SEPTEMBER 12
THE MONKEES, TV’S ANSWER TO THE BEATLES, MADE THEIR NETWORK DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1966. DAVY JONES, MICKEY DOLENZ, PETER TORK, AND MIKE NESMITH WERE CAST AS THE ZANY ROCK BAND.
TODAY IN 2007, THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN ANNOUNCED THEY’D REFORM AT LONDON’S O2 ARENA TO PLAY A TRIBUTE TO ATLANTIC RECORDS FOUNDER, AHMET ERTEGUN. IT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH CONCERT SINCE 1980.
AND IN 1981, “THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S OTHER BALL,” A LIVE BENEFIT FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, WAS RECORDED IN LONDON. THE MOSTLY COMEDY EVENT HAD MUSIC FROM STING, PHIL COLLINS, ERIC CLAPTON AND JEFF BECK.