Today in rock history 29th March

1943 – Chad Allan (Guess Who) is born

1947 – Bobby Kimball (Toto) is born

1959 – Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell is born in New York as Perry Bernstein.

1967 – John Popper (Blues Traveller) is born

1967 – Beatles begin work on Bad Finger Boogie (later renamed With a Little Help from My Friends) at Abbey Road.

1968 – Fleetwood Mac release Black Magic Woman in the UK.

1970 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce that Yoko is pregnant with John’s son.

1972 – In Bombay, India, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page record versions of “Four Sticks” and “Friends” with the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. Unfortunately, differing music theories lead to the sessions being scrapped.

1973 – Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

1987 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” Starship.

2001 – New York’s Radio City Music Hall honours Brian Wilson.

2004 – Jon Bon Jovi becomes a dad for the fourth time – officially. His wife gives birth to a son, Romeo Jon.

2005 – Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York. Doctors expected the 59 year old to make a full recovery. The aneurysm was discovered when Young’s vision became blurred after the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.

2007 – U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. Fellow band members The Edge and Adam Clayton joined the frontman’s wife and four children at the British ambassador David Reddaway’s official residence.

2011 – BlueBeat.com settles lawsuit over selling Beatles songs illegally.

2013 - A letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney, written in 1971 during the aftermath of The Beatles' breakup, was announced as being one of the items being put up for sale on May 30th as part of an online auction organized by Profiles in History.