July 1
•    1971: Jethro Tull’s single “Aqualung” goes gold
•    1970: Casey Kasem’s “The American Top-Forty” radio show debuts in eleven U.S. cities
•    1969: Sam Phillips sells Sun Records
July 2
•    1980: Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and manager Joel Rifkin of the Grateful Dead are arrested in San Diego for interfering in the drug-related arrest of a concert-goer
July 3
•    1969: Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool
July 4
•    1982: Ozzy Osbourne marries manager Sharon Arden
July 5
•    1943: Robbie Robertson of The Band is born
July 6
•    1976: Rapper 50 Cent is born Curtis Jackson
•    1957: 15-year-old Paul McCartney and 16-year-old John Lennon meet at a church picnic near Liverpool
July 7
•    1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “Relax” becomes Britain’s all-time biggest selling single
•    1980: The original lineup of Led Zeppelin performs for the last time
•    1975: Hoards of teenage girls storm an Arkansas jail holding Keith Richards for reckless driving
•    1940: Ringo Starr is born
July 8
•    1970: Beck is born Beck David Campbell
•    1962: Joan Osborne is born
July 9
•    1995: Jerry Garcia plays with the Grateful Dead for the last time at Chicago’s Soldier Field; he will die of a heart attack in one month
•    1975: Jack White of The White Stripes is born
•    1971: Doors lead singer Jim Morrison is buried at Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France
•    1964: Courtney Love is born Love Michelle Harrison
•    1946: Bon Scott, original lead singer of AC/DC, is born
July 10
•    1965: Wilson Pickett releases the single “In the Midnight Hour”
•    1947: Arlo Guthrie is born
July 11
•    1969: David Bowie releases “Space Oddity” as an ode to American space travel to the moon
•    1959: Ritchie Sambora of Bon Jovi is born
July 13
•    1985: Live Aid, a concert to benefit world hunger, takes place at Wembley Stadium in England and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia
•    1942: Roger McGuinn is born
July 16
•    1981: Harry Chapin dies in a car accident on the way to a benefit concert in New Jersey
•    1977: “Easy” by The Commodores goes to #1
July 17
•    1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience opens for The Monkees at N.Y.’s Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
July 20
•    1968: “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida” by Iron Butterfly enters the charts
•    1965: Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is released by Columbia Records
July 21
•    1990: Roger Waters performs “The Wall” at  the former site of The Berlin Wall
•    1986: The album Appetite For Destruction is released by Guns N’ Roses
July 22
•    1996: Slayer is sued by the parents of a teenage girl who feel the band’s lyrics drove three boys to torture, rape and ultimately stab their daughter to death
•    1965: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman are ordered to pay five pounds each after being arrested for urinating on a London gas station
July 23
•    1980: Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux dies two days after a car accident
•    1980: Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham and manager Peter Grant are arrested at The Oakland Coliseum for beating up three employees working for promoter Bill Graham
July 24
•    1971: T-Rex’s hit “Get It On” is #1 in the U.K.
July 25
•    1969: Neil Young makes his first appearance with Crosby, Stills & Nash at The Fillmore East
•    1965: Bob Dylan plugs in his guitar and is booed at the Newport Folk Festival
July 29
•    1974: Mama Cass Elliott dies in her London apartment from a heart attack at the age of 32
•    1968: The Byrds leave for a tour of South Africa without Gram Parsons, who claimed he refuses to enter a country that allows apartheid. It was later discovered that Parsons stayed in the U.K. in order to hang out with the Rolling Stones. The decision ended Parsons tenure with The Byrds
July 31
•    1976: (More cowbell!) “Don’t Fear the Reaper” is released by Blue Oyster Cult

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June 1
•    1974: Alanis Morissette is born
•    1969: During their “bed-in,” John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance” with friends Tommy and Dick Smothers and Timothy Leary
•    1968: Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” hits #1
•    1967: The Beatles release Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S.
•    1947: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is born
June 2
•    1970: B-Real of Cypress Hill is born Louis Freeze
•    1941: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born
June 4
•    1967: The Monkees win an Emmy Award for their comedy television series
June 5
•    1977: Alice Cooper’s boa constrictor dies when a feeder rat bites it; Alice holds a public audition to replace the snake
•    1971: Grand Funk Railroad sell out Shea Stadium in 72 hours (less time than The Beatles)
•    1956: Saxophonist Kenny G is born
June 6
•    1990: 2 Live Crew’s As Nasty As They Wanna Be LP is deemed obscene by a federal judge in Florida
•    1960: Steve Vai is born
•    1955: “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & the Comets hits #1
June 7
•    1993: Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to a symbol
•    1946: Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman is born
•    1940: “What’s New Pussycat” singer Tom Jones is born
June 9
•    1934: Jackie Wilson is born
•    1915: Les Paul is born
June 10
•    1910: Howlin’ Wolf is born Chester Burnett
June 11
•    1969: David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” is released to coincide with the first lunar landing
June 12
•    1977: Kenny Wayne Shepherd is born
•    1951: Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick is born
June 14
•    1961: Boy George is born George O’Dowd
June 15
•    1973: American Graffiti opens in New York City
•    1956: John Lennon (15) and Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time (Lennon’s group The Quarrymen are performing at a church dinner)
•    1937: Waylon Jennings is born
June 16
•    1971: Rapper Tupac Shakur is born Lesane Parish Crooks
•    1967: Rock’s first major festival, The Monterey International Pop Festival, takes place, with Jimi Hendrix, Mamas and The Papas, The Who, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Otis Redding and many more.
June 17
•    1946: Barry Manilow is born Barry Allan Pinkis
June 18
•    1942: Paul McCartney is born
June 19
•    1948: Nick Drake is born
June 20
•    1980: Billy Joel scores his first #1 hit with “It’s Still Rock & Roll”
•    1955: Van Halen bass player Michael Anthony is born
•    1949: Lionel Richie is born
•    1942: Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is born
June 22
•    1936: Kris Kristofferson is born
June 23
•    1990: Police find 62 grams of marijuana and “homemade pornography” during a raid of Chuck Berry’s home
June 24
•    1942: Mick Fleetwood is born
June 25
•    1984: Prince’s album Purple Rain sets a record when 1.3 million copies are sold in one day
•    1963: George Michael is born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
•    1945: Carly Simon is born
June 26
•    1974: Sonny and Cher divorce
•    1957: Patti Smyth is born
•    1956: Chris Isaak is born
June 27
•    1989: At New York’s Radio City Music Hall, The Who perform their rock opera “Tommy” in its entirety for the first time in 17 years
•    1971: New York’s Fillmore East, the heralded rock venue, is closed
June 29
•    1967: Keith Richards is sentenced to one year in jail on drug charges
June 30
• 1975: Cher marries Gregg Allman only four days after divorcing Sonny Bono

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May 1
• 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu

May 2
• 1980: Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” is banned by the South African government

May 3
• 1928: James Brown is born

May 4
• 1970: Four students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State are shot by National Guardsmen

May 7
• 1946: Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is born

May 8
• 1955: Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is born

May 10
• 1957: Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols is born John Simon Beverly

May 13
• 1966: Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish is born
• 1950: Stevie Wonder is born

May 14
• 1998: Frank Sinatra dies in Los Angeles
• 1952: David Byrne of The Talking Heads is born

May 15
• 1945: The first U.S. album chart is introduced

May 16
• 1966: The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds

May 17
• 1980: Kiss drummer Peter Criss leaves the band
for a solo career

May 19
• 1945: Pete Townshend of The Who is born

May 20
• 1972: Busta Rhymes is born
• 1944: Joe Cocker is born

May 22
• 1979: Cheap Trick’s album Live at Budokan goes platinum
• 1975: “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels raises his previous cash offer to The Beatles to reunite and appear on the show.
• 1959: Morrissey is born Stephen Patrick Morrissey in Manchester, England

May 24
• 1969: Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes is born
• 1941: Bob Dylan is born Robert Zimmerman

May 26
• 1994: Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson marry
• 1926: Miles Davis is born

May 31
• 1948: John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is born

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April 1
• 1984: Marvin Gaye’s father shoots him twice and kills him
• 1948: Jimmy Cliff is born
April 2
• 1947: Emmylou Harris is born
• 1939: Marvin Gaye is born
April 3
• 1996: MC Hammer files for bankruptcy
• 1948: Bassist Berry Oakley is born
April 4
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March 1
• 1969: Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested during a Miami concert for indecent exposure
• 1944: Roger Daltrey of The Who is born
March 2
• 1967: The Beatles’ song “Michelle” is named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards
• 1944: Lou Reed is born
March 4
• 1966: John Lennon tells a London newspaper that The Beatles are “more popular than Jesus right now”
March 5
• 1963: Patsy Cline is killed in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee
March 7
• 1955: Carl Perkins’ classic “Blue Suede Shoes” enters the R&B charts
March 8
• 1973: Grateful Dead keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan dies of cirrhosis of the liver
• 1968: The Fillmore East, owned by promoter Bill Graham, opens in New York City
March 9
• 1997: The Notorious B.I.G. is shot and killed
March 12
• 1955: Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker dies of heart failure at the age of 34
• 1948: Singer/songwriter James Taylor is born
March 15
• 1947: Guitarist Ry Cooder is born
• 1944: Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is born
March 16
• 1963: Peter, Paul and Mary release the single “Puff the Magic Dragon”
• 1959: Rapper Flavor Flav of Public Enemy is born William Drayton
March 17
• 1967: Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is born
• 1917: Singer/jazz musician Nat “King” Cole is born
March 18
• 1970: Queen Latifah is born Dana Elaine Owens
March 19
• 1982: Randy Rhoads dies in a plane accident
March 20
• 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry
March 25
• 1947: Elton John is born Reginald Kenneth Dwight
• 1942: Aretha Franklin is born
March 26
• 1948: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is born
• 1827: Ludwig Van Beethoven dies in Austria
March 27
• 1986: Sammy Hagar debuts as lead singer of Van Halen
March 29
• 1969: Perry Farrell of Porno for Pyros and Jane’s Addiction is born
March 30
• 1945: Eric Clapton is born Eric Patrick Clapp
March 31
• 1959: Angus Young of AC/DC is born

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February 1
• 1992: “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred tops the singles charts
• 1968: Lisa Marie Presley is born exactly 9 months after Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s wedding
• 1964: Governor of Indiana declares “Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen pornographic
• 1952: Rick James is born (bitch!).
• 1949: RCA Victor introduces the 45 RPM record
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January 1
• 1962: The Beatles perform their first record company audition for Decca Records and are not signed
January 2
• 1943: Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash is born
January 3
• 1946: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is born
• 1945: Steven Stills of Crosby, Stills and Nash is born
January 4
• 1960: Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is born
January 5
• 1940: FM radio is unveiled to America’s Federal Communications Commission; within a year, clear and static-free FM radio is available to the public
• 1923: Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records, is born
January 6
• 1964: The Rolling Stones embark on their first headlining tour
•    1957: Elvis Presley makes his third and final appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show;” bowing to pressure from moralists, Sullivan orders that Presley only be filmed from the waist up to avoid broadcasting his now famous swivel hips dance style
•    1946: Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd is born Roger Barrett
•    1924: Earl Scruggs is born
January 7
•    1958: Gibson registers patent for the Flying V Model Electric Guitar
January 8
•    1991: Steve Clark of Def Leppard dies
•    1947: David Bowie is born David Robert Jones
•    1946: Robbie Krieger of The Doors is born
•    1935: Elvis Presley is born
January 9
•    1950: David Johansen of The New York Dolls is born
•    1944: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is born
•    1941: Joan Baez is born
January 10
•    1976: Blues legend Howlin’ Wolf dies at the age of 65
•    1953: Pat Benatar is born Patricia Andrzejewski
•    1948: Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is born
•    1945: Rod Stewart is born
•    1943: Jim Croce is born
January 11
•    1964: Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire becomes the first country album to top the U.S. pop album chart
•    1963: Whiskey A-Go-Go opens on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles
January 14
•    1970: Diana Ross plays her last show with The Supremes before embarking on a solo career
•    1968: LL Cool J is born James Todd Smith on Long Island
January 15
•    1967: The Rolling Stones appear on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and, at Sullivan’s request, change the lyrics from “Let’s spend the night together” to “Let’s spend some time together”
•    1949: Ronnie Van Zandt of Lynyrd Skynyrd is born Ronald Wayne Van Zandt
January 17
•    1955: Steve Earle is born
January 19
•    1981: Chris Wright, the chairman of the British Phonograph Industry, predicts the new cassette format will cause the death of vinyl
•    1943: Janis Lynn Joplin is born
January 20
•    1982: Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance
•    1950: Paul Stanley of Kiss is born
January 21
•    1941: Ritchie Havens is born
January 22
•    1960: Michael Hutchence of INXS is born
•    1931: Sam Cooke is born
January 23
•    1953: Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is born
•    1910: Django Reinhardt is born
January 24
•    1947: Warren Zevon is born
•    1941: Neil Diamond is born Noah Kaminski
January 26
•    1957: Eddie Van Halen is born
January 27
•    1984: Michael Jackson suffers second and third degree burns to his head and neck after his hair catches fire from sparks from pyrotechnic effects during the filming of a Pepsi commercial
January 29
•    1952: Tommy Ramone of The Ramones is born Thomas Erdelyi
January 30
•    1982: Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins dies
•    1969: The Beatles perform together for the last time atop the roof of Apple Records’ headquarters in London; authorities stop the performance 42 minutes into the set during “Get Back” because of noise complaints
January 31
•    1956: Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols is born Johnny Lydon

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December 1
•    1983: Neil Young is sued by Geffen Records for producing albums that are “not commercial in nature and musically uncharacteristic of his previous albums”
•    1982: Epic Records releases Thriller - Michael Jackson’s first solo album in three years
December 2
•    1970: Jay-Z is born Shawn Corey Carter
•    1967: The Monkees set a record by achieving four Number One albums in the same year
•    1906: Peter Carl Goldmark, the inventor of the LP, is born
December 3
•    1979: Eleven Who fans are trampled to death rushing to gain admittance for general seating at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum
•    1948: Ozzy Osbourne is born John Michael Osbourne
December 4
•    1993: Frank Zappa dies of pancreatic cancer at age 52
December 5
•    1932: Little Richard is born Richard Wayne Penniman
December 6
•    1988: Roy Orbison dies of a massive heart attack at the age of 52
•    1969: The Rolling Stones headline a free show at Altamont Speedway in California; the Hell’s Angels handle security and stab a man to death during the show (See: Gimme Shelter)
•    1956: Randy Rhodes is born
December 7
•    1949: Tom Waits in born
•    1942: Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin is born
December 8
•    1980: John Lennon is gunned down in front of his N.Y.C. apartment building after returning home from a recording session with his wife Yoko Ono
•    1947: Gregg Allman is born
•    1943: Jim Morrison is born
December 10
•    1967: Otis Redding dies in a plane crash
December 11
•    1964: Sam Cooke is shot and killed by hotel manager Bertha Franklin
•    1958: Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx is born
•    1957: Jerry Lee Lewis secretly weds his third wife, third cousin Myra Gale Brown
•    1940: David Gates of Bread is born
December 12
•    1949: Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company is born
•    1943: Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band is born
•    1915: Frank Sinatra is born
December 13
•    1948: Ted Nugent is born
•    1968: Iron Butterfly’s epic song “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” goes gold
December 16
•    1966: “Hey Joe” is released as the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s first single
•    1950: Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is born
December 18
•    1970: Rapper DMX is born
•    1943: Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is born
December 19
•    1955: Carl Perkins records his original version of “Blue Suede Shoes”
December 20
•    1950: Alex Chilton of Big Star is born
December 22
•    1949: Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees are born
•    1946: Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is born
December 23
•    1966: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is born
•    1955: Bruce Hornsby is born
December 24
•    1961: “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” becomes the first African song to hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts
•    1945: Lemmy of Motorhead is born
December 25
•    1946: Jimmy Buffett is born
December 26
•    1968: Led Zeppelin begins its first U.S. tour
•    1951: Jazz guitarist John Scofield is born
•    1940: Legendary music producer and “Wall of Sound” creator Phil Spector is born
December 27
•    1932: Radio City Music Hall opens to the public in New York City’s Rockefeller Center
•    1952: David Knopfler (the younger brother of Mark Knoplfer) of Dire Straits is born
December 30
•    1999: George Harrison is stabbed several times after he and his wife, Olivia, are attacked by an intruder in their home outside London
•    1945: Davy Jones of The Monkees is born
•    1942: Michael Nesmith of The Monkees is born
•    1928: Bo Diddley is born
December 31
•    1984: Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car accident in England
•    1952: Singer/guitarist George Thorogood is born
•    1943: John Denver is born John Henry Deutschendorf

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November 1
•    1969: After a seven year absence, Elvis Presley returns to Billboard’s number one position with “Suspicious Minds”
•    1962: Anthony Kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is born
November 3
•    1954: Adam Ant is born Harry Beetle
•    1972: James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in a NYC apartment
November 4
•    1940: Delbert McClinton is born
November 5
•    1974: Ryan Adams is born
•    1959: Bryan Adams is born
•    1946: Gram Parsons of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers is born
•    1971: At the end of a Minneapolis concert by “The King,” announcer Al Dvorin says, “Elvis has left the building” for the first time
November 6
•    1948: Glenn Frey of The Eagles is born
November 7
•    1973: The Rolling Stones begin their first tour of the U.S. in three years, in Denver
•    1943: Joni Mitchell is born
November 8
•    1949: Bonnie Raitt is born
November 9
•    1993: Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee is arrested for trying to take a gun on an airplane
•    1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone is published in San Francisco and comes with a free ‘roach clip’
•    1970: Susan Tedeschi is born
November 11
•    1972: At the age of 24, Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley is killed in a motorcycle accident, three blocks from where guitarist Duane Allman was killed
November 12
•    1999: Gary Glitter is sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to child pornography charges
•    1970: The Doors make their last concert appearance while in New Orleans
•    1945: Neil Young is born
•    1955: Chuck Berry is awarded “Most Promising Artist” by Billboard
November 14
•    1964: Rapper Run, of Run D.M.C., is born Joseph Simmons
November 15
•    1969: Janis Joplin is arrested in Florida for vulgar and indecent language

November 16
•    1978: Queen performs at Madison Square Garden with several nude women riding around the stage on bicycles for “Fat Bottomed Girls”
November 20
•    1994: Singer/songwriter David Crosby receives a liver transplant
•    1970: After Keith Moon collapses twice during a San Francisco concert, The Who’s Pete Townshend pulls a 19-year-old boy from the crowd to play three songs
•    1965: Mike D (Diamond) of The Beastie Boys is born
•    1946: Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers is born
November 21
•    1947: Joe Walsh of The Eagles is born
November 22
•    1997: Michael Hutchence, of INXS, hangs himself in an Australian hotel room
•    1967: Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant is released
•    1965: Bjork is born Bjork Gudmundsdottir
November 23
•    1976: Police arrest Jerry Lee Lewis outside Graceland after he appears for the second time that night, waiving a pistol and demanding to see Elvis
November 24
•    1991: Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies of pneumonia the day after announcing to the world that he had AIDS
•    1954: Bruce Hornsby is born
November 25
•    1976: The Band plays its last concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom; the show is recorded and made into the film The Last Waltz
•    1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience make their debut at London’s Bag O’ Nails Club
November 26
•    1968: Cream plays its last show at London’s Royal Albert Hall until 2005.
•    1938: Tina Turner is born Annie Mae Bullock
November 27
•    1942: Jimi Hendrix is born
November 29
•    2001: George Harrison dies at the age of 58 at his home in Los Angeles
•    1933: John Mayall is born
November 30
•    1994: Tupac Shakur is shot five times outside a NYC recording studio
•    1988: LL Cool J performs at the first rap concert in Africa
•    1965: The Colorado government announces today will be The Rolling Stones Day in the state.

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October 2
•    1967: All six members of the Grateful Dead are arrested for drug possession after a raid at their 710 Ashbury Street house in San Francisco
•    1951: Sting is born Gordon Sumner
October 3
•    1967: Woody Guthrie dies at the age of 55
•    1954: Stevie Ray Vaughan is born
October 4
•    1970: Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in a Los Angeles hotel room at the age of 27
•    1956: Johnny Cash is jailed for one night for drug possession
October 5
•    1954: Humanitarian and Boomtown Rats leader Bob Geldof is born
•    1949: Brian Johnson of AC/DC is born
October 7
•    1957: “American Bandstand” with Dick Clark premieres on U.S. television
October 8
•    1980: Bob Marley collapses during a concert in Pittsburgh and will never perform again
•    1966: The U.S. Government officially declares LSD an illegal substance
October 9
•    1975: Sean Ono Lennon is born
•    1940: John Lennon is born
October 10
•    1953: David Lee Roth is born
•    1917: Thelonius Monk is born
October 12
•    1997: John Denver is killed when the plane he is piloting crashes over Monterey Bay, Calif.
•    1979: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull suffers an eye injury after a rose is thrown on stage
•    1978: Nancy Spungen, girlfriend to ex-Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, is found dead of knife wounds in Room 100 of New York City’s Chelsea Hotel
October 13
•    1941: Singer/songwriter Paul Simon is born
October 16
•    1977: John Mayer is born
•    1962: Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers is born Michael Balzary
•    1947: Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead is born
October 17
•    1974: Eminem is born Bruce Marshall Mathers III
October 18
•    1926: Chuck Berry is born
October 19:
•    1965: Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd is born

October 20
•    1977: Lynyrd Skynyrd loses Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines when their plane crashes into a Mississippi swamp
•    1971: Snoop Doggy Dogg is born Calvin Broadus
October 21
•    1995: Shannon Hoon, lead singer of Blind Melon, dies of an overdose at the age of 28
October 25
•    1991: Concert promoter Bill Graham dies in a helicopter crash
October 27
•    1967: Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver is born
October 28
•    1936: Charlie Daniels is born
October 29
•    1971: At the age of 24, Duane Allman dies undergoing surgery after he is injured in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA
October 30
•    1986: License To Ill by The Beastie Boys becomes the first rap album to reach #1
October 31
•    1966: King Ad-Rock of The Beastie Boys is born Adam Horovitz

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August 1
1981: MTV is seen in 2.1 million homes during its first day on the air
1942: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead is born Jerome John Garcia
August 3
1968: Over 100,000 people attend the first Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California
August 4
1958: Billboard Magazine debuts its “Hot 100” record list
August 6
1973: Stevie Wonder’s car collides with a logging truck in North Carolina. (Wonder was not driving.)Wonder slips into a four-day coma and permanently loses his sense of smell.
August 7
1987: Ozzy Osbourne is found “not responsible” for the suicide death of a fan whose parents filed suit against the rocker blaming his song “Suicide Solution” for coercing the teen to take his own life
August 8
1992: Metallica’s James Hetfield is seriously burned onstage by a pyrotechnics machine
August 9
1995: Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead dies of a heart attack while in a rehabilitation center
August 11
1966: John Lennon apologizes for his statement that “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus”
August 12
1994: Over 350,000 people attend Woodstock II in Saugerties, New York
1983: While drunk, Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil is involved in a serious car accident which kills Nicholas Dingley of Hanoi Rocks
August 15
1969: The Woodstock Music and Peace Festival, which attracts over 450,000 people, opens on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York
August 16
1977: Elvis Presley dies at “Graceland,” his Memphis, Tennessee mansion
1974: The Ramones play their first show at CBGB’s
1962: Pete Best is replaced by Ringo Starr as the drummer for The Beatles
August 23
1980: AC/DC releases their LP Back in Black with new lead singer Brian Johnson replacing the deceased Bon Scott
August 26
1970: Jimi Hendrix makes his final public appearance at The Isle of Wight Festival in England
August 27
1990: Stevie Ray Vaughn dies in a helicopter crash near Alpine Valley, Wisconsin
August 28
1965: The crowd boos Bob Dylan for plugging in during a concert in Forest Hills, New York

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June 1

• 1969: During their bed-in, John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace a Chance”

• 1967: The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.S.

• 1947: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is born

June 2

• 1941: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born

June 5

• 1971: Grand Funk Railroad sell out Shea Stadium in 72 hours (less time than The Beatles)

June 7

• 1993: Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to a symbol

• 1946: Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman is born

June 9

• 1915: Les Paul is born

June 11

• 1969: David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” is released to coincide with the first lunar landing

June 14

• 1961: Boy George is born George O’Dowd

June 15

• 1937: Waylon Jennings is born

June 16

• 1971: Rapper Tupac Shakur is born Lesane Parish Crooks

• 1967: Rock’s first major festival, The Monterey International Pop Festival, takes place, with Jimi Hendrix, Mamas and The Papas, The Who, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane

June 18

• 1942: Paul McCartney is born

June 20

• 1980: Billy Joel scores his first #1 hit with “It’s Still Rock & Roll”

• 1955: Van Halen bass player Michael Anthony is born

• 1942: Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is born

June 22

• 1936: Kris Kristofferson is born

June 24

• 1942: Mick Fleetwood is born

June 25

• 1984: Prince’s album Purple Rain sets a record when 1.3 million copies are sold in one day

June 27

• 1971: New York’s Fillmore East, the heralded rock venue, is closed

June 30

• 1975: Cher marries Gregg Allman only four days after divorcing Sonny Bono

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