| 70 | years ago | 1956 | Billboard runs an article which states, “with new experiences to their credit, such as calling riot squads and with scars such as damaged seats, some arena and stadium officials have turned their thumbs down to rock and roll.” |
| 66 | years ago | 1960 | Singer/guitarist Joan Jett is born. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | The Who begin a short tour of Scandinavia in Copenhagen; Roger Daltrey punches out Keith Moon and is all but kicked out of the band. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | San Francisco rock group, the Great Society with singer Grace Slick, makes its stage debut at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach, California. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | The same day Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby? is released in the U.K., the Rolling Stones embark on a British tour. Along for the ride is the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and the Yardbirds. It's the Stones last British tour for more than four years. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | The Beatles appear on the cover of Time Magazine. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | David Bowie begins his first U.S. tour with the Spiders From Mars at Cleveland's Music Hall. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | Oasis' Liam Gallagher is born. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | Bob Dylan's album, Hard Rain, a live document of his 1976 tour with the Rolling Thunder Revue, goes gold. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | John Lennon signs with Geffen Records. |
| 41 | years ago | 1985 | The first Farm-Aid concert is held in Champaign, IL. The concert is organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young to help the nation's farmers. The show raises $10 million. |
| 37 | years ago | 1989 | Bruce Springsteen hops onstage with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The pair sing Cliff's Trapped, which Springsteen had recorded for the We Are The World album. |
| 34 | years ago | 1992 | Bruce Springsteen breaks the rules and plays an electric set for MTV's Unplugged show. The episode is renamed, MTV Plugged. |