OCTOBER 22
LED ZEPPELIN II’ IS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1969. IT REACHES NO.1 IN BOTH THE U.K. AND U.S., GOING ON TO SELL OVER 12 MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S. ALONE. IT FEATURES THE EPIC LED ZEPPELIN TRACK “WHOLE LOTTA LOVE” AND SEVERAL OTHER CLASSICS.
IN 1982 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS RELEASE “YOU GOT LUCKY”, THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘LONG AFTER DARK’.
AND IN 1990, THE BAND MOOKIE BLAYLOCK, SOON BE KNOWN AS PEARL JAM, MAKE THEIR STAGE DEBUT AT THE OFF-RAMP CAFÉ IN SEATTLE. IN THE AUDIENCE ARE MEMBERS OF SOUNDGARDEN AND SEATTLE MARINERS PITCHER RANDY JOHNSON.