On This Date In Music

1968 - The Doors' album Strange Days is certified gold.

 

 

 

1969 - Led Zeppelin's debut album was released in the UK and America. Recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, the album took only about 36 hours of studio time to complete at a cost of just $2,423, most of the tracks being recorded 'live' in the studio with very few overdubs. The album spent a total of 71 weeks on the UK chart.

1974 - The Steve Miller Band were at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'The Joker', the group's first of three No. 1's.