On September 7th, 2010 Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” was voted the greatest “lighter in the air song of all time” by lighter company Zippo. I am guessing that that would be the phone-in-the-air anthem nowadays! Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”, was voted in at No. 2 and Meatloaf’s “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” was at No. 3 in the survey.
Meanwhile, in 1985 on 7th September David Bowie and Mick Jagger were at Number 1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Martha Reeves and The Vandellas 1964 hit “Dancing In The Street.” The song was recorded to raise money for Live Aid/ Band Aid. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at Wembley Stadium and Jagger at the JFK Stadium, but someone recognised that there would be a half-second delay making the idea impossible to achieve. But aside from all that satellite shenanigans stuff, is this one of the worst-ever cover versions? I certainly think so!
7th September 1968 saw Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham make their live debut, allegedly, as Led Zeppelin, albeit billed as The New Yardbirds at the Teen Club in Gladsaxe (a suburb on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark). Around 1,200 young folks attended the show at Egegard School. Teen Club President Lars Abel, while introducing the New Yardbirds on stage called Robert Plant Robert Plat!
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