On This Date In Music

1968 - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin but billed as The New Yardbirds at Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark). A local review stated; 'Their performance and their music were absolutely flawless, and the music continued to ring nicely in the ears for some time after the curtains were drawn after their show. We can therefore conclude that the new Yardbirds are at least as good as the old ones were'.

 

1976 - ABBA were at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dancing Queen', the group's fourth UK No. 1 single and their only US No. 1 chart topper. The song was a No. 1 hit in over a dozen countries and stayed at the top of the Swedish charts for 14 weeks.

 

1987 - In the UK, Pink Floyd release A Momentary Lapse of Reason, their first album without founding member Roger Waters.

 

1997 - Fleetwood Mac went to No. 1 on the US album chart with 'The Dance'. The album went on sell over 5 million copies in the US alone and spawned three singles in the USA: 'Landslide', 'The Chain' and 'Silver Springs', and earned the band three Grammy nominations in 1998.

2010 - Queen’s 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was voted the greatest ‘song of all time’ by lighter company Zippo. Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven', was voted in at No. 2 and Meat Loaf's ‘I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)’ was at No. 3 in the survey.