Happy Birthday: Lars Ulrich-drummer for Metallica born in 1963.
1968 – Led Zeppelin began their first North American tour at the Denver Auditorium supporting Vanilla Fudge and the MC5. tickets for this Sunday night gig cost $5.
1968 – D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary “Monterey Pop”, which chronicles the 1967 Monterey International Pop Music Festival (where The Who smashed their instruments and Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire) opens in theaters.
1970 – George Harrison becomes the first Beatle to top the US Singles Charts as a solo artist as “My Sweet Lord” hits #1. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston but George decided to record it for himself.
1981 – AC/DC score their first number 1 album when ‘For Those About To Rock We Salute You’ tops the US album charts