ANNIVERSARIES
1966-Bob Dylan and The Band played at the Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This was the first date on a world tour which would become noted as Dylan's first that used electric instruments, after he had ‘gone electric’ at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
1966-The Rolling Stones released '19th Nervous Breakdown' it reached No.2 on both the US and UK charts.
1968-Working at Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles recorded 'Across The Universe'.
1977-Fleetwood Mac released Rumours.
2009-Robert Plant said he felt Led Zeppelin couldn't reunite for a full tour because the band feels incomplete without drummer John Bonham.
2016-Van Morrison described becoming a Sir as "amazing" and "exhilarating" after receiving a knighthood from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.
BORN TODAY
1941-John Steel
drummer with The Animals
1948-Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier)
singer, songwriter who formed the Earwigs, and then the Alice Cooper Band
1951-Phil Ehart
Kansas
1963-Wasserman
guitarist from The Offspring
