Rock and Metal history, September 15
1941: Signe Anderson, the original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, is born in Seattle, Washington. She is raised in Portland, Oregon.
1945: Lee Dorman (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Douglas Lee Dorman in St. Louis, Missouri.
1968: Jim Morrison collapses during Jefferson Airplane's set at a concert in Amsterdam, forcing The Doors, who are sharing the bill, to go on as a trio.
1979: Bob Dylan released the album "Slow Train Coming.", his 19th album. It was his first religiously themed album. All of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy.
Led Zeppelin's album In Through The Out Door hits #1 in the US, displacing Get The Knack by The Knack. It stays on top for seven weeks, but ends up being their swan song when drummer John Bonham dies a year later.
1982: At the Los Angeles Forum, Queen play their last American concert with Freddie Mercury, who dies nine years later. Michael Jackson joins the band backstage before the show. On Queen's subsequent tours with Mercury, they skip America.
1984: Purple Rain, which had taken over from Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen, was #1 on the Album chart for the seventh week for Prince.
1990: Steve Miller had the #1 song in the U.K. with "The Joker"
1998: "Mechanical Animals" was released by Marilyn Manson.
2004: Guitarist/songwriter Johnny Ramone (of The Ramones) dies of prostate cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, at age 55.
2008: Rick Wright (keyboardist for Pink Floyd) dies of cancer in London, England, at age 65.
2019: The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek dies at 75.
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