Happy Birthday: Peter Wolf, singer for the J. Geils Band, born on this day in 1946.
1975 – David Bowie released the Young Americans album which featured the number 1 hit Fame.
1976 – Elton John becomes immortalized at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum the first rock star since The Beatles to have a display.
1987 – The Beatles’ first five studio albums were released on CD. This was the first time the original mono mixes of the first four albums were released in the U.S.
2016 – AC/DC announced doctors had advised Brian Johnson to stop touring immediately to avoid the risk of total hearing loss so that postponed the last 10 shows of their U.S. “Rock or Bust” tour. The shows would be rescheduled with Guns and Roses singer Axl Rose handling lead vocal duties.