2014 - Joe Cocker died of lung cancer at the age of 70 at his home in Colorado.
2012 - Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood marries his girlfriend Sally Humphreys.
2010 - The British government declared the Beatles' famous Abbey Road zebra-crossing a national heritage site.
2002 - Joe Strummer of The Clash dies of a heart attack at age 50.
1991 - Gregg Allman (of The Allman Brothers Band) makes his acting debut as a drug kingpin in the movie Rush.
1987 - After a night of debauchery with Robbin Crosby of Ratt and Slash, Nikki Sixx suffers a drug overdose and his heart stops beating. He is declared clinically dead, but comes back to life.
1984 - CBS Records announced the upcoming release of Mick Jagger’s first solo album, set for February, 1985.
1978 - Kenney Jones joins The Who, replacing Keith Moon, who had died from an accidental overdose of anti-alcoholic medications two months earlier.
1978 - Steven Tyler and Cyrinda Foxe have a baby girl named Mia.
1976 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's Live Bullet album is certified Gold.
1973 - With "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" sitting atop both the US and UK charts, Elton John's show at London's Hammersmith Odeon is broadcast live by BBC Radio 1.
1972 - Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter writes "All The Way From Memphis" and dedicates it to two of their crew, Lee Childers and Tony Zanetta.
1968 - Singer Eric Burdon leaves The Animals for a solo career.
1948 - Rick Nielsen (lead guitarist for Cheap Trick) is born in Elmhurst, Illinois.