ANNIVERSARIES
1966-Cream drummer Ginger Baker collapsed on a Sussex University stage after playing a 20 minute drum solo. He recovered in a local hospital.
1976-The Sex Pistols receive a 40,000 Pound ($68,000) signing bonus after inking a recording deal with EMI Records.
1977--Billy Joel's breakthrough album, "The Stranger", enters the Billboard album chart, where it would crack the Top 10.
1979-Warner Brothers Records rush releases Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" album weeks ahead of schedule when tracks begin mysteriously popping up on US radio stations.
1986-Elton John, David Lee Roth and Cher appear on the opening night of The Late Show starring Joan Rivers.
1988-Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" finally falls off of Billboard's Hot 200 Album Chart after a record 741 weeks.
1989-Responding to Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood's suggestion that The Who were only staging a 25th Anniversary Tour for the money, Pete Townshend fires back with: "Mick needs a lot more than I do. His last album was a flop."
1990-Procol Harum's drummer Barrie Wilson died after several months in a coma following a car accident. He was 43. Wilson joined the group just after they recorded "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", which featured session drummer Bill Eyden.
BORN TODAY
1945-Ray Royerguitarist, Procol Harum
1948-Johnny Ramone (John Cummings)guitarist from The Ramones. Died September 15, 2004.
1949-Hamish Stewartguitarist, bassist, singer. Dream Police, Average White Band, Paul McCartney band during the 90s, bass player with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.
