2007 Led Zeppelin play a one-off show at the O2 Arena in London, the biggest reunion in rock history. John Bonham's son, Jason, plays drums at the show, which is hailed by critics and fans as triumphant.
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1967 Otis Redding dies at age 26 when his personal Beechcraft plane crashes into Lake Monona near Madison, Wisconsin. Members of his road band The Bar-Kays also die in the crash; the only survivor is the band's trumpet player Ben Cauley. One month later, "Dock of the Bay" is released, becoming the first #1 song issued after the artist's death.
2015 The TV movie Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors airs on NBC.
1953 The first issue of Playboy magazine is published (Marilyn Monroe is on the cover). Over the next two decades, "playboy" shows up in several hit songs: "Playboy" by Marvelettes (1962) "He's Just A Playboy" by The Drifters (1964) "Playboy" by Gene & Debbe (1968) "International Playboy" by Wilson Pickett (1973)
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