1968: Pink Floyd announced that singer/guitarist Syd Barrett was no longer in the group.
1971: The Rolling Stones launched their Rolling Stones Records label and released “Brown Sugar”. The label was discontinued in 1992.
1974: The first “California Jam” was held featuring The Eagles, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Black Oak Arkansas.
1984: Steven Van Zandt announced he was leaving Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band he came back to the band in 1999.
1990: Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee suffered a concussion after falling from his elevated drum kit in New Haven, Connecticut.
1992: George Harrison performs his first full live solo concert since 1969, appearing at a benefit in London.