So what has the birthday boy been up to? He still leads Queen and 2023 saw him receive a big honor. He also helped NASA as Dr. Brian May
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.
When Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, neither of them likely expected that 11 years later they’d have the #1 and #2 singles together on the U.S. chart
In the four-network era of the 1970s, he created the powerhouses Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork and Mindy. He later directed the film Pretty Woman
The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist found acclaim with his 1970 self-titled album, but soon went over four decades in between albums
The reigning king of reggae tracked his album in London as he rose to become an international superstar. So who wrote “No Woman, No Cry”?
His manic on-air persona made him popular among the troops, although Cronauer later said that little about Williams’ depiction of him was wholly accurate.
The band’s longtime co-lead singer and violinist had been admitted to the hospital a few months earlier for acute pancreatitis
The London debut of the groundbreaking animated movie was attended by all four Beatles and other rock stars. Check out footage of the event
The folk singer’s arrest for littering on Thanksgiving 1965 helped launch his career two years later with a hippie anthem
The concert, part of the British Summer Time series, was actually the first date revealed for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour