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    08/04/20152

    June 10, 1966: Janis Joplin Debuts With Big Brother

    The Texas-born singer first appeared with the band that launched her to fame on this day at San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom

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    08/04/20150

    June 9, 2018: Paul McCartney’s Surprise Gig at Liverpool Pub

    He capped off a day visiting Beatles-related sites in his hometown with James Corden to play a brief set to pre-promote his Egypt Station album

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    08/04/20150

    June 9, 2020: UFO Guitarist Paul Chapman Dies on 66th Birthday

    The Welsh musician answered an ad in the U.K. weekly Melody Maker for a rock band seeking a second guitarist. He passed the audition

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    08/04/20151

    June 9, 2017: Adam West, TV’s Batman, Dies

    The actor was so closely identified with the Caped Crusader that he suffered from typecasting. From 1966-68 the show was one of the hottest on TV

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    08/04/20150

    Happy Birthday, Rock Architect Les Paul

    Lester Poisfuss is best known as the developer of the first solid-body electric guitar. Watch his performance with Steve Miller

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    08/04/20150

    June 8, 1991: Bruce Springsteen Marries Patti Scialfa

    In 1984, the singer became the first female member of the E Street Band. Over time and touring together the two would fall in love and marry in 1991.

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    08/04/20154

    Remembering Fleetwood Mac’s Danny Kirwan

    The guitarist, singer and songwriter was just 18 when he joined the band in 1968. He performed on 4 of their albums and wrote the majority of Bare Trees

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    08/04/20151

    June 7, 1977: Led Zeppelin Plays 1st of 6 MSG Shows

    It was the biggest US tour by any popular music act to date with multiple nights in major city arenas + stadiums. Many of the shows were plagued by violence

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    08/04/20154

    June 6, 2022: Jim Seals, of Soft-Rock Duo, Seals and Crofts, Dies

    The singer was half of the duo that scored such giant soft-rock hits as “Diamond Girl,” “Summer Breeze” and “Get Closer.”

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    08/04/20150

    1982’s Peace Sunday: Dylan, Ronstadt, CSN Lead Stars

    On a single day, the Rose Bowl hosted Dylan and Baez, CSN, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and many others

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