Today in Rock n' Roll History

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1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Cosmo's Factory'. It enjoyed a nine-week run at No.1 in the US where it sold over three million copies.
　
　1975 Wish You Were Here,' Pink Floyd's long-awaited followup to 'Dark Side of the Moon,' is released. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a side-long epic about their troubled ex-leader Syd Barrett, is its centerpiece.

1987 Michael Jackson kicked of his Bad World Tour by playing the first of three sold-out nights at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. By the end of the 123-date tour, Jackson had played to over 4million fans across fifteen countries.

1990 Could this be the end of Fleetwood Mac? Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie both think so, as they announce they will no longer sing with the soft rockers. The band reunited at President Clinton’s inauguration in 1993.

2003 Johnny Cash passes away.

2003 The Beatles sue Apple computers, alleging their iTunes store infringes copyrights on the logo of their Apple Corps record label.

2007the surviving members of Led Zeppelin announced they would reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones would play at a show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. The place of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, would be taken by his son Jason. The one-off concert, the trio's first performance for 19 years, would take place at the O2 arena in London on 26th November with tickets costing £125. All profits from the show would go towards scholarships in Ertegun's name in UK, the USA and Turkey, the country of his birth.

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1963 Graham Nash fell out of The Hollies van after a gig in Scotland. Nash checked to see if the door was locked, it wasn't and he fell out as it travelled at 40 m.p.h.

1969 John and Yoko flew to Canada with the Plastic Ono Band to perform at the Rock & Roll Revival Show in Toronto, Canada, featuring Eric Clapton on guitar.Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White were put together so late that they had to rehearse on the plane from England. Also making an appearance at the concert were Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley, The Doors and Alice Cooper. Lennon later released his performance as the Live Peace in Toronto 1969 album.

1980 Jackson Browne scored his only US No.1 album with 'Hold Out'.

1985 MTV presents the second annual "MTV Video Music Awards" from Radio City Music Hall. The host is Eddie Murphy and Video of the Year goes to Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer (he won total 4 prizes) . "Best Concept Video: Smuggler‘s Blues by Glenn Frey.

2000 Elton John threw a tantrum when he was set to appear at a sell-out show at the Estoril Casino near Lisbon. Elton was unhappy after the audience were slow in leaving a VIP dinner before the concert, Elton left the building and flew home on his private jet without playing a note.

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2000 Elton John threw a tantrum when he was set to appear at a sell-out show at the Estoril Casino near Lisbon. Elton was unhappy after the audience were slow in leaving a VIP dinner before the concert, Elton left the building and flew home on his private jet without playing a note.

Such a diva!

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1968 Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burnt down, his two eldest sons both died in the blaze. Orbison was on tour in the UK at the time of the accident.

1974 Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Jesse Colin Young and Joe Walsh all appeared at Wembley Stadium, London, England.

1979 The film Quadrophenia was released. Based on The Who’s 1973 rock opera the film featured Phil Daniels, Toyah Willcox, Ray Winstone, Michael Elphick and Sting.

1979 Led Zeppelin's 'In Through the Out Door' begins its seven-week run at Number One on the US charts.

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1979 Led Zeppelin's 'In Through the Out Door' begins its seven-week run at Number One on the US charts.

We have 6 copies!!

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1966 John Lennon makes his first appearance away from the Beatles in the role of Private Gripweed in Richard Lester's film 'How I Won the War'. He writes "Strawberry Fields Forever" during the filming.

1975 Pink Floyd released their follow-up to 'The Dark Side of the Moon' in the US. 'Wish You Were Here' consisted only five tracks, one of the tracks ‘Have a Cigar’ featured Roy Harper on vocals.

1979 Led Zeppelin scored their sixth US No.1 album when 'In Through The Out Door' started a seven-week run at the top of the charts.

1982 Queen performs at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, in what turns out to be their last U.S. concert.

2004 Johnny Ramone passes away after a fight with prostate cancer.

2008 Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Rick Wright died aged 65 from cancer.

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2008 Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Rick Wright died aged 65 from cancer.

So sad. Crazy to think it's been two years. Rick always seemed like such a sweet, gentle guy, and he was an integral (but probably underrated) part of Pink Floyd. He had a great voice and harmonised perfectly with David Gilmour. 'Echoes' is a prime example of how good they sounded together.

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[Koala]

1925 B.B. King was born in Indianola, MS.

1963 ‘She Loves You’ by The Beatles was released by Swan Records in the US. Although the song is currently number one in the UK, ‘She Loves You’ was ignored in the US until 1964 when it would reach the top of the US Pop chart.

1970 Led Zeppelin won 'best group' in the Melody Maker readers Poll. This was the first time in eight years that The Beatles hadn't won 'best group.'

1970 Neil Young's third solo album, 'After the Gold Rush,' is released. It peaks at #8 and yields a major hit, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart“.

1989 U2 jammed with B.B. King on a boat rented for the blues legends 64th birthday in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

2004 Green Day unveil their new rock opera, American Idiot, on the first date of their national tour in Hollywood.

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1970 Led Zeppelin won 'best group' in the Melody Maker readers Poll. This was the first time in eight years that The Beatles hadn't won 'best group.'

Na na na na na na

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1923 Hank Williams was born in Mount Olive, Alabama.

1931 The first 33 and a third LP players were launched by RCA victor at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in New York.

1964 police arrived at a Rolling Stones gig at the ABC Theatre in Carlisle, England, after a trouble broke out with the 4,000 fans at the concert.

1967 The Doors were banned from The Ed Sullivan Show after Jim Morrison broke his agreement with the show’s producers. Morrison said before the performance that he wouldn’t sing the words, “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher,” from 'Light My Fire' but did anyway. The Doors also performed their new single 'People Are Strange.'

1983 Paul Young scored his first UK No.1 album with his debut release 'No Parlez.' The album returned to the top of the charts on four other occasion's spending a total of 119 weeks on the chart.

1991 Over 4 million copies of Guns N' Roses album, 'Use Your Illusion I' and 'Use Your Illusion II' were simultaneously released for retail sale, making it the largest ship-out in pop history in the US.

1996 a bomb was found at a South London sorting office addressed to Icelandic singer Bjork. Police in Miami had alerted the post office after finding the body of Ricardo Lopez who had made a video of himself making the bomb and then killing himself.