On This Date In Music

1969 - Chicago Transit Authority releases their self-titled, debut album. For their next album, the group shortens their name to Chicago.

1973 - Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon went to No. 1 in the US. The album went on to enjoy a record-breaking 741 discontinuous weeks on the Billboard chart, and has now sold over 45 million copies world-wide. After moving to the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart, the album notched up a further 759 weeks there, and had reached a total of over 1,500 weeks on the combined charts by May 2006.

1982 - The California State Assembly Consumer Protection Committee heard testimony from "experts" who claimed that when 'Stairway To Heaven' was played backward, contained the words: "I sing because I live with Satan. The Lord turns me off, there's no escaping it. Here's to my sweet Satan, whose power is Satan. He will give you 666. I live for Satan." They could never pick the words out.