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The Cars' debut performance was a 1976 New Year's Eve gig at a New Hampshire Air Force base. This version of “My Best Friend's Girl” from a couple years later shows what the band's live shows looked like before they graduated to much bigger venues...

On this day in 1976, “God Save The Queen” by The Sex Pistols was recorded at the Wessex Studios in London, England.

On this day in 1989, Phil Collins' "Another Day In Paradise" started a 4-week run at #1 on the US singles chart, making it his 7th US solo #1.

On this day in 1969, Peter Paul and Mary scored their only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Leaving On A Jet Plane." And it's no surprise that United Airlines would go on to use the track in their television campaigns in the late 1970s.

On this day in 1987, Pet Shop Boys' "Always On My Mind" took the #1 spot on the UK singles chart. This third #1 single was first performed on "Love Me Tender," a TV special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Their performance was so well-received that the group decided to record the song and release it as a single.

Merry Christmas from the '80s (and vicinity)! Past Rhino Christmas collections have included New Wave and punk-themed sets, and here we have similar holiday hits sure to prove popular with alternative rock fans. Irish band The Pogues' only Top 10 single, “Fairytale Of New York,” casts a duet between the group's frontman Shane MacGowan and guest vocalist Kirsty MacColl as a bickering Christmas Eve between man and wife. A perennial favorite in the U.K., the song somehow manages to be caustic and nostalgic at the same time. Though its 1983 release came at a tough time for the band (then rebuildin

On this day in 1984, Duran Duran appeared on the "Razzmatazz Solid Gold Christmas Special," along with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Big Country, Ultravox, Paul Young and Wham! Duran Duran had recently announced their 3rd single "The Reflex" from the album, SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER.

On this day in 1975, CHICAGO IX - CHICAGO's GREATEST HITS started a five-week run at #1 on the US album chart. This made it Chicago's fifth #1 album. Here they are in the 70s performing the album's featured single, "I've Been Searchin' So Long."

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Led Zeppelin is now on Spotify. Starting today, the catalogue is being released in chronological order over the course of the week. Play now: http://spoti.fi/LedZep #StreamZeppelin Listen to Led Zeppelin I: http://open.spotify.com/album/70lQYZtypdCALtFVlQAcvx Listen to Led Zeppelin II: http://open.spotify.com/album/3ycjBixZf7S3WpC5WZhhUK