Happy Birthday: Jimmy Page, guitarist The Yardbirds, The Firm and Led Zeppelin and a great producer, born on this day in 1944.
1963 – Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones
1970 – During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Page’s 26th birthday. The show was eventually released by Led Zeppelin on DVD in 2003.
1973 – Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing The Rolling Stones to cancel a forthcoming tour.
1984 – Van Halen’s 1984 album was released and would go on to sell more than 10 million copies.
2005 – Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil marries his fourth wife at a ceremony in Las Vegas officiated by MC Hammer.
2014 – Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti, 4. Bruce Springsteen – The River, 3. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street, 2. Pink Floyd – The Wall, and winning the poll was The Beatles – The White Album.