On This Date In Music

1967 - Marvin Gaye recorded his version of 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'. The song was also recorded by The Miracles and Gladys Knight and the Pips.

1973 - Led Zeppelin's album Houses Of The Holy is certified Gold.

1976 - Peter Frampton went to No. 1 on the US album chart with 'Frampton Comes Alive', one of the biggest selling 'live' albums in rock history. It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 6 million copies in the US. Frampton Comes Alive! was voted Album of the year in the 1976 Rolling Stone readers poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks.