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1 01/01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942
2 01/03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945
3 01/04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979
4 01/08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947
5 01/09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945
6 01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976
7 01/10 Jim Croce is born in Philadelphia, 1943
8 01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952
9 01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945
10 01/13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973
11 01/17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969
12 01/19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943
13 01/22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935
14 01/23 Samuel Barber died, 1981
15 01/24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947
16 01/25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978
17 01/27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930
18 01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756
19 01/28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970
20 01/30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982
21 01/31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970
22 02/01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949
23 02/02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942
24 02/03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big
25 Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959
26 02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964
27 02/07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979
28 02/08 John Towner Williams born in New York City, 1932; composer
29 well-known for his many motion picture and television scores
30 02/09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941
31 02/12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
32 02/17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982
33 02/18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933
34 02/19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in
35 Britain, 1972
36 02/19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940
37 02/20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946
38 02/20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974
39 02/23 George Frideric Handel born, 1685
40 02/23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944
41 02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
42 03/01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969
43 03/02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
44 03/03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966
45 03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
46 03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896
47 03/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973
48 03/09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945
49 03/09 Samuel Barber is born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1910
50 03/13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971
51 03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944
52 03/17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942
53 03/21 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 1685
54 03/22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974
55 03/25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943
56 03/26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971
57 03/29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973
58 03/30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945
59 04/02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939
60 04/04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork,
61 Mississippi, 1915
62 04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898
63 04/10 Paul McCartney announces he's quitting the Beatles, 1970
64 04/14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945
65 04/18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
66 04/25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925
67 04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
68 04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933
69 04/29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968
70 05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909
71 05/03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945
72 05/07 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833
73 05/07 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky born, 1840
74 05/10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945
75 05/11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981
76 05/12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadraphonic concert, 1977
77 05/18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949
78 05/19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945
79 05/20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967
80 05/23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963
81 05/24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941
82 05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886
83 05/31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976
84 06/01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967
85 06/02 Edward Elgar (Sir) born in Worcester, England, 1857
86 06/06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's \#1 slot, 1955
87 06/07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969
88 06/09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923
89 06/10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
90 06/10 Judy Garland born, 1922
91 06/15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941
92 06/16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967
93 06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942
94 06/21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LPs, 1948
95 06/22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948
96 06/24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944
97 07/02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969
98 07/03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971
99 07/06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965
100 07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940
101 07/12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Comiskey Park, 1979
102 07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912
103 07/16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966
104 07/16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981
105 07/17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 1968
106 07/20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947
107 07/25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
108 07/25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969
109 07/26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943
110 07/28 Bach dies, 1750
111 07/28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973
112 08/01 Birth of Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (Grateful Dead), 1942
113 08/01 The Concert for Bangladesh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971
114 08/04 John Lennon points out "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966
115 08/09 Death of Jerome "Jerry" Garcia (Grateful Dead), 1995
116 08/10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947
117 08/13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951
118 08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey, 1962
119 08/15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965
120 08/15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969
121 08/26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970
122 08/26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970
123 08/27 Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in a helicopter crash, 1990
124 09/07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978
125 09/08 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841
126 09/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno,
127 California, 1945
128 09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814
129 09/16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
130 09/18 Jimi Hendrix dies of an overdose, 1970
131 09/19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
132 09/20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
133 09/23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
134 09/23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
135 09/25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
136 09/26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY, 1898
137 10/03 Stevie Ray Vaughan born in Dallas, TX, 1954
138 10/04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
139 10/05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943
140 10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957
141 10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940
142 10/10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946
143 10/12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966
144 10/16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947
145 10/17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967
146 10/18 Chuck Berry is born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1926
147 10/20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977
148 10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811
149 10/25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944
150 10/25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964
151 10/27 Lou Reed dies aged 71, 2013
152 10/29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971
153 10/30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939
154 11/02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at \#1, 1968
155 11/02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944
156 11/03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972
157 11/07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943
158 11/08 Patti Page born, 1927
159 11/09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967
160 11/10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948
161 11/12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945
162 11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942
163 11/16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965
164 11/20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946
165 11/20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947
166 11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868
167 11/25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976
168 11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
169 11/26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968
170 11/27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942
171 12/05 Mozart dies, 1791
172 12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
173 12/06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
174 12/07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942
175 12/08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943
176 12/08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980
177 12/09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973
178 12/13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949
179 12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877
180 12/16 Ludwig van Beethoven born in Bonn, Germany, 1770
181 12/16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971
182 12/21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940
183 12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871
184 12/28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946
185 12/31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969