On this day in rock (May 9th)
1981 "You Better You Bet" by the Who peaks at Number 18 on the pop chart.
1988 Now And Zen by Robert Plant is certified platinum.
1992 "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, which was originally released in 1975, peaks at Number Two on the pop chart. That same day, Classic Queen peaks at Number Four on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1992 Bruce Springsteen debuts his new live band, featuring the musicians from the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums, on Saturday Night Live.
1998 Walking Into Clarksdale by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant enters the album chart at its peak position of Number Eight.
2000 "Drifter" by Paul Rodgers is released.
2003 Ozzy Osbourne leaves Sony Music after 23 years with the label. He later re-signs with the company.
2003 Pantera vocalist Philip Anselmo makes it official that he has quit the band to concentrate on his other act, Superjoint Ritual.
2004 Velvet Revolver, featuring former members of Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses, plays a secret "warm-up" show in Hollywood, California, prior to the start of their first national tour.
2005 Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland shoots a solo performance for Last Call With Carson Daly.
2006 Who singer Roger Daltrey, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer singer-guitarist Greg Lake, and Argent singer-guitarist Russ Ballard are among the musicians who perform at the Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London to raise money for two U.K. children's charities -- the Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal and Camp Simcha.
2006 The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their ninth studio album, a two-CD, 28-song set called Stadium Arcadium.
2007 The first annual High Line Festival kicks off in New York City, with co-founder David Bowie as its first curator.
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1988 Now And Zen by Robert Plant is certified platinum.
1992 "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, which was originally released in 1975, peaks at Number Two on the pop chart. That same day, Classic Queen peaks at Number Four on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1992 Bruce Springsteen debuts his new live band, featuring the musicians from the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums, on Saturday Night Live.
1998 Walking Into Clarksdale by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant enters the album chart at its peak position of Number Eight.
2000 "Drifter" by Paul Rodgers is released.
2003 Ozzy Osbourne leaves Sony Music after 23 years with the label. He later re-signs with the company.
2003 Pantera vocalist Philip Anselmo makes it official that he has quit the band to concentrate on his other act, Superjoint Ritual.
2004 Velvet Revolver, featuring former members of Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses, plays a secret "warm-up" show in Hollywood, California, prior to the start of their first national tour.
2005 Velvet Revolver lead singer Scott Weiland shoots a solo performance for Last Call With Carson Daly.
2006 Who singer Roger Daltrey, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer singer-guitarist Greg Lake, and Argent singer-guitarist Russ Ballard are among the musicians who perform at the Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London to raise money for two U.K. children's charities -- the Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal and Camp Simcha.
2006 The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their ninth studio album, a two-CD, 28-song set called Stadium Arcadium.
2007 The first annual High Line Festival kicks off in New York City, with co-founder David Bowie as its first curator.
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