| 81 years ago (1943) | Bobby Fuller, guitarist and vocalist for the Bobby Fuller Four, is born. |
| 79 years ago (1945) | Leslie West, guitarist and vocalist for Mountain, is born. |
| 60 years ago (1964) | The Who, then known as the High Numbers, fail an audition with EMI. |
| 59 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. |
| 58 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. |
| 55 years ago (1969) | Led Zeppelin II is released. |
| 50 years ago (1974) | Kiss' Hotter Than Hell LP is released. |
| 48 years ago (1976) | Keith Moon plays his last show with The Who. |
| 46 years ago (1978) | Funk-fusion band Earth, Wind & Fire kick off a 75-date U.S. tour in Louisville, Kentucky. |
| 42 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. |
| 32 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. |
| 26 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. |