Possibly, you may also want to consider stepping down the voltage to about 3v, If you have an adjustable power supply, drop the volatage to 3V then test the LED alone, you could have easily blown it, I know I've popped a whole lot of them.
Also if you still have any of the packages make sure none of them say "Bi Polar" if not, one by one flip everything but the transistor, (save this one for last) and test each different position, after you test one, flip it back and try the next.
It's very easy to miss this one.
But I'd first try testing the LED, if it comes on, check all your connections, make sure you didn't do something trivial like connecting a resistor horizontally on your breadboard.