Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy got its release on this day in 1973. The group's 5th studio album's title track ended up not making the cut and was saved for Physical Graffiti.
Most of the album was recorded in the Rolling Stones mobile studio outside Mick Jagger's Hampshire home, with a bit more work done at Olympic Studios in London and New York's Electric Lady Studios.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on March 28 include...

 

1964 Beatles become the first rockers on display at Madame Tussauds wax museum.

1969 Joe Cocker does his first US concert.

1970 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's single cover of Joni Mitchell's Woodstock gets released.

1974 The Raspberrys disband.

 

 

1976 Genesis opened their first US tour without Peter Gabriel at the New Century Theater in Buffalo, NY. 

1982 David Crosby gets arrested and charged on cocaine and handgun possession counts in LA.

 

 

1981 Pete Townshend joins the Grateful Dead on three songs in Essen, Germany.

1990 Steven Adler is bounced from Guns N' Roses.

1992 Ozzy Osbourne is injured when some fans rushed the stage during the Randy Rhoads memorial concert.

1996 Phil Collins announces his departure from Genesis.

2000 Jimmy Page is awarded a settlement from a publication that published an account that he had contributed to the death of John Bonham.

2005 U2 opens Vertigo tour in San Diego.

2010 Rush is inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame.