Less than $5 would have gotten you a ticket for the first concert of Led Zeppelin's 1971 North American tour that opened on this night in Vancouver, BC.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 19 include...

 

1939 Cream and Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker born.
1945 Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan born.

1977 Doobie Brothers release Livin' on the Fault Line.    

1980 Fans in Toronto riot when Alice Cooper cancels show due to illness. 

1989 Lou Reed breaks his ankle while doing a soundcheck and cancels his tour. 

1997 Fleetwood Mac releases The Dance. 
1999 John Mellencamp releases Rough Harvest.   

2003 Neil Young releases Greendale. 

2003 Sting is honored with Billboard's Century Award.

2005 Statue of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott unveiled in Dublin. 

2008 .38 Special records a CMT Crossroads segment.

2008 LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band dies in Hollywood hospital from complications related to a June ATV crash near his home in Virginia.

2010 Paul McCartney calls Bill Clinton and sings When I'm 64 on Clinton's birthday.