| 75 | years ago | 1950 | Fee Waybil, vocalist for the Tubes, is born. |
| 59 | years ago | 1966 | The Beatles' Yellow Submarine peaks at #2 on the chart, while The Beach Boys' Wouldn't It Be Nice peaks at #8 and The Hollies' Bus Stop peaks at #5. |
| 59 | years ago | 1966 | The Byrds Fifth Dimension LP enters the chart. |
| 58 | years ago | 1967 | The Doors perform Light My Fire and People are Strange on the Ed Sullivan Show. Prior to the show, Sullivan asked Jim Morrison to change or omit the line Girl, we couldn't get much higher in Light My Fire. Morrison sang it anyway. |
| 58 | years ago | 1967 | The Who perform on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In a famous incident that's documented on The Kids Are Alright, Keith Moon sets a flash explosion in his drum kit, not realizing that the crew had already done so. At the end of My Generation when the explosion goes off, it is so loud that it damages Pete Townshend's ears. |
| 57 | years ago | 1968 | The Fifth Dimension pick up their second gold record with their rendition of Laura Nyro's Stoned Soul Picnic. |
| 50 | years ago | 1975 | British progressive rock band Pink Floyd earn their third gold record for Wish You Were Here. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Ringo Starr releases his Ringo's Rotogravure album. |
| 45 | years ago | 1980 | Bette Midler's Divine Madness, a film of a 1979 concert in Pasadena, CA, premieres in Los Angeles. |
| 42 | years ago | 1983 | The Stray Cats LP, Rant and Rave with the Stray Cats enters the chart. |
| 42 | years ago | 1983 | Asia's Don't Cry peaks at #10 on the singles chart. |
| 34 | years ago | 1991 | Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II are released simultaneously by Guns N' Roses at midnight. A half million copies are sold by 2am. |
| 28 | years ago | 1997 | Fleetwood Mac begins their reunion tour in Hartford, Connecticut. The band is touring on the huge strength of their The Dance LP. |