FEB 21
TODAY IN 1972 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE “ROCK AND ROLL” BACKED WITH “FOUR STICKS” AS A 7 INCH SINGLE IN THE U.S. IT WAS THE SECOND TRACK ON THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘LED ZEPPELIN IV’.
REO SPEEDWAGON STARTED A 15-WEEK RUN AT THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD CHART IN 1981 WITH THEIR NINTH ALBUM ‘HI INFIDELITY’ FEATURING “KEEP ON LOVING YOU”, THE BAND’S FIRST NUMBER ONE HIT, AND THE TOP 5 HIT “TAKE IT ON THE RUN”. THESE SONGS HELPED “HI INFIDELITY” BECOME THE BIGGEST ALBUM OF 1981.
AND IN 2000 FOO FIGHTERS CANCEL A SHORT TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA SO THEY CAN PLAY “EVERLONG” FOR DAVID LETTERMAN ON HIS FIRST SHOW BACK FROM HEART SURGERY. THIS PERFORMANCE MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BAND AND LETTERMAN
