DECEMBER 27
ON THIS DAY IN 1967, BOB DYLAN RELEASED JOHN WESLEY HARDING, A STRIPPEDDOWN, FOLK-COUNTRY ALBUM THAT MARKED HIS SHIFT FROM ELECTRIC ROCK.
IN 1982 BILLY JOEL PLAYS A BENEFIT CONCERT IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AS HIS SONG “ALLENTOWN” MAKES ITS WAY UP THE CHARTS.
AND ON THIS DAY IN 1969, LED ZEPPELIN’S SECOND ALBUM, ‘LED ZEPPELIN II’, HIT #1 ON THE U.S. BILLBOARD 200. THE ALBUM INCLUDED ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC RIFFS IN ROCK HISTORY FROM “WHOLE LOTTA LOVE”.