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Rock and Metal history, September 18

1949: Kerry Livgren, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist of Kansas, was born in Topeka, Kansas.

1952: Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones bassist/songwriter) is born Douglas Glenn Colvin in Fort Lee, Virginia; he's raised in Berlin, Germany.

1961: Martin Beedle, drummer of the Cutting Crew, was born in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1967: The Doors released the single " People Are Strange".

1968: The Who's single "Magic Bus" was released in the U.K.

1970: Jimi Hendrix died in his apartment from an overdose of sleeping pills in London at the age of 27. lthough his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".

-Black Sabbath put out their second album, Paranoid, but only in the U.K. The record, which contained classics like "War Pigs," "Iron Man" and the title track, wouldn't get a U.S. release until early 1971.

1971: Pink Floyd performed "Atom Heart Mother" at the Classical Music Festival in Montreaux, Switzerland.

The Who scored their only #1 album in the U.K. with Who's Next.

1976: "More Than A Feeling" by Boston was released.

1978: The members of KISS all released solo albums. The members at the time were Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss.