2018 - Fleetwood Mac performed at the Musicares benefit in Radio City Music Hall.
1997 - ZZ Top, James Brown and The Blues Brothers perform at the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show in New Orleans.
1986 - Allen Collins, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, was left paralyzed from a car accident that kills his female companion.
1977 - Peter Green, original Fleetwood Mac lead guitarist, was committed to a mental hospital after threatening an accountant with an air rifle.
1975 - The BBC airs the David Bowie documentary Cracked Actor.
1974 - The Doobie Brothers begin their first European tour in London.
1970 - John Lennon writes and records "Instant Karma" all in one day, calling in Phil Spector to produce the song.
1970 - The Simon & Garfunkel album Bridge Over Troubled Water was released.
1957 - Eddie Van Halen is born in Nijmegen, Netherlands.