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Deep Purple released the band's only studio album featuring Tommy Bolin on guitar, “Come Taste the Band.” David Coverdale also sings on the album, before the formation of Whitesnake.
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- Deep Purple received a gold record for “Smoke On the Water”, which reached No. 4 in the US and sold more than two million copies. The award was presented by the Recording Industry Association of America.
- Deep Purple played the last of three concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Recordings from these performances were used on the live album Made in Japan.
- Deep Purple performed at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Deep Purple performed at the Terrace Ballroom in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Deep Purple’s “Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple” reached No. 1 on the UK album chart on August 2, 1980, becoming the band’s third album to reach the top of the UK charts.
- Deep Purple recorded “Speed King” in Studio 2 at Aeolian Hall. The recording was broadcast six days later on Symonds On Sunday.
- Deep Purple's song “Hush” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 83. It was recorded in just two takes and climbed to No. 4 five weeks later, becoming the group's first of eight hits on the chart.