Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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SEPTEMBER 7 

ON THIS DAY IN 1968 JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES AND JOHN BONHAM MAKE THEIR LIVE DEBUT AS LED ZEPPELIN, BUT BILLED AS THE NEW YARDBIRDS, AT TEEN CLUB IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, SETTING THE STAGE FOR THEIR ICONIC CAREER.  

IN 1988, INXS, THE NEW SENSATION FROM AUSTRALIA, ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, TAKING HOME FIVE TROPHIES, INCLUDING VIDEO OF THE YEAR, FOR “NEED YOU TONIGHT/MEDIATE”.  

BEST KNOWN AS THE FOUNDING MEMBER AND GUITARIST/VOCALIST OF ‘THE PRETENDERS’, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO 2005 ROCK AND ROLL HALL INDUCTEE CHRISSIE HYNDE WHO TURNS 73 TODAY.