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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012

This Day in Music History: Wednesday, October 31st 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1967:  Rolling Stone Brian Jones is sentenced to nine months in Wormwood Scrubs prison for unlawful possession of cannabis. He is released in December.

1968:  Paul McCartney phones girlfriend Linda Eastman in New York and asks her (and her daughter Heather) to live with him in London.  They fly to England a few days later.  Linda will marry Paul the following March 12th.

1974:  The Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock and Roll, their final album with guitarist Mick Taylor, is certified gold.

1974:  Led Zeppelin hold a party at Chislehurst Caves in England to launch their Swan Song label.  The bash includes naked women climbing out of coffins.

1980:  John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" on Geffen Records.

2000:  U2 release their 10th studio album, All That You Can't Leave Behind.

2000:  Pearl Jam celebrate Halloween by dressing up like The Village People toward the end of their show in Mountain View, California.

2007:  Robert Plant scores his highest-charting album in his post-Led Zeppelin career as his duets album with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, bows at #2 on the Billboard album chart. 

2007:  Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley does his first solo show in more than 10 years at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York.  He does a selection of his solo material and KISS tunes, such as "Parasite," "Strange Ways," "Shock Me," "Love Gun," "Deuce" and "Cold Gin".

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