On This Date in Music

1968 - Jimi Hendrix Experience released their version of 'All Along the Watchtower'. Dave Mason from Traffic and Rolling Stone Brian Jones both played on the recording.

1968 - Deep Purple made No. 4 on the US singles chart with their debut single 'Hush'.

 1974 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive release "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."

1977 - Meat Loaf released his second studio album Bat Out Of Hell. It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide (and still sells over 200,000 copies per year). The first single released from the album 'You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth' failed to chart when first released.

1992 - ABBA, which split up in 1982, release Gold: Greatest Hits, which in America becomes by far their best-selling album, moving over 6 million copies.