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This Day in Music History

Posted: 1:04 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2012

This Day in Music History: Friday, October 5th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1970:  Led Zeppelin 3 is released in the US.

1988:  The Smashing Pumpkins plays their first show, at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago, and are paid $50 for their troubles.

1991:  Guns N' Roses debuts in the two top positions on the Billboard album chart.  Use Your Illusion II enters at #1; Use Your Illusion I at #2.

1993:  The Beatles' 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 red and blue compilations are released on CD in the US.

1999:  Ozzy Osbourne announces he wants Black Sabbath withdrawn from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot because the honor is "meaningless."

2005:  Robert Plant joins Pearl Jam on stage at their Hurricane Katrina benefit concert at Chicago's House of Blues to sing Led Zeppelin's "Going to California" and to duet with Eddie Vedder on "Fool in the Rain."

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