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Kept A-Rollin' is recorded by The Tiny
Bradshaw Band. The song will later migrate to the rock'n'roll
community where it will be covered by numerous bands including
The
Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith.
Pat Wayne And The Beachcombers record a cover version of Chuck Berry's song Roll Over Beethoven, at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe. Guitarist on the session is Jimmy Page, later to play for The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.
Little known singer Robert Plant releases Our Song, the second of three solo singles before he joins Led Zeppelin.
The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on Guitar, play the first of three nights at Thee Image Club, Miami, Florida, USA.
Robert Plant plays at Three Men In A Boat, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK, Europe. Plant will find greater fame after joining Led Zeppelin.Vanilla Fudge play the first of two nights at The Kinetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois, USA, supported by Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull.
Led Zeppelin, Buddy Guy, Jack Bruce, Buddy Miles, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Chris Mercer are recorded and filmed in an abandoned factory in Staines, Middlesex, UK, for a music film entitled Supershow.
P.J. Proby releases the album Three Week Hero on Liberty Records. His backing musicians on the album include all four members of Led Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin play the first of two nights in The Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Led Zeppelin, Woody Herman And His Orchestra and Delaney And Bonnie play the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York City, USA.
Led Zeppelin play the last of three nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA, supported by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
The Bee Gees begin a four-week run at No1 in the Billboard US singles chart with How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? On the same day, Led Zeppelin play the first of two nights at Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, as warm-up shows for their upcoming American tour.
When Led Zeppelin play at the Subiaco Oval, Perth, Western Australia over-enthusiastic fans have to be restrained by police.
Led Zeppelin come to the end of a Japanese tour with a show at the Kaikan Hall, Kyoto.
Led Zeppelin play at the Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. On the same day, Sparks play at The Marquee Club, London, supported by Queen.
Led Zeppelin play the last of three consecutive nights at The Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Led Zeppelin play the first of two nights at The Eisstadion, Mannheim, Germany, Europe.When Robert Plant plays at Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, his Led Zeppelin colleague Jimmy Page joins him onstage for an encore.
On his Manic Nirvana tour, Robert Plant plays at at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
When Aerosmith play at The Marquee Club, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe, they are joined by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame.
While accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ivor Novello Awards ceremony in London, England, UK, Europe, Phil Collins announces his retirement from live performing to enable him to concentrate on bringing up his two young sons at his home in Switzerland. The award is presented to Collins by his old friend Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.
A Night With Robert Plant on BBC2 tv in the UK, features a documentary entitled By Myself, his recent Electric Proms gig plus a compilation of Plant's appearances on the live music tv show Later.Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy play at The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert Plant And The Band Of Joy play at The MGM Grand Theater at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA.When Donovan performs his classic album, Sunshine Superman, in its entirety at The Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, he is joined by guitar legend Jimmy Page to re-create the album's original sound.
President Barack Obama presents Led Zeppelin and Buddy Guy with America's greatest cultural honour, The Kennedy Center Award, at an event in The White House, Washington, DC, USA.District Court Judge Juan Sánchez in Eastern Pennsylvania, USA, denies grounds for dismissal or transfer of a lawsuit against Led Zeppelin, in which the band Spirit is asserting that Zeppelin stole much of the music for the song Stairway To Heaven from the Spirit instrumental, Taurus.
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters play a Forest Live gig at Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK.1948 |
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