Happy Birthday: “Weird Al” Yankovic born Alfred Matthew Yankovic in 1959. Robert Trujillo – Metallica’s bassist born on this day in 1964.
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience records their first single “Hey Joe” in London.
1995 – Def Leppard performs three concerts on three continents in one day. Check out this crazy schedule: The band plays in Tangiers (Africa) in the morning, then London (Europe) in the afternoon and finally in Vancouver, Canada, (North America) in the evening.
1998 – Would you believe this went to the court system? A federal judge in St. Louis rules that the Fort Zumwalt High School marching band can’t play Jefferson Airplanes “White Rabbit” in their 60’s medley. The school superintendent wanted to ban the song on the grounds that the song promotes drug use.
1999 – Santana hits number one for the first of 12 weeks on the singles charts with “Smooth”, a song featuring Rob Thomas on the lead vocals.
2010 – Buffalo Springfield reunite onstage for the first time in 43-years at Neil Young’s annual Bridge School benefit concert.