A once-banned single returns to go to the top -- Zep makes a bunch of money for kids -- The Eagles last hurrah, for awhile anyways...

10/20/1962 (53 years ago today) - Well, it's that time of year...: Bobby 'Boris' Pickett And The Crypt Kickers start a two week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Monster Mash". It didn't become a hit in England until 1973 when it reached No. 3 on the chart -- the BBC had deemed it offensive and for eleven years it never got any airplay...

10/20/1976 (39 years ago today) - Led Zeppelin's film "The Song Remains The Same" has its premiere as a fund-raiser in New York City -- over $25,000 is donated to the Save the Children fund.

10/20/1979 (36 years ago today) - It's their fourth U.S. No. 1 LP and the first of nine-weeks-in-a-row at the top for The Eagles with "The Long Run", dethroning Led Zepppelin's "In Through The Out Door"! It was tough to follow-up "Hotel California", but the album still had three hit singles: "Heartache Tonight" was a #1 (for which they also won a Grammy Award), and both the title cut and "I Can't Tell You Why" hit #8. It will be their last studio album for 28 years -- "Long Road Out Of Eden" isn't released until 2007.

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