JANUARY 12
TODAY IN IN 1969, LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM FEATURING THE CLASSICS “GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES”, “DAZED AND CONFUSED” AND “COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN”. THE ALBUM WENT ON TO SELL 8 MILLION COPIES IN THE U.S. ALONE.
IN 1974 THE WHO RELEASE “THE REAL ME” FROM THE BAND’S SECOND FULL-SCALE ROCK OPERA, ‘QUADROPHENIA’.
LED ZEPPELIN, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, NEIL YOUNG, & JANIS JOPLIN ARE AMONG THE ARTISTS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ON THIS DAY IN 1995.