July 26

 

Happy birthday to Michael Philip ‘Mick’ Jagger, 80 years old today...

 

Today in 1977, Led Zeppelin cut short their North American tour after Robert Plant's five-year-old-son Karac died unexpectedly...

 

Today in 1990, The Grateful Dead lost yet another keyboard player when Brent Mydland was found dead from a drug overdose...

 

In 1969, less than a month after his death, Brian Jones was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine...

 

Today in 2013, JJ Cale died of a heart attack at the age of 74...

 

On this day in 1992, The First Lady of Motown, Mary Wells, died aged 49 of laryngeal cancer...

 

The late Dobie Gray was born on this day in 1942...

 

Roger Taylor (Queen) is celebrating a birthday today. He is 73...

 

Grateful Dead tape archivist Dick Latvala was born on this day in 1943 in Berkeley California