The musician celebrated his 72nd birthday with rock star friends and family. His famous brother-in-law shared a memorable photo
Browsing: On This Day
We take you back into classic rock’s history and legacy to note important events that happened on this date as well as celebrate the birthdays of major musical artists and mourn their passing.
Even if it first came out some two years after the band broke up to compete with bootlegs, the aptly titled album succeeded as a final Zep studio LP
“Photograph” has been a common title in Ringo Starr’s career. It was the name of his first #1 solo hit, a best of album, and a book of his photography
The band suffered an unspeakable second loss in less than a month with the passing of its rhythm guitarist. He had taken a leave of absence in 2014
His memorable images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen, the Ramones, and more helped give him the nickname, “The Man Who Shot the Seventies”
His very first live album began life as a live radio broadcast in New York City. Though it was never intended to be released, its tracks are remarkable
Just so you know: If you have the dough (and that is a mighty big ‘if’ there), you too could hire the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band to play your birthday bash
An influential master guitarist fluent in many genres, he was a star of television and the record charts, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and more
It became the first time Black Sabbath and its original singer had performed together since Live Aid in 1985. Not The End it turns out…
The much-honored and influential performer had his songs covered by many classic rockers, perhaps most prominently The Who with “Young Man’s Blues”