Events in Music History in September 1970

Music History

Sep 3 Bill Haley & His Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia

Sep 4 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defects to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in London and is granted political asylum

Sep 11 American rock guitar legend Jimi Hendrix gives what becomes his final interview with NME's Keith Allston, in England

Sep 15 Decca awards Bing Crosby a second platinum disc for selling 300 million records

Sep 19 1st Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Tyrannosaurus Rex headlines; other performs include: Wayne Fontana, Steamhammer, Duster Bennett, Al Stewart, Amazing Blondel, Keith Christmas, Quintessence, and Stackridge

Sep 20 Jim Morrison found guilty of "open profanity and indecent exposure" after allegedly exposing himself at a concert in Miami in 1969

Sep 25 Ringo Starr releases his 2nd solo album "Beaucoups of Blues", a collection of country music recorded in Nashville, Tennessee