing and production trio Holland-Dozier-Holland. According to writer Eddie Holland, Gaye originally complained that the song was above his vocal range, but after hearing Holland perform it once, Gaye recorded it in a single take, leading Holland to later call Gaye “the most versatile vocalist [he] ever worked with.”
1982: Poco released their fifteenth studio album, Ghost Town. It was the band’s first release on Atlantic Records and their final album to feature the lineup that played on their 1978 breakthrough LP, Legend.
1983: The first ARMS Charity Concert was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis. Initially intended to be a single event, it had been the idea of former Small Faces and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane, who ultimately succumbed to the disease. Billed as The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS, the concert featured a star-studded lineup of British musicians that included Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Andy Fairweather Low, Bill Wyman, Kenney Jones, and Charlie Watts. It was also the first time that Clapton, Beck, and Page—all former lead guitarist for the Yardbirds—performed onstage together. The event was such a success, the musicians involved decided to perform an additional nine shows in the US, with appearances by Joe Cocker, Paul Rodgers, and Ronnie Lane himself.
1999: Yes released The Ladder, the group’s eighteenth studio album and only LP with six full-time members following the addition of guitarist Billy Sherwood and keyboardist Igor Khoroshev.
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