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Today in Classic Rock History

In 1963
Beatles manager Brian Epstein flew to New York to meet with executives at Capitol Records to discuss distributing the band's material in the U.S. (Jeeze, I wonder how that went?)

In 1965
The Who released "My Generation." (And that generation is now OLD AS DIRT)

In 1977
Ozzy Osbourne quit Black Sabbath for the first time. (There was more than one time?)

In 1988
Guns N' Roses single "Welcome to the Jungle" broke into the Top 40 chart. (Where did that magic go?)

In 1995
Who singer Roger Daltrey was the Tin Man and singer-songwriter Jackson Browne the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz in Concert."  It was a benefit for the Children's Defense Fund.

Queen released its first album without Freddie Mercury, "Made In Heaven."  The album includes "Mother Love," Mercury's last vocal track.

In 2001
David Gilmour released the video "David Gilmour in Concert."

In 2002
Temple of Soul, featuring E Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons, released the album "Live in Asbury Park."

In 2003
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler received the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award from the Musician's Assistance Program for his efforts to promote sobriety. (Check out Aerosmith today as they play a live concert in their hometown, from in front of the apartment the band used to live in, in Boston)

Jimmy Buffett won his first Country Music Association award, taking Vocal Event of the Year for his collaboration with Alan Jackson on "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."  The two also sang the song at the show, marking Buffett's first CMA performance.  Buffett's only other CMA nomination was in 1977 for the hit "Margaritaville."

Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield died of heart failure in a hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where his body was discovered shortly before he and Bill Medley were to perform.  Cocaine likely contributed to the fatal attack.  Hatfield was 63.

In 2005
J. Geils band frontman Peter Wolf, Elvis Costello, Aretha Franklin, and Solomon Burke were among the performers at a tribute concert honoring the late Sam Cooke in Cleveland, Ohio.

Lenny Kravitz performed at the Philip Morris-sponsored 50th anniversary party for "Marlboro" cigarettes in New York.  His participation in the event angered some fans.

In 2006
The late Roy Orbison was among the first inductees into the new Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, which was established to honor artists who represent the diversity of music in the Tennessee city.  Other honorees included country stars Reba McEntire and Ronnie Milsap.

In 2007
Jimi Hendrix was among the new inductees into the Music City Walk of Fame.

Rush, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi were among the winners at "Classic Rock" magazine's Classic Rock Roll of Honour event in London.

In 2008
Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa performed at the "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit gala, supporting the Bob Woodruff Foundation, at New York City's Town Hall.

AC/DC's "Black Ice" began a second week at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. (WHAT A KICK ASS ALBUM!)

Exile released the five-song EP "REUNION" through their website.  It was the first set of new music from the band since the mid 1990s.

In 2009
U2 performed a special concert at the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.  But the performance, which was part of the MTV Europe Awards, sparked controversy when a wall was built around the area to prevent people who didn't have tickets from getting into the show.

Elton John was released from a London-area hospital after spending nearly a week in the facility receiving treatment for an e-coli bacterial infection and influenza.

Ozzy Osbourne received the "Legends of Live" award at the 2009 Billboard Touring Awards in New York.  Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" trek was the event's big winner, while U2 also took a prize.

In 2010
Gerry Rafferty was admitted to Scotland's Royal Bournemouth Hospital with suspected kidney failure after he collapsed. (was that on Baker Street?)

In 2011
A decayed tooth that the late Beatle John Lennon had pulled in the late 1960s sold at an auction in Stockport, England for more than 31-thousand-dollars.

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