Here’s the This Day In Music for the day. Enjoy.

Kev

 

– In 1963:  The Beatles recorded a television interview at Westward Television Studios in Plymouth, Devon, for a local teen program “Move Over, Dad”. Due to a large crowd of excited fans outside, The Beatles had to be smuggled from their dressing-room at the ABC Cinema, where they were scheduled to appear that night, into an adjacent building, then through a tunnel, to get to Westward Studios for the interview taping.

– In 1965: The Castiles, which featured a young singer called Bruce Springsteen appeared at The Fire House, Hazlet, New Jersey. The night was billed as a Teenage Go, Go Dance.

– In 1971: Santana scored their second US No.1 album with ‘Santana III’.

– In 1973: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr was killed in a car accident near Hernando, Mississippi. Lewis had been working as the drummer in his father’s band.

– In 1976: Led Zeppelin scored their seventh UK No.1 album with the film soundtrack to ‘The Song Remains The Same’, it peaked at No.2 on the US chart.

– In 1976: Rod Stewart started an 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Tonight’s The Night’. It was Rod’s second US No.1; it made No.5 in the UK after being banned by many radio stations due to song being about the seduction of a virgin.

– In 1981: U2 kicked off a 23 date North American ‘October’ tour at JB Scott’s in Albany, New York.

– In 1982: Men At Work started a 15-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album ‘Business As Usual’, which went on to sell over five million copies in the US.

– In 1987: Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on TV show Late Night with David Letterman.

– In 2000: The Beatles launched their first official website http://www.thebeatles.com. The site went live on the same day as the release of their retrospective ‘Compilation 1’ album.

– In 2002: The three surviving member of Led Zeppelin announced they were re-forming after 22 years for a US stadium tour.