Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for Rocktober 6th

George gets an "A" -- Bowie records classic monster riffage -- Zep releases six different versions of the same thing...

10/6/1969 (47 years ago today) - It's a first time ever event for George Harrison when his song "Something" is released as the "A" side of a Beatles single; along with John and Paul's "Come Together", the 45 was easily destined to hit No. 1 four weeks later.

10/6/1972 (44 years ago today) - ...and it's one of the loudest tracks he ever recorded, too: At RCA Studios, New York City, David Bowie nails a perfect take for his classic "The Jean Genie", which will be the first single from his forthcoming "Aladdin Sane" LP. Mick Ronson's lead guitar work takes the track into over-drive, a real rip-snortin'-turn-the-amps-up-to-eleven masterclass in how to shred it good! Over in England the song reaches the No. 2 spot, making it Bowie's most commercially successful U.K. single to date! Did you know...?: the lyric "He's so simple minded/He can't drive his module" was where the band Simple Minds got their name from!

10/6/1979 (37 years ago today) - Led Zeppelin hit No. 1 on the U.S. chart with their last studio effort "In Through The Out Door" --There were six different versions of the album's cover, each depicting the same bar scene photographed from six different angles -- But, because the LP was also released with an el-cheap-o paper bag that didn't let you actually see the artwork, you never knew which album cover you would end up with until you got it home! Cheeky!

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