2011 – Suzi Rotolo, Bob Dylan’s former girlfriend dies on This Day In Rock! After meeting backstage at one of his gigs, Dylan was overcome by Suzi’s raw beauty.
1977 – gigs tonight around the UK; at The Apollo Glasgow, Scotland, Black Sabbath, AC/DC appeared at The Top Rank in Swansea and David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
1975 – Linda McCartney is arrested on charges of marijuana possession after Los Angeles police pull the McCartneys over for allegedly running a red light and smell a familiar musk emerging from their Lincoln Continental. Driver Paul is not charged.
1974 – Stevie Wonder wins five Grammys at this year’s awards ceremony. Innervisions is Album of the Year. “Superstition” is named Best R&B Song.
1974 – Neil Diamond wins a Grammy for “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” Best Film Soundtrack.
1974 – Gladys Knight & the Pips wins Grammys for “Neither One of Us”
1969 – Side 1 of Lennon LP Life with the Lions is recorded at Lady Mitchell Hall, Cambridge.
1968 – Appearing at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, Simon and Garfunkel.
1967 – The Mamas & the Papas wins a Grammy for “Monday Monday,” Best Contemporary Group Performance
1964 – George Harrison meets his (and Eric Clapton’s) future spouse Pattie Boyd.
1964 – Beatles begin work on their first movie Hard Day’s Night in London, with director Richard Lester.
1963 – The Four Seasons became the first group to have 3 consecutive No.1′s in the US when ‘Walk Like A man’, started a three week run at the top
1962 – Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi) is born. (John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), lead singer of the group Bon Jovi, is born in Perth Amboy New Jersey.
1961 – The Everly Brothers had their third UK No.1 single with ‘Walk Right Back.’
1960 – after completing his national service and flying back to America, Elvis Presley stepped on British soil for the first and only time
