1960 – Steve Clark (Def Leppard) is born.
1962 - A song called "My Bonnie" by Tony Sheridan and The Beatles was issued in America on the Decca label. It was the first commercial release anywhere in the world to carry The Beatles name.
1969 – Famous Ash Grove, Los Angeles (home of Canned Heat and Taj Mahal) burns to the ground.
1978 – Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious filmed his version of ‘My Way’ for the Sex Pistols’ film ‘The Great Rock n Roll Swindle.’
1981 – Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins give a live performance in West Germany that is later released as the LP “The Survivors.”
1983 – David Bowie started a three week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with the Nile Rodgers produced ‘Let’s Dance’, featuring the title track which made No. 1 on the US and UK singles chart and ‘China Girl.’
1988 – Iron Maiden: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son US LP is no. 1 chart topper.
1988 – Roy Orbison celebrated his 52nd birthday at a Bruce Springsteen concert, during which the audience sang happy birthday to him.
1991 - Johnny Thunders dies from a drug overdose in New Orleans. The former New York Doll was 38.
1994 – Pink Floyd,The Division Bell is US LP no. 1 chart topper.
2003 – Bruce Springsteen defends the beleagured Dixie Chicks, who suffered a backlash after criticizing George W. Bush. In a statement, he declares, “To me, they’re terrific American artists expressing American values by using their American right to free speech."
2003 – Twisted Sister announce they are reforming to do a tour of military bases in Korea.
2003 – Former head Hole member Courtney Love places an ad in New York’s Village Voice looking for new band members. “We like Emily the Strange, Lolita Goth, Patty Schemel’s drumming, Nuggets and ‘Performance’ the Movie,” it reads. “We love Flea but don’t want you to play like him. We start NOW. NO BOYS.”
2004 – Green Day issue a statement to counter a widespread rumour that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has died . “Despite what you may have heard rumoured on the Internet,” the band say, “Billie Joe did not recently die in a car accident.”
2008 - Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was sentenced to three years probation after admitting to driving under the influence of alcohol.
2010 – Ozzy Osbourne will release Scream – his first album in almost three years and 10th studio album overall – June 15th via Epic Records.
2010 – Poison frontman Bret Michaels is in critical condition from a brain hemorrhage after being rushed to an undisclosed hospital after complaining of a severe headache.
2012 - Chris Ethridge, bassist and co-founder of The Flying Burrito Brothers, passed away at the age of 65.
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