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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2012

This Day in Music History: Monday, October 15th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1968:  At Surrey University in England, the band briefly known as The New Yardbirds play its first show as Led Zeppelin.

1972:  Paul McCartney agrees to write the theme for the "James Bond" movie Live and Let Die.

1980:  Panorama becomes The Cars' third straight platinum album.

2000:  Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith atted a lecture by former Beatles producer George Martin at Harvard University.  Martin produced Aerosmith's 1978 version of "Come Together."

2006:  CBGB, the legendary New York punk club that gave rise to Patti Smith, The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Television and many other, closes its doors.

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