Rock History At It's Finest!

Happy Birthday to Trevor Rabin, the one-time Yes guitarist, is born in 1954.

1966, George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd met up with Mick Jagger and Chrissie Shrimpton at Dolly’s nightclub on Jermyn Street in London’s west End.

1967, Pink Floyd plays the UFO, at The Blarney, Tottenham Court Road, in London with Marilyn Monroe films and Dave Tomlin’s The Giant Sun Trolley. The set was filmed by Peter Whitehead.

1970, Led Zeppelin played at Guildhall, in Portsmouth, England.

1970, Steel Mill, featuring Bruce Springsteen, played at The Matrix in San Francisco, California. Boz Scaggs was the scheduled headliner but he cancelled at that last minute due to illness. Rock critic Philip Elwood, who turned up intending to review Scaggs ended up writing a highly favorable review of Steel Mill for The San Francisco Examiner.

1971, Yes appears at Greens Playhouse, Glasgow, Scotland.

1973, Pete Townshend drags Eric Clapton back into the limelight with two shows at The Rainbow Theatre in London. Pete had discovered Clapton’s heroin addiction the previous August and devises a scheme with Clapton’s girlfriend’s father, Lord Harlech, to force Clapton to work so he can escape his narcotic-induced reclusion. Backing Clapton onstage is not only Pete, but Ron Wood, Steve Winwood, Jim Karstein. Jim Capaldi and Rick Grech. Clapton is late but manages to make it through both shows. They are recorded by Glyn Johns and later released on album.

1973 Eric Clapton makes his stage comeback at London’s Rainbow Theatre. Pete Townshend (The Who) organizes the two concerts to help Clapton kick his heroin habit. The concerts are subsequently released as the “Rainbow Concert” album.

1976, Black Sabbath plays at the Hammersmith Odeon, London.

1977, Queen kicked off a 59-date world tour at Dane County Coliseum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Opening act was Thin Lizzy.1978 The Police began recording their debut album, “Outlandos d’Amour.”

1990 Rod Stewart’s “Downtown Train” is #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

2008 Eddie Vedder’s “Guaranteed,” from the “Into The Wild” soundtrack, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

2014 Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” tops a “best car song” poll conducted by Insurance.com. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” round out the Top 3. Isurance.com offered a list to choose from but write-ins were allowed. AC/DC’s “Highway To Hell,” Golden Earring’s “Radar Love” and “I Can’t Drive 55″ by Sammy Hagar top the submissions.

2016 Nickelback sues Lloyd’s Of London for non-payment of $13-million dollars after the group’s tour was canceled due to singer Chad Kroeger’s medical issues. A month earlier, Lloyd’s sued Kroeger for allegedly failing to disclose that he had a pre-existing throat condition.

2009 “Greatest Hits,” a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band compilation, is released.