AUGUST 12 |
TODAY IN 1968 ‘THE NEW YARDBIRDS’, LATER TO BE KNOWN AS ‘LED ZEPPELIN’ WITH JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES, AND JOHN BONHAM REHEARSED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A STUDIO IN LONDON’S WEST END. THE FIRST SONG THEY PLAYED WAS A VERSION OF “TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN.”
IN 1991 ‘METALLICA’ RELEASE THEIR FIFTH ALBUM, WHICH IS SELF-TITLED BUT COMMONLY KNOWN AS ‘THE BLACK ALBUM’. IT GOES TO #1 IN EIGHT COUNTRIES AND INCLUDED THE ROCK HITS “ENTER SANDMAN”, “THE UNFORGIVEN”, “NOTHING ELSE MATTERS” AND OTHERS.
AND BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE MARK KNOPFLER OF DIRE STRAITS. THE SINGER, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER IS 74.
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