1965 – Bob Dylan releases his single “Positively 4th Street.” Hot on the heels of his hit “Like a Rolling Stone,” it goes to No. 7 on the American singles
1968 - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham made their live debut as Led Zeppelin at Teen Club Box 45 in Gladsaxe in Denmark.
1968 – The Doors’ third album, Waiting for the Sun, tops the albums chart on the back of the No. 1 single “Hello, I Love You.”
1976 – Paul McCartney, who earlier purchased rights to Buddy Holly’s song catalog, commemorates Holly’s 40th Birthdays with the inauguration of “Buddy Holly Week” in the U.K.
1978 – Keith Moon’s hell-raising days come to an end in London where he dies. He overdoses on the prescription drug Hemenephirin. Moon was using the medicine to cure his alcoholism.
1987 – A Roger Waters-less Pink Floyd kick off their Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in Ottawa. Relations between Waters, who left the band in 1983, and the other three had reached such a state that the ex-bassist threatened to sue promoters if the band played under the Floyd name
2003 – Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon dies in Los Angeles. He is 56. Zevon was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in August of the previous year.
2005 – New York rock club CBGB is served with an eviction notice by their landlord. The landmark was the cradle for New York punk, hosting gigs by The Ramones, Talking Heads and Patti Smith.
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