1960 - The Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues premiered.

1961 - Bob Dylan recorded his eponymous debut album.

1969 - John Lennon’s second solo album, Cold Turkey, was released.

1973 - The Steve Miller Band released "The Joker."

1976 – The Led Zeppelin film The Song Remains the Same premiered in London.

1977 - Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.

1978 - The Police performed for the first time in the U.S., playing a concert in New York.

1997 - Henry "The Sunflower" Vesting of Canned Heat was found dead in a French hotel room.