Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today May 5
1973
Led Zeppelin breaks the Beatles' record before 56,800 people in Tampa
On May 5, 1973, Led Zeppelin played to 56,800 people at Tampa Stadium in Florida, beating the attendance record the Beatles had set at Shea Stadium in 1965. It confirmed a changing of eras: rock was no longer a teenage-scream phenomenon but a stadium industry. And Page and Plant's band was, beyond argument, the biggest on the planet.
Led Zeppelin
1988
Adele is born, the voice that brought classic drama back to pop songwriting
On May 5, 1988, Adele Adkins was born in London — the singer who proved that even in the streaming era, records could still sell by the tens of millions. Heir to classic soul and the British ballad, she turned heartbreak into collective catharsis with '21' and '25'. Her success reordered the industry: giant voices moved back to the center of the business.
Adele
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