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The Summer Festival For Peace in New York has Janis Joplin, Edgar Winter and Steppenwolf. The show is on the 25th anniversary of the first use of an atomic bomb-dropped on Hiroshima....

The Kinks release the single, “You Really Got Me” in the U.K. The first Heavy Metal record?

In the early '80s, heavy metal was in danger of becoming a spandex-sporting/hairspray-soaked/makeup-smeared parody, but bands like Metallica brought metal back to its original, straight-ahead approach. With most other metal singers posing for the camera and singing about sex, drugs, and rock & roll, Metallica singer/guitarist...

Stevie Wonder releases his 16th studio album, “Innervisions.” The set is known for the tracks “Higher Ground,” “Living For The City” and “Don’t You Worry 'Bout A Thing.”

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The Beatles begin one of the longest residencies in Rock n’ Roll history, as headliners at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. They give over 275 performances before the big-time beckons....

George Harrison kicks off the concerts for Bangladesh....

Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia born August 1, 1942, in San Francisco, CA

Journey unfurls “Escape,” stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover. The band’s seventh album, known for the songs “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Open Arms” and “Still They Ride” tops the Billboard 200 (two months after its release) on its way to selling over ten-million copies.

Elvis Presley gives his first ‘promoted’ concert in Memphis. He opens two shows for Slim Whitman. The afternoon appearance goes okay but for the evening set Presley is advised to perform his more upbeat material - which he does, complete with the leg-hip gyrations. The crowd goes wild!...

New World Man. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib in Toronto, Ontario) has a birthday. He’s the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for Rush.

The Doors earn their first #1 on the Billboard pop chart when the original seven-minute album version of “Light My Fire” gets edited to a more AM radio-friendly three-minutes.

“Hey, Dudes, where are ya?!”...

“Ride The Lightning,” Metallica’s second studio album, released. It takes three years for the effort go gold (500,000 units) but it eventually sells over six-million copies.