February 18

Art's most controversial muse Yoko Ono celebrates her 93rd birthday today, the avant-garde artist whose relationship with John Lennon made her both the most blamed woman in rock for "breaking up the Beatles" and a pioneering performance artist in her own right…

 

Styx's theatrical voice Dennis DeYoung turns 79 today, the keyboardist-vocalist whose "Come Sail Away" and concept album ambitions made the Chicago band arena rock stars before his 1999 departure ended his partnership with Tommy Shaw and James Young…

 

Pop met Bee Gees harmony today in 1969 when Scottish singer Lulu married Maurice Gibb, the union between the "To Sir with Love" vocalist and the youngest Gibb twin lasting four years before divorce ended one of the 1960s' most photogenic musical marriages…

 

Singer-songwriter stability finally arrived today in 2001 when James Taylor married third wife Kim Smedvig at a Boston ceremony, the Fire and Rain troubadour finding lasting partnership after two failed marriages while continuing his introspective career…

 

FM radio found its concert showcase today in 1973 when The King Biscuit Flower Hour debuted on over 300 stations nationwide, the live concert series bringing arena performances into listeners' homes and becoming essential listening for rock fans across two decades…

 

Sports met pop culture on this day in 1964 when The Beatles met Muhammad Ali in Miami during the heavyweight champion's training for the Sonny Liston fight, the photo session capturing two cultural revolutions colliding at their peak…

 

Disco met Hollywood today with John Travolta celebrating his 72nd birthday, the actor whose 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Grease' performances made him synonymous with the 1970s while launching a career of remarkable comebacks and reinventions…

 

Hip-hop production's founding genius Dr. Dre was born on this day in 1965 as Andre Romelle Young, the N.W.A. founder whose G-funk sound and discoveries of Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and 50 Cent made him rap's most important architect and successful mogul…

 

Rock's biggest beach party happened today in 2006 when The Rolling Stones played to 1.5 million people at Rio's Copacabana Beach, the free concert proving that the world's greatest rock and roll band could still draw historic crowds in their seventh decade.