01/01	Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 194201/03	Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 194501/04	Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 197901/08	David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 194701/09	James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 194501/10	Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 197601/10	Jim Croce is born in Phildelphia, 194301/10	Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 195201/10	Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 194501/13	Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 197301/17	Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 196901/19	Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 194301/22	Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 193501/24	Warren Zevon is born, 194701/25	Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 197801/27	Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 193001/27	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 175601/28	Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 197001/30	Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 198201/31	The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 197002/01	RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 194902/02	Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 194202/03	The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big	Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 195902/07	Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 196402/07	Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 197902/09	Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 194102/12	The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 196402/17	Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 198202/18	Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 193302/19	Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in	Britain, 197202/19	William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 194002/20	J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 194602/20	Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 197402/23	Handel born, 168502/23	Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 194402/29	Jimmy Dorsey born, 190403/01	Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 196903/02	Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 194903/03	Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 196603/04	Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 167803/07	Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 189603/08	Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 197303/09	Robin Trower is born in London, 194503/13	The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 197103/15	Sly Stone born, 194403/17	Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 194203/21	J.S. Bach born, 168503/22	Ten Years After plays their last concert, 197403/25	Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 194303/26	Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 197103/29	Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 197303/30	Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 194504/02	Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 193904/04	Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork,	Mississippi, 191504/09	Paul Robeson born, 189804/10	Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 197004/14	Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 194504/18	Yes breaks up after 13 years, 198104/25	Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 192504/25	Ella Fitzgerald born, 191804/26	Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 193304/29	"Hair" premiers on Broadway, 196805/01	Kate Smith born, 190905/03	Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 194505/07	Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 183305/07	Tchaikowsky born, 184005/10	Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 194505/11	Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 198105/12	Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 197705/18	Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 194905/19	Pete Townshend is born in London, 194505/20	The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 196705/22	Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 166505/23	Blues great Elmore James dies, 196305/24	Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 194105/26	Al Jolson born, 188605/31	The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 197606/01	The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 196706/06	"Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 195506/07	Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 196906/09	Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 192306/10	Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 191006/10	Judy Garlnad born, 192206/15	Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 194106/16	The Monterey Pop festival opens, 196706/18	Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 194206/21	Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 194806/22	Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 194806/24	Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 194407/02	Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 196907/03	Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 197107/06	The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 196507/07	Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 194007/12	Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 197907/14	Woodie Guthrie born, 191207/16	Cream forms in the U.K., 196607/16	Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 198107/17	"Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 196807/20	Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 194707/25	Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 196507/25	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 196907/26	Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 194307/28	Bach dies, 175007/28	The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 197308/01	The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 197108/04	John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus",	196608/10	Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 194708/13	Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 195108/15	Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey08/15	The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 196508/15	Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 196908/26	Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 197008/26	Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 197009/07	Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 197809/08	Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 184109/08	Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno,	California, 194509/14	Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 181409/16	B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 192509/19	Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 198109/20	Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 197309/23	"Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 196909/23	Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 194909/25	John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 198009/26	George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY10/04	Janis Joplin O.D.s, 197010/04	Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 197010/05	Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 194310/07	First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 195710/09	John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 194010/10	John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 194610/12	The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 196610/16	Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 194710/17	"Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 196710/18	Chuck Berry is born in San Jose, California, 192610/20	Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 197710/22	Franz Liszt born, 181110/25	Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 194410/25	The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 196410/29	Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 197110/30	Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 193911/02	Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 196811/02	Keith Emerson is born, 194411/03	James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 197211/07	Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 194311/08	Patti Page born, 192711/09	The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 196711/10	Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 194811/12	Neil Young is born in Toronto, 194511/13	Paul Simon born, 194211/16	Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 196511/20	Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 194611/20	Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 194711/24	Scott Joplin born, 186811/25	"The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 197611/25	Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 186711/26	Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 196811/27	Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 194212/05	Mozart dies, 179112/06	First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 187712/06	The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 196912/07	Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 194212/08	Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 194312/08	John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 198012/09	The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 197312/13	Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 194912/15	Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 187712/16	Beethoven born, 177012/16	Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 197112/16	Ludwig von Beethoven christened in Bonn, Germany, 177012/21	Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 194012/23	First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 187112/28	Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 194612/31	Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969