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    May 8, 1965: Bob Dylan Films ‘Subterranean’ Video

    There was no such thing as a music video back then, but the trendsetting singer-songwriter helped to create the format when he made a short promo film.

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    May 8, 1977: The Historic Grateful Dead Cornell Concert

    The band’s spring ’77 tour is considered a high point in their live career. The tapes had long been the holy grail of wish-list releases

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    When Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ Hit Number 1

    One of the most phenomenally popular rock songs of all time actually had a slow start. In the decades since it’s become an instantly recognizable classic

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    May 7, 2022: Mickey Gilley, Country Singer and Actor, Dies

    He grew up with his two famous cousins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart, surrounded by the influence of music. He later earned 17 #1 country hits

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    May 6, 2021: Aaron Neville Announces Retirement from Touring

    “I would like to spend my remaining time on this earth being less hurried,” said the “Tell it Like It Is” singer in a statement.

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    May 6, 2020: Brian Howe, Former Bad Company Frontman, Dies

    The singer and songwriter joined the band’s original members Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs when they reunited in the mid-80s and stayed with them for 8 years

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    May 6, 2018: Springsteen Inducts Steven Van Zandt Into NJ HoF

    The Boss called the musician, actor, activist “one of the greatest living white soul performers we have.” Watch them perform a favorite

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    When Buffalo Springfield Played Their Final Concert

    For a band that was together for less than three years, they had an outsized impact on rock. They played their last gig on this date in 1968.

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    May 5, 2020: Millie Small, ‘My Boy Lollipop’ Singer, Dies

    The Jamaican singer, discovered by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, scored a worldwide pop hit as a teenager with her 1964 pre-reggae recording

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    May 4, 1970: Kent State Deaths Inspire CSNY’s ‘Ohio’

    The massacre of four university students by the National Guard inspired one of the most iconic protest songs in rock history

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