JULY 29
“IT’S ONLY MONEY,” ACCORDING TO A POPULAR CLICHÉ. BUT WHEN IT’S $180,000 THAT’S MISSING, EVEN A GROUP AS BIG AS LED ZEPPELIN COULD FEEL THE STING. ON JULY 29, 1973, SOMEONE RIPPED OFF $180,000 IN CASH RECEIPTS FROM A HOTEL SAFE . . . MONEY COLLECTED FROM TWO SOLD-OUT LED ZEPPELIN CONCERTS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK CITY. POLICE BELIEVED IT TO BE AN INSIDE JOB.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUSH VOCALIST AND BASS PLAYER GEDDY LEE, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1953.
AND THE DOORS HIT #1 ON THE CHARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS DATE IN 1967 WITH “LIGHT MY FIRE.”