| 82 | years ago | 1943 | Bobby Fuller, guitarist and vocalist for the Bobby Fuller Four, is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1945 | Leslie West, guitarist and vocalist for Mountain, is born. |
| 61 | years ago | 1964 | The Who, then known as the High Numbers, fail an audition with EMI. |
| 60 | years ago | 1965 | The Rolling Stones' Get Off My Cloud is released in the U.K. Less than two weeks later it hits #1 on the U.K. pop chart. |
| 59 | years ago | 1966 | The Beach Boys release Good Vibrations on Capitol. The song, featuring inspired use of the sci-fi movie sound-effects instrument the theremin, is the most expensive production for a single up to this time. |
| 56 | years ago | 1969 | Led Zeppelin II is released. |
| 51 | years ago | 1974 | Kiss' Hotter Than Hell LP is released. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Keith Moon plays his last show with The Who. |
| 47 | years ago | 1978 | Funk-fusion band Earth, Wind & Fire kick off a 75-date U.S. tour in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 43 | years ago | 1982 | Worchester, Massachusetts Mayor Sara Robertson declares today Van Halen today after local fans collect 25,000 signatures on a petition requesting that the band add another show to their tour. |
| 33 | years ago | 1992 | Members of Boyz II Men receive awards for having the longest running #1 song of the rock era. End Of the Road broke Elvis' record of 11 weeks, previously held by Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog. |
| 27 | years ago | 1998 | Bob Dylan plays in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota for the first time since the '60s. The show had sold out in five hours. |