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1970: The Doors’ Jim Morrison is arrested in Los Angeles for public drunkenness after he was found lying unconscious on a resident’s doorstep.

1975: Robert Plant and his wife Maureen were hospitalized after a car accident on the Greek island of Rhodes.  The accident forced the band to cancel an upcoming U.S. tour. Plant ends up recording the bands “Presence” album from a wheelchair.

1980: After taking a break for about five years, John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin recording their album “Double Fantasy” at New York’s Hit Factory Studio.

1984: Phil Collins married girlfriend Jill Tavelman. During the reception, Collins would jam with Eric Clapton & Robert Plant. The couple would divorce in 1996.