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11MM Music
1200000101 Country Joe McDonald born in El Monte, California, 1942
1300000103 Steven Stills born in Dallas, 1945
1400000104 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979
1500000108 Elvis Presley born, 1935
1600000108 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) born in London, 1947
1700000109 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) born in Middlesex, England, 1945
1800000110 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976
1900000110 Jim Croce born in Philadelphia, 1943
2000000110 Pat Benatar born in Long Island, 1952
2100000110 Rod Stewart born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945
2200000113 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973
2300000117 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969
2400000119 Janis Joplin born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943
2500000122 Sam Cooke born in Chicago, 1935
2600000124 Warren Zevon born, 1947
2700000125 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978
2800000127 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) born in Tennessee, 1930
2900000127 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756
3000000128 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970
3100000130 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982
3200000131 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970
3300000201 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949
3400000202 Graham Nash born in Lancashire, England, 1942
3500000203 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959
3600000207 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964
3700000207 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979
3800000209 Carole King (Carole Klein) born in Brooklyn, 1941
3900000212 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
4000000217 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982
4100000218 Yoko Ono Lennon born in Tokyo, 1933
4200000219 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" banned in Britain, 1972
4300000219 William "Smokey" Robinson born in Detroit, 1940
4400000220 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) born, 1946
4500000220 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974
4600000223 Handel born, 1685
4700000223 Johnny Winter born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944
4800000225 George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943
4900000229 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
5000000301 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969
5100000302 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
5200000303 Buffalo Springfield formed in Los Angeles, 1966
5300000304 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
5400000307 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896
5500000308 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973
5600000309 Robin Trower born in London, 1945
5700000313 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971
5800000315 Sly Stone born, 1944
5900000317 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) born in San Francisco, 1942
6000000321 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, 1685
6100000322 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974
6200000325 Aretha Franklin born in Detroit, 1943
6300000325 Bela Bartok born in Nagyszentmiklos, 1881
6400000326 Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Wien, 1827
6500000326 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971
6600000328 Sergej Rachmaninow dies in Beverley Hills, 1943
6700000329 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973
6800000330 Eric Clapton born in Surrey, England, 1945
6900000401 Sergej Rachmaninow born in Oneg, 1873
7000000402 Marvin Gaye born in Washington, D.C., 1939
7100000404 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 1915
7200000409 Paul Robeson born, 1898
7300000410 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970
7400000414 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) born, 1945
7500000418 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
7600000425 Blues guitarist Albert King born, 1925
7700000425 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
7800000426 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933
7900000429 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968
8000000501 Kate Smith born, 1909
8100000503 Bob Seger born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945
8200000507 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833
8300000507 Tchaikowsky born, 1840
8400000510 Dave Mason born in Worcester, England, 1945
8500000511 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981
8600000512 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977
8700000518 Rick Wakeman born in West London, England, 1949
8800000519 Pete Townshend born in London, 1945
8900000520 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967
9000000523 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963
9100000524 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) born in Duluth, Minnesota, 1941
9200000526 Al Jolson born, 1886
9300000531 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976
9400000601 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967
9500000606 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955
9600000606 Dee Dee Ramone died, 2002
9700000607 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969
9800000609 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923
9900000610 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
10000000610 Judy Garland born, 1922
10100000615 Harry Nilsson born in Brooklyn, 1941
10200000616 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967
10300000618 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942
10400000621 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948
10500000622 Todd Rundgren born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948
10600000624 Jeff Beck born in Surrey, England, 1944
10700000702 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969
10800000703 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971
10900000706 The Jefferson Airplane formed in San Francisco, 1965
11000000707 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940
11100000712 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979
11200000714 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912
11300000716 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966
11400000716 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981
11500000717 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilion, 1968
11600000720 Carlos Santana born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947
11700000725 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
11800000725 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969
11900000726 Mick Jagger born in Kent, England, 1943
12000000728 Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig, 1750
12100000728 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973
12200000801 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971
12300000804 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966
12400000810 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947
12500000813 Dan Fogelberg born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951
12600000815 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey
12700000815 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965
12800000815 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969
12900000826 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970
13000000826 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970
13100000907 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978
13200000908 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841
13300000908 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) born in San Bruno, California, 1945
13400000914 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814
13500000916 B.B. King born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
13600000918 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) born in Fort Lee, Virginia, 1952
13700000919 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
13800000920 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
13900000923 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
14000000923 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
14100000925 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
14200000926 Bela Bartok dies in New York, 1945
14300000926 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY
14400001004 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
14500001005 Steve Miller born in Dallas, 1943
14600001007 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957
14700001009 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940
14800001010 John Prine born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946
14900001012 The Jimi Hendrix Experience formed in London, 1966
15000001016 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) born in San Francisco, 1947
15100001017 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967
15200001018 Chuck Berry born in San Jose, California, 1926
15300001020 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977
15400001021 Jesus Christ Super Star debuted on Broadway, 1971
15500001022 Franz Liszt born, 1811
15600001022 Pablo Casals died in Puerto Rico, 1973
15700001025 Jon Anderson (Yes) born in Lancashire, England, 1944
15800001025 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964
15900001029 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971
16000001030 Grace Slick born in Chicago, 1939
16100001102 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968
16200001102 Keith Emerson born, 1944
16300001103 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972
16400001107 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) born in Alberta, Canada, 1943
16500001108 Patti Page born, 1927
16600001109 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" published, 1967
16700001110 Greg Lake born in Bournemouth, England, 1948
16800001112 Neil Young born in Toronto, 1945
16900001113 Paul Simon born, 1942
17000001116 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965
17100001120 Duane Allman born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946
17200001120 Joe Walsh born in Cleveland, 1947
17300001124 Scott Joplin born, 1868
17400001125 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976
17500001125 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
17600001126 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968
17700001127 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) born in Seattle, 1942
17800001129 Pau Casals born in Vendrell, 1876
17900001130 George Harrison dies at 13:30 in L.A., 2001
18000001204 Frank Zappa dies in his Laurel Canyon home shortly before 18:00, 1993
18100001205 Mozart dies, 1791
18200001206 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
18300001206 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
18400001207 Harry Chapin born in New York City, 1942
18500001208 Jim Morrison born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943
18600001208 John Lennon shot and killed in New York City, 1980
18700001209 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973
18800001213 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949
18900001215 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877
19000001216 Don McLean's "American Pie" released, 1971
19100001216 Ludwig von Beethoven born or christened in Bonn, Germany, 1770
19200001221 Frank Zappa born in Baltimore, 1940
19300001223 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871
19400001228 Edgar Winter born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946
19500001231 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969
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