On This Date In Music

1906 - The Victor Talking Machine Company introduces the first record player for home use. It sells for $200 (about $4000 adjusted for inflation).

 

1964 - The Supremes started a two week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Where Did Our Love Go' the girl group's first No. 1.

1964 - Martha and the Vandellas record "Dancing In The Streets."

1970 - Bread went to No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Make It With You', the group's only No. 1 hit.

1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival started a nine-week run at No. 1 on the US album chart with their fifth studio album Cosmo's Factory. The name of the album comes from the warehouse in Berkeley where the band rehearsed. Bandleader John Fogerty was so insistent on practicing (nearly every day) that drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford began referring to the place as "the factory".

1979 - In Through the Out Door was released in the US, Led Zeppelin's last album while all four members were alive. 'Fool in the Rain' was released as a single in the US. In Through The Out Door has now been certified 6 times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for US sales in excess of 6 million copies.