Rock and Metal History, September 7
1936: Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley), was born in Lubbock, TX. His name was misspelled on his first record contract and he decided to leave it that way.
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).
1978: Keith Moon drummer with The Who, died of a overdose of heminevrin prescribed to combat alcoholism.
1985: David Bowie and Mick Jagger were at No.1 on the UK singes chart with their version of the Martha Reeves and The Vandellas 1964 hit 'Dancing In The Street.' The song had been recorded as part of the Live Aid charity appeal.
1987: "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" was released by Pink Floyd. It was the first release after Roger Waters departure.It is the thirteenth studio album,by EMI and Columbia.
1988: Metallica released the album "And Justice For All." It is the fourth studio album,released via Elektra Records. This was the last album to feature songwriting contributions from Cliff Burton who died in 1986.The album was reissued on November 2, 2018 on vinyl, CD, and cassette formats, as well as receiving a deluxe box set treatment with bonus tracks and unreleased video footage.
2010: Queen’s 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was voted the greatest ‘lighter in the air 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.
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