01/01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942 01/03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945 01/04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979 01/08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947 01/09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945 01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976 01/10 Jim Croce is born in Philadelphia, 1943 01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952 01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945 01/13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973 01/17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969 01/19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943 01/22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935 01/23 Samuel Barber died, 1981 01/24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947 01/25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978 01/27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930 01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756 01/28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970 01/30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982 01/31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970 02/01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949 02/02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942 02/03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959 02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964 02/07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979 02/08 John Towner Williams born in New York City, 1932; composer well-known for his many motion picture and television scores 02/09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941 02/12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964 02/17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982 02/18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933 02/19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in Britain, 1972 02/19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940 02/20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946 02/20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974 02/23 George Frideric Handel born, 1685 02/23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944 02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904 03/01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969 03/02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949 03/03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966 03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678 03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896 03/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973 03/09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945 03/09 Samuel Barber is born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1910 03/13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971 03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944 03/17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942 03/21 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 1685 03/22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974 03/25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943 03/26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971 03/29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973 03/30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945 04/02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939 04/04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 1915 04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898 04/10 Paul McCartney announces he's quitting the Beatles, 1970 04/14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945 04/18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981 04/25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925 04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918 04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933 04/29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968 05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909 05/03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945 05/07 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833 05/07 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky born, 1840 05/10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945 05/11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981 05/12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadraphonic concert, 1977 05/18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949 05/19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945 05/20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967 05/23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963 05/24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941 05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886 05/31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976 06/01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967 06/02 Edward Elgar (Sir) born in Worcester, England, 1857 06/06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's \#1 slot, 1955 06/07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969 06/09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923 06/10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910 06/10 Judy Garland born, 1922 06/15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941 06/16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967 06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942 06/21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LPs, 1948 06/22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948 06/24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944 07/02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969 07/03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971 07/06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965 07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940 07/12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Comiskey Park, 1979 07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912 07/16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966 07/16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981 07/17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 1968 07/20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947 07/25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965 07/25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969 07/26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943 07/28 Bach dies, 1750 07/28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973 08/01 Birth of Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (Grateful Dead), 1942 08/01 The Concert for Bangladesh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971 08/04 John Lennon points out "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966 08/09 Death of Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (Grateful Dead), 1995 08/10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947 08/13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951 08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey, 1962 08/15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965 08/15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969 08/26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970 08/26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970 08/27 Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash, 1990 09/07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978 09/08 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841 09/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945 09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814 09/16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925 09/18 Jimi Hendrix dies of an overdose, 1970 09/19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981 09/20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973 09/23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969 09/23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949 09/25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980 09/26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY, 1898 10/03 Stevie Ray Vaughan born in Dallas, TX, 1954 10/04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970 10/05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943 10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957 10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940 10/10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946 10/12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966 10/16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947 10/17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967 10/18 Chuck Berry is born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1926 10/20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977 10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811 10/25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944 10/25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 10/29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971 10/30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939 11/02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at \#1, 1968 11/02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944 11/03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972 11/07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943 11/08 Patti Page born, 1927 11/09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967 11/10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948 11/12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945 11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942 11/16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965 11/20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946 11/20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947 11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868 11/25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976 11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867 11/26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968 11/27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942 12/05 Mozart dies, 1791 12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877 12/06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969 12/07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942 12/08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943 12/08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980 12/09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973 12/13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949 12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877 12/16 Ludwig van Beethoven born in Bonn, Germany, 1770 12/16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971 12/21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940 12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871 12/28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946 12/31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969