Today in Music August 22nd

In 1977, Peter Frampton was, indeed, coming “alive” as he played the first of three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden.

In 1979, Led Zeppelin released In Through The Out Door. The record cover was one of the most expensive and elaborate covers ever produced (moisten the inside foldout album cover artwork and it turns colors). Last album before John Bonham passed.

In 1987, Bruce Springsteen joined The Band’s Levon Helm onstage at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, for impromptu renditions of “Up On Cripple Creek” and “Lucille.”

In 1964, It was a day that will live in infamy: The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles was reportedly selling 25,000 copies a day. “Al-v-i-i-n-n-n-n!”