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AT THE TENTH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS IN 1968, THE BEATLES’ MADE GRAMMY HISTORY WHEN THEIR EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND’, BECAME THE FIRST ROCK LP TO WIN ALBUM OF THE YEAR. IT REMAINS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, HAVING SOLD OVER 32 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
TODAY IN 1988 ROBERT PLANT RELEASED HIS FOURTH SOLO ALBUM, ‘NOW AND ZEN’. IT INCLUDES THE SINGLES “HEAVEN KNOWS” AND “TALL COOL ONE” THAT FEATURE HIS FORMER LED ZEPPELIN BANDMATE JIMMY PAGE ON GUITAR.
AND IN 1980 THE MASON CITY, IOWA POLICE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED BUDDY HOLLY’S GLASSES AND A WATCH OWNED BY THE BIG BOPPER IN A SEALED ENVELOPE IN A STORAGE VAULT. THESE ITEMS WERE FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE OF THEIR PLANE CRASH IN 1959 AND HAD BEEN FILED AWAY FOR 21 YEARS.
