Happy Birthday: Phil Collins, Genesis drummer and vocalists and quite the solo career. Born on this day in 1951.
1969 – The Beatles along with Billy Preston performed in public for the last time at a rooftop concert above Apple Corps headquarters. The show was cut short after 42 minutes by the police after neighbors complained about the noise.
1973 –KISS plays their first show after changing their name from Wicked Lester.
1979 – Dire Straits would release their first single Sultans of Swing
1979 – After trying to organize a farewell tour but unable to agree on a setlist or how the songs should be performed Emerson Lake and Palmer break up.
1990 – The Black Crowes released their debut album Shake Your Money Maker, an album that would go on and sell over 5 million copies in the US alone.
1995 – During the American Music Awards in LA, Led Zeppelin received the International Artist Award as Jimmy Page & Robert Plant performed “Black Dog” via satellite from London.
2014 – Poison lead singer Bret Michaels launches a new line of his cologne: Roses & Thorns.