Today in Rock History – 20th AUGUST:

BIRTHDAYS
1941: Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
1942: Isaac Hayes
1948: Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
1949: Philip Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

1952: John Hiatt
1952: Doug Fieger (The Knack)
1966: “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott (Pantera / Damageplan)

EVENTS
1969: Frank Zappa disbanded The Mothers of Invention.
1979: Led Zeppelin released their final album, ‘In Through The Out Door’.
1986: Drummer, Rick Allen made his first live appearance since losing an arm in a car accident, when Def Leppard appeared at Donington.
1969: The Beatles worked together at Abbey Road studios for the last time. The final song they worked on was “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”.
1987: Lindsey Buckingham announced that he had quit Fleetwood Mac.
1990: Jimmy Page joined Aerosmith on stage for a blues jam at the Marquee Club, London.
2018: Death of guitarist, Eddie Willis, of The Funk Brothers [aged 82].
2020: Death of drummer, Frankie Banali, of Quiet Riot, Hughes/Thrall, Billy Idol Band, Dokken, Faster Pussycat & others [aged 68].

Happy 76th Birthday, Robert Plant! Undoubtedly one of the absolute finest singer / songwriter / frontman / artists of all time! Planty features greatly and sings his heart out in this wonderful number from ‘Houses of the Holy’, as featured in the film, ‘The Song Remains the Same’. One of the songs on my very long list of Led Zeppelin favourites…