This Day in Music History: March 28

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We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

Today: March 28.

1964: Madame Tussauds in London, unveiled the wax works images of The Beatles. They were the first pop stars to be honoured.

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1968: Pink Floyd recorded a performance for the BBC 2 TV Omnibus: The Sound of Change show from Barnes Common, London, England. The special was produced by Tony Palmer and featured performances by Cream, The Who, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was broadcast later that year in the month of September.

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1973: Led Zeppelin released the album Houses Of The Holy in the UK. The title of the album was a dedication by the group to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed 'Houses of the Holy'.

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1976: Genesis started their first North American tour since Peter Gabriel decided to leave the band, as they appeared in Buffalo, New York. Phil Collins replaced Gabriel as the lead singer.

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1981: Blondie started a two week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Rapture', the band's fourth US No.1 and the first No. 1 song in the US that featured rap and its lyrics, notable for name-checking hip-hop pioneers Fab Five Freddy and Grandmaster Flash.

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2001: The artist formerly known as both Puffy and Puff Daddy said in an interview he made to MTV, that from now on, he wants to be known as P. Diddy. In August 2005, Puff Daddy changed his stage name to "Diddy."

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