This Week In Classic Hits History (10/19-23)

Sadly, there are quite a few goodbyes this week.

October 19th, 1968:

Cream appeared at The Forum on their farewell tour. They recorded the show and the live recordings were part of 'Goodbye Cream' released the next year.

October 20th, 1977:

Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines from Lynyrd Skynyrd along with manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.

October 21st 1976:

Keith Moon played his last show with The Who at the end of a North American tour at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. It would be almost 2 years later, on September 7, 1978, Moon died of an overdose of a sedative Heminevrin, that had been prescribed to prevent seizures induced by alcohol withdrawal.

October 22nd, 1969:

Led Zeppelin released their second album, Led Zeppelin II. It took six months to record the album as it was recorded in between tours. Simply one of the best, and most influential recordings ever.

October 23rd, 1995:

Def Leppard reserved a place the Guinness book Of World Records, by playing three gigs in three continents in 24 hours. Tangier, London and Vancouver.