https://youtube/watch?v=Ij4gc8iBDaI January 9: 1970, During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Pages 26th birthday. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck were all in the audience). The two and a quarter hour set was recorded and filmed but shelved for several decades, eventually seeing a release on a 2003 official DVD. 1971, Santana peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Black Magic Woman” which was their second top ten single in the U.S. 1971, The U.S. Jaycees present Elvis Presley with an award honoring him as one of the ten outstanding young men of America. Upon receiving the award, Presley makes a short speech. A recording of that speech was later made available on the soundtrack to the documentary This Is Elvis. 1973, Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing The Rolling Stones to cancel a forthcoming tour. 1974, The L.P. The Early Beatles turns Gold nine years after its release and nearly four years after the group split up. 1975, British heavy-metal band Deep Purple wins a gold reocrd for its eleventh album, Stormbringer. It is their fourth gold record, the others were for the albums Made in Japan (1972) and Who Do We Think We Are? (1973) and the single Smoke on the Water (1973). 1979, The music for UNICEF concert took place in New York City featuring Rod Stewart, The Bee Gees, Earth Wind and Fire, Abba and Donna Summer.
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