Around The Ropes

This Week In Music History September 18th-24th September 18th 1983 - Kiss appeared without their makeup for the first time. It happened during an interview on MTV in which the band members were promoting the release of their newest album. 2014 - Taylor Swift was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Shake It Off", Swift's second No. 1 single in the U.S. and the 22nd song to debut at No. 1 in the chart's history. Birthdays:  Dee Dee Ramone, was born today in 1951 September 19th 1960 - Former chicken plucker Chubby Checker went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "The Twist" 1993 - Pearl Jam released their second studio album, Vs. The album set the record for the most copies of an album sold in its first week, a record it held for five years, despite the fact that the group declined to produce music videos for any of the album's singles Birthdays: (Mama) Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas was born today in 1941 September 20th 1969 - During a meeting in London between John Lenno