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A new sports arena, The Boston Garden, opens in Boston, Massachusetts. In the 70s it will become a major music venue with gigs by Elvis Presley, The Jackson 5, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead and many more.
Keith Grant, a recording engineer who will become widely-known for his work at London's Olympic Studios on tracks by The Beatles, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, Queen, The Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker and others, is born in Freebridge, Norfolk, UK.
John Baldwin is born in Sidcup, Kent, UK. He will become better known as John Paul Jones, bassist for Led Zeppelin.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals. Peter Grant, the future manager of Led Zeppelin, and record producer Mickie Most both attend this show.
UK pop idol Dave Berry
records his biggest hit, The Crying Game, for Decca Records in
London, UK. Session guitarists on the track are Jimmy Page, later to find
global success with Led Zeppelin, and the estimable Big Jim Sullivan.
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Rod Stewart records his first solo single, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, in London, UK. Bassist for the session is John Paul Jones, later to play for Led Zeppelin
Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy play at The Speakeasy, London, England, UK, Europe. Robert Plant will go on to greater fame as a member of Led Zeppelin.Tim Rose plays at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, plus Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy. (Plant will go on to become the vocalist of Led Zeppelin].
The New Yardbirds, later to re-name themselves Led Zeppelin, play two gigs in one day. First is at Raventlow Park, Falster, Denmark, Europe, and second is at Fjordvilla Roskilde, Denmark, Europe.
Led Zeppelin play their first American gig, as support to Vanilla Fudge and Spirit in The Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, USA.Led Zeppelin play at the Whiskey a Go Go, Los Angeles, California, USA, supported by Alice Cooper.
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Butterfly, Led Zeppelin and Porter's Popular Preachers play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Vanilla Fudge play the second of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull.
On the same day that Led Zeppelin plays at the Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe, weekly pop newspaper Disc publishes an interview with their bassist John Paul Jones.The group playing as The Nobs tonight in the KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe, is actually Led Zeppelin. The name change is necessary to avoid legal action by Frau Eva Von Zeppelin who objects to "four shrieking monkeys abusing my family name."
Led Zeppelin perform Stairway To Heaven live for the first time, during a show at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe. (Editor's note : It's worth remembering that there's a Highway To Hell but only a Stairway To Heaven. Maybe that says something about how many folks go to each of them.)
Led Zeppelin record a live In Concert show for BBC Radio in the Paris Theatre, London, UK.
Led Zeppelin finish their fifth UK tour at the Preston Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire.
Led Zeppelin are awarded a US gold disc by the RIAA for their album Houses Of The Holy.
Paul Revere And The Raiders come to the end of a month of shows at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. On the same day, Led Zeppelin play at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The ceiling of the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End collapses, bringing the lengthy run of the hippy musical Hair to an untimely end. On the same day, Led Zeppelin play at Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jim Croce reaches No1 in the Billboard US Top 40 singles chart with Bad Bad Leroy Brown. On the same day, Led Zeppelin play at the Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Led Zeppelin play at The Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. On the same day, Sparks play at The Marquee Club, London, UK, supported by Queen.
Led Zeppelin release the LP The Song Remains The Same, which is the soundtrack to the concert film of the same name.
Led Zeppelin play the second of two nights at The Eisstadion, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.
Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is found dead in bed by road manager Ben Lefevre, at the home of guitarist Jimmy Page, The Old Mill, where he had collapsed into sleep and had to be carried up to bed. The previous day he had been drinking heavily.The funeral of John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, takes place in Rushnock, Hereford, England, UK, Europe.The Honeydrippers - a band formed by Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin - play at The Boat Club, Nottingham, UK.
The Honeydrippers, featuring Robert Plant, play at the Brunel Rooms, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.Jimmy Page plays with Les Paul at his 72nd birthday party in the Hard Rock Café, New York City, USA.
Wonderwall by Oasis is chosen as the Best Ever British Song in a poll of listeners carried out by the UK’s Virgin Radio.
The top ten songs chosen in the Vigin Radio poll were :
1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
4. The Beatles - Let It Be
5. John Lennon - Imagine
6. The Police - Every Breath You Take
7. The Jam - Going Underground
8. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
9. Robbie Williams - Angels
10. The Stranglers - Golden Brown
The top ten songs chosen in the Vigin Radio poll were :
1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
4. The Beatles - Let It Be
5. John Lennon - Imagine
6. The Police - Every Breath You Take
7. The Jam - Going Underground
8. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
9. Robbie Williams - Angels
10. The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant join forces for today's edition of popular tv series CMT Crossroads in the USA.
Robert Plant, vocalist of Led Zeppelin, is awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List in the UK.The five-day long Byron Bay Bluesfest continues at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, Byron Bay, Australia. Artists appearing today include Status Quo, The Blind Boys Of Alabama [with Charlie Musselwhite], Dropkick Murphys, Iggy Pop And The Stooges and Robert Plant.
Metallica headline the Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset, UK. Also playing today are Jack White, Robert Plant, Lana Del Rey, Kelis, Jake Bugg, Pixies, Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, MGMT, Bryan Ferry, George Ezra and others
Robert Plant plays at the NextWave Festival in Howard Gillman Opera House / BAM, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters play at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England, UK, Europe.1928 |
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