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On This Day, May 14, 1988: Surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited for Atlantics 40th anniversary concert

Wednesday, May 14 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, May 14, 1988 ...The surviving members of Led Zeppelin — Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones — reunited to perform at the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. They were backed on... Read More.

On This Day, Jan 20, 1988: The Beatles, Bob Dylan are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Monday, January 20 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, Jan 20, 1988...The Beatles and Bob Dylan were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in a ceremony held in New York.The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger inducted the band into the Rock Hall. George Harrison and Ringo... Read More.

On This Day, Jan. 16, 1988: George Harrison hit #1 with Got My Mind Set On You

Thursday, January 16 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, Jan. 16, 1988 ...George Harrison hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Got My Mind Set On You,” a cover of a 1962 track originally recorded by James Ray.The recording was produced by ELO’s Jeff Lynne, who also played bass... Read More.

On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988: Poison landed their only #1 song with ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’

Tuesday, December 24 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, Dec. 24, 1988 ...Glam rockers Poison landed their first and only #1 song with the power ballad “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.” The song, from the band’s sophomore album, Open Up and Say … Ah!, spent three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot... Read More.

On This Day, Dec. 4, 1988: Roy Orbison played his final concert

Wednesday, December 4 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, Dec. 4, 1988 ...Roy Orbison performed what would be his final concert at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The concert featured performances of such Orbison classics as “Crying,” “In Dreams,” “Only the Lonely,” “Oh, Pretty Woman”... Read More.

On This Day, Nov. 19, 1988: Bon Jovi scored their third #1 with Bad Medicine

Tuesday, November 19 by Lakes Media Music News

On This Day, Nov. 19, 1988 ...Bon Jovi topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Bad Medicine,” the lead single from their fourth album, New Jersey.The song, written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Desmond Child, was the band’s third #1 single following the Slippery... Read More.

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