Happy Birthday: Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan in 1933. She was married to John Lennon and released some rather interesting? Music throughout her career. Styx founder Dennis DeYoung is born in Chicago in 1947, his neighbors were future bandmates Chuck and John Panozzo.
1968 – David Gilmour replaced a fired Syd Barrett as guitarist & singer for Pink Floyd due to Barrett’s increasingly erratic behavior.
1974 – Yes sold out the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden. They do this without any advertising as fans only learned of the show from listings at ticket outlets.
1974 – Kiss release their self-titled debut album, featuring “Strutter” and “Cold Gin.” And three years later on this same day they would play their first concert at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York.
1990 – Freddie Mercury made his final public appearance when Queen collected the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, in London, England.