OCTOBER 23
LED ZEPPELIN DIDN’T MAKE A LOT OF TV APPEARANCES. IT TOOK UNTIL 1976 FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR OFFICIAL US TV DEBUT ON DON KIRSHNER’S “ROCK CONCERT, AIRING PERFORMANCES OF “BLACK DOG” AND “DAZED AND CONFUSED” FROM THEIR FILM, “THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME.”
IN 1966, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE RECORDED THEIR FIRST SINGLE, “HEY JOE” AT DE LANE LEA STUDIOS IN LONDON. IT WOULD GO TO #6 IN THE UK, MAKING HENDRIX A STAR IN ENGLAND.
AND RECORD RELEASES ON THIS DAY INCLUDED THE BYRDS’ “TURN TURN TURN” IN 1965 . . . AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA’S “LIVIN’ THING” IN 1976.