On this day 19 October

Jimmy Page instrumentals are The Best!

1988 19 October On This Day Jimmy Page Outrider Tour, Cleveland
♪  Emerald Eyes (Jimmy Page, Cleveland 1988) 

• 1966 The Yardbirds – Top of the Pops, Elstree, England at Elstree for 17 November broadcast
• 1968 Led Zeppelin - Liverpool, England at University of Liverpool (as The Yardbirds)
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at Kinetic Playground (two shows)
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Cleveland, OH at Cleveland Public Hall
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Buffalo, NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
• 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Los Angeles, CA at The Greek Theatre (day 2)

1966:as The Yardbirds

Top of the Pops (TOTP) was a BBC music show broadcast from 1964 to 2006. Each show featured the top bands of the week and ran down the music of the charts. While the show no longer exists as a weekly program, a special edition.is broadcast on Christmas Day and a weekly show airs performances from the BBC archives of the 1970s and 1980s.

A sample from Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love was used as the TOTP theme music for much of the 1970s, and from May 1998 to November 2003 a cover version was used.

1968  as The Yardbirds
It might come as a surprise to some, but Robert Plant can play musical instruments as well as sing. You might know about the harmonica, but there's a rumor he played a bit of bass on one of the earlier albums. I haven't tracked it down but if you know, please share!

1968 clipping about "Yardbirds" with Robert Plant on bass

1988 Jimmy Page, Outrider, Cleveland

2014 Jimmy Page on cover of November Classic Rock Magazine (Ross Halfin photo)

2014 Jimmy Page, November Classic Rock Magazine (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪  Jimmy Page/Outrider Tour (Cleveland OH at Cleveland Public Hall, 19 October 1988) 
♪  Page & Plant/Unledded Tour (Buffalo NY at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, 19 October 1995) 

♪ Soundcheck, Greek Theater day 2 

♪ Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes ( Los Angeles CA at The Greek Theatre (day 2), 19 October 1999)

On this day 16 October

 Awards, guest guitarists, and a toast

chris robinson video link

1999 16 October setlist

• 1970 Led Zeppelin receive Gold and Platinum disc awards at London’s Savoy Hotel
• 1988 Jimmy Page Outrider Tour - Bloomington, MN at Metropolitan Sports Center
• 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Cleveland, OH at Gund Arena
• 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - Worcester, MA at The Centrum Center 

1970:
For the second time in less than 12 months, Led Zeppelin received awards for record sales. On this day, Peter Grant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant received Gold and Platinum disc awards from Anthony Grant (no relation to Peter Grant), the British Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. The awards were for U.S. sales in excess of one million copies of Whole Lotta Love and for European sales of Led Zeppelin II, released in December 1969.

The previous year the boys had been awarded gold discs by a different parliamentary secretary, Gwyneth Dunwoody, who quipped, "you seem to be gas rockets rather than Led Zeppelins".

She was wrong. Led Zeppelin was beyond rockets by that point. They had already achieved warp speed.

1970 Led Zeppelin receive gold, platinum discs

1970 Led Zeppelin receive gold, platinum discs from Anthony Grant, UK parliamentary secretary for Board of Trade

1999:
In the video of Chris Robinson talking about working with Jimmy Page, Robinson says:  "Jimmy had done his thing with Robert and the Egyptian orchestra and stuff, but I don't think he maybe was fully satisfied with that..."

See?  I'm not the only one who thinks so.

On this day in 1999, Joe Perry showed up on stage to join in with the encore numbers, You Shook Me and Oh Well.  It wasn't the first time, but it's always special.

2012 Jimmy Page with Ian Hunter at Mott the Hoople film premiere (Ross Halfin photo)

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♪ Jimmy Page Outrider Tour (Bloomington, MN at Metropolitan Sports Center, 16 October 1988)
♪  Page & Plant (Cleveland OH at Gund Arena, 16 October 1995) 

♪  Jimmy Page/The Black Crowes (Worcester MA at Centrum Center, 16 October 1999)

♫  Chris Robinson on playing with Jimmy Page

On This Day 27 April

In 1977 Led Zeppelin was at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland and in 1985 The Firm performed there. Also on this day in 1969, Led Zeppelin was at Fillmore West for the last of their 4-day San Francisco run of performances.

1977 27 April Led Zeppelin in Cleveland

• 1968 Yardbirds - Brown University Wriston Quadrangle, Providence RI USA
• 1968 Yardbirds - Clarkson College, Potsdam NY USA
• 1969 Led Zeppelin - Fillmore West, San Francisco CA USA
• 1977 Led Zeppelin - Richfield Coliseum, Richfield OH USA
• 1985 The Firm - Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati OH USA

Cleveland Press 04/28/77 photo of Led Zeppelin

1985 March Pop Rock magazine (Canada)

1969 April 24 and 27 Led Zeppelin at Fillmore West
Jimmy Page and his dragon Telecaster

♪ Going to California (Led Zeppelin) YouTube
♪ Satisfaction Guaranteed (The Firm) YouTube