This day in music... 22 August

22 August 2011 - 12:23 By Times LIVE
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Former frontman of rock supergroup Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant.
Former frontman of rock supergroup Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant.
Image: Ints Kalnins

What happened in the music industry on this day.

1956: Elvis Presley began working on his first movie, Love Me Tender.

1962: The first TV appearance of The Beatles was recorded by Manchester-based Granada TV, who filmed a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club Liverpool.

1978: Sex Pistol Sid Vicious made his last live stage appearance when he appeared with Rat Scabies from The Damned, former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and Nancy Spungen at London's Electric Ballroom.

1979: Led Zeppelin released In Through the Out Door, their last album of original material.

2007: Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes was arrested on suspicion of racially abusing a member of staff at a Thai restaurant in Soho, London.

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