July 19

 

We remember Keith Godchaux on his birthday today in 1948, the Grateful Dead keyboardist who brought jazz-influenced piano to the band's sound from 1971 until his departure in 1979, before his tragic death in 1980…

 

Hollywood and music collided on this day in 1966 when 50-year-old Frank Sinatra married 20-year-old actress Mia Farrow in New York, creating a media sensation that would prove to be a brief but highly publicized union…

 

 

Rock and roll history was made today in 1954 when Sun Records released Elvis Presley's first single "That's All Right," launching the career that would change popular music forever and earn him the title "King of Rock and Roll."…

 

Eagles founding member Bernie Leadon celebrates his 78th birthday today, the multi-instrumentalist whose country-rock guitar work and harmonies helped define the band's early sound on classics like "Take It Easy."…

 

Queen's guitar virtuoso Dr. Brian May turns 78 today, the astrophysicist-turned-rock star whose distinctive sound and songwriting helped create some of rock's most enduring anthems…

 

We honor the memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins, born on this day in 1952, the guitarist whose fiery solos and songwriting contributions were essential to Southern rock's greatest band before his death in 1990.