ANNIVERSARIES
1967-The Rolling Stones' wild European tour lands them coverage in Time magazine. The memorable quote comes from manager Andrew Oldham: "Pop music is sex and you have to hit them in the face with it."
1975-Ringo Starr is a guest on NBC's Smothers Brothers Show. Tom and Dick join him for "The No No Song" and screen the video clip of "Snookeroo."
1976-The Rolling Stones kick off a two-month European tour with a show in Frankfurt, Germany. Eric Clapton is their special guest. The Stones' set for the tour includes such classics as "Honky Tonk Women" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
1978-On its first tour of Japan, Cheap Trick plays Tokyo’s Budokan. Live recordings from the show (and two others) are later released as the band's breakthrough album, Cheap Trick at Budokan.
1980-Marshall Tucker Band bassist Tommy Caldwell dies of injuries sustained in a car accident in his hometown of Spartanburg, SC. He was 30.
1987-On a plane filled with students returning to Boston from spring break in Miami, Ozzy Osbourne buys three rounds of drinks and sings "Crazy Train" over the PA.
1990-Guns n' Roses singer Axl Rose marries Erin Everly, daughter of Don Everly (Everly Brothers), in Las Vegas. The union is annulled nine months later amid her claims of spousal abuse.
1990-Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The two are still together and have four children.
1999-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2008-Scott Weiland is slapped with an eight-day jail sentence after entering a no-contest plea for driving under the influence of drugs. Weiland ends up serving only eight hours.
BORN TODAY
1945-John Wolters
drums, Dr Hook
1952-Chuck Leavell
member of the The Allman Brothers Band during the height of their 1970s popularity. He is the longtime keyboardist and musical director with The Rolling Stones and Leavell has also toured and recorded with Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Gilmour and John Mayer.
