1963 – In Los Angeles, fans can buy the unauthorized Bob Dylan release The Great White Wonder. It’s generally credited as the first bootleg album.
1964 – The Beatles play the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. The band requests that the audience be desegregated.
1965 – The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” goes to No. 1 on the English singles chart two months after it became a chart-topper in America.
1967 – Fresh from the release of Sgt. Pepper, the Beatles head out in a psychedelic bus with their entourage to begin filming The Magical Mystery Tour.
1971 – Donny Osmond is at No. 1 with “Go Away Little Girl.”
1974 – The roots rock of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Band fills England’s 80,000-capacity Wembley Stadium.
1977 – David Bowie and Bing Crosby record a duet of “The Little Drummer Boy” for a Christmas television special.
1979 – The Who perform their first American gig without Keith Moon, who died a year ago.
1987 – Peter Tosh, a former member of Bob Marley’s Wailers, is shot and killed during a robbery at his home in Kingston, Jamaica.
1995 – Green Day turn down an invitation to play Sesame Street because “we couldn’t handle a mosh pit full of 5-year-olds.”
1997 – John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland unveils the Jimi Hendrix Surround Sound Theater and Exhibit.
2003 – In the midst of big autumn tours, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac refrain from playing on the second anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
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