APRIL 2
TODAY IN 1975 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THE SINGLE “TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT” FROM THEIR DOUBLE ALBUM ‘PHYSICAL GRAFFITI’. IT BECAME A STANDARD PART OF LED ZEPPELIN CONCERTS FROM 1975 ONWARDS, BEING PLAYED ON EVERY TOUR UNTIL 1980.
ON THIS DAY IN 1977, FLEETWOOD MAC’S “RUMOURS” WAS #1 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART – THE SECOND ALBUM WITH STEVIE NICKS AND LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM. IT HELD THE TOP SPOT FOR A TOTAL OF 31 NON-CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.
AND IN 1983, PINK FLOYD’S ALBUM, “THE FINAL CUT” WAS RELEASED IN THE U.S. IT WAS THEIR LAST WITH FOUNDING BASSIST AND SONGWRITER ROGER WATERS.