Rock and Metal History, a day like today March 21
- Rock Lab Radio
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min read
1950 - Roger Hodgson (of Supertramp) is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
1961 - The Beatles played their first ever evening show at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, supporting The Swinging Bluegenes
1971 - Led Zeppelin appeared at the Boat Club, Nottingham, England on their 'Back To The Clubs' tour. This was the first tour which saw Zeppelin performing 'Stairway To Heaven', 'Black Dog' and 'Going To California'.
1983 - Pink Floyd's last album with Roger Waters, The Final Cut, is released in the UK.
1987 - U2 scored their third UK No.1 album with The Joshua Tree featuring the singles 'Where The Streets Have No Name', & 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For'.
1988 - Lynyrd Skynyrd releases Southern by the Grace of God, their second live album.
1991 - Leo Fender, who pioneered the electric guitar, passed away at the age of 81
2004 - Ozzy Osbourne was named the nation's favourite ambassador to welcome aliens to planet earth. The 55-year-old singer came top of a poll as the face people want to represent them to alien life.
2013 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon was set to seal its place in history at the US Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry.
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