SEPTEMBER 17
TODAY IN 1973 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THE SINGLE “D’YER MAK’ER” (“JAMAICA”) FROM THEIR ‘HOUSES OF THE HOLY’ ALBUM. THE TITLE IS A PLAY ON THE WORDS “DID YOU MAKE HER?” BEING PRONOUNCED AS “JAMAICA” WHEN SPOKEN IN AN ENGLISH ACCENT.
GUNS N’ ROSES RELEASE TWO STUDIO ALBUMS ON THIS DAY IN 1991, ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION I’ AND ‘USE YOUR ILLUSION II’. THEY INCLUDED SUCH HITS AS “LIVE AND LET DIE”, “NOVEMBER RAIN”, “KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR” AND “YOU COULD BE MINE”.
AND IN 1997 FLEETWOOD MAC KICK OFF A 44-DATE REUNION TOUR IN HARTFORD IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RECENTLY RELEASED LIVE ALBUM ‘THE DANCE’.