Join Gunner as he goes over all the important Rock dates in history weekdays at 3:50. Relive all the chart-topping moments, milestones, bad breakups and first times again.
There will be no hall pass today. Here’s what happened today in Rock N’ Roll.
1966 “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” by Bob Dylan peaks at Number Two on the pop chart.
1999 Kiss singer-guitarist Paul Stanley kicks off a run as The Phantom in the Toronto production of the musical The Phantom Of The Opera.
2005 Bob Dylan is honored in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, when the street he grew up on is renamed “Dylan Drive.”
2014 The Black Keys collect the first Number One album of their 13-year career as the duo’s eighth studio effort, Turn Blue, debuts at the top of the Billboard album chart. The disc sells 164,000 copies in its first week of release, a single-week sales peak for the group and nearly 10,000 copies ahead of industry predictions.
Today’s Birthdays
Mr. T. (actor and wrestler, his real name is Lawrence Tureaud) (66)
Stan Lynch (former drummer, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (63)
Gotye (singer/musician) (38)