ANNIVERSARIES
2014-AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd is arrested in New Zealand and charged with possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and threatening to kill.
2002-U2's greatest-hits package, Best of 1990-2000, hits stores.
2002-Boston releases its fifth album, Corporate America.
2000-The Who appear on the 250th episode of The Simpsons.
1999-Gary Cherone announces he's leaving Van Halen after just one album with the band.
1994-Fred "Sonic" Smith, onetime lead guitarist of The MC5 and husband of Patti Smith, dies of a heart attack in Detroit at the age of 47.
1982-Brian Wilson is fired from The Beach Boys.
1974-The Eagles' "Best of My Love" single is released. Four months later, it will become the band's first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.
1971-Elton John releases Madman Across the Water in Britain. The album hits U.S. stores 10 days later.
1965-The Who's "My Generation" is released as a single in the US. A number-two hit in the U-K, it only reaches number-74 in America.
BIRTHDAYS
Bryan Adams -
The Canadian singer, guitarist, producer and photographer. Born 1959.
Donnie McDougall -
Ex-Guess Who guitarist. Born 1948.
Gram Parsons (Cecil Ingram Conner III)-Died in 1973
The country-rock pioneer -- as a solo artist, founder The Flying Burrito Brothers and member of The Byrds -- died of a drug overdose September 19th, 1973 at 26. Born 1946.
Art Garfunkel -
The fact that he's 23 days younger than Paul Simon could explain why he got second billing in the Hall of Fame act. Art's greatest work may be the lead vocal on the Grammy-winning "Bridge Over Troubled Water." His film roles include Carnal Knowledge. Born 1941.
Ike Turner-Died in 2007
The guitarist and bandleader discovered and married Anna Mae Bullock and renamed her Tina Turner. Together they won a Grammy and were later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died of a cocaine overdose December 12th, 2007 at 76. Born 1931.
