Born on this day: The late Scott Weiland-singer for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver born in 1967
1975 – Bruce Springsteen appears on the covers of “Time” and “Newsweek”.
1993 – Glenn Frey’s TV series “South of Sunset” makes its debut on CBS and it cancelled after one episode due to low ratings.
2002 – Tom Dowd producer and engineer of many classic albums by Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies of emphysema at age 77.
2003 – Sting published his first autobiography “Broken Music: A Memoir” which covered his early days in The Police.
2013 – Lou Reed passes away at the age of 71.