1976: The Eagles’ Greatest Hits (1971-1975) becomes the first album ever certified “platinum,” indicating sales of one million copies. It is not the first album to sell over a million copies, but it is the first one whose sales are certified.

That album, by the way, eventually passed the sales of Michael Jackson’s Thriller to become the best-selling album of all time.

2002: The Bee Gees play their final concert as a trio. The brothers appear at the Miami Love and Hope Ball.

1986: To celebrate the cable channel’s acquisition of all 45 episodes of the classic 1960’s television series, The Monkees, MTV held a day-long “Monkees Marathon” on this day, showing every episode back-to-back.

While obviously appealing to nostalgic Baby Boomers, the marathon unexpectedly touches off a whole new wave of “Monkeemania” among younger viewers and the band will go on from here to perform and tour from time to time.

1976: The Four Seasons finally score their first #1 hit in the UK. “December ‘63 (Oh, What a Night)” does what “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll,” and many other of the group’s earlier U.S. hits couldn’t. Alas, it also proves to be the vocal groups last U.K. # 1.

1960: Jimi Hendrix performs in public for the first, playing guitar in a band that was performing in the basement of the Seattle synagogue, Temple De Hirsch.

He doesn’t even make it through the gig, getting fired between sets for “showing off.”

1878: 75 years before the creation of rock ‘n’ roll, something happened that was extremely important in rock history. It was on this day that Thomas Edison and his assistants created the phonograph. It started out to be a telegraph repeater, but Edison’s assistant made some changes based on sketches supplied by Edison.

1968: With its founder & leader, Syd Barrett, committed to a mental institution, Pink Floyd asks guitarist David Gilmour to be his replacement. As with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joining Fleetwood Mac, the move proves to be a resounding success.

1968: The San Francisco based band, Big Brother and the Holding Company with their lead singer, Janis Joplin, travels to New York for a gig at the Anderson Theater. Following their show, the band is signed by Columbia Records.

1963: The Beatles’ second single, “Please, Please Me,” is released in the UK. Their producer, George Martin, predicted during the recording session that it wold be their first #1. He was wrong. It peaked at #2.

But less than one year later, they will be holding down the #1 position on record charts all over the world. Alas, "Please, Please Me," while performing well all over the world, never reaches #1 on any chart.

1958: The phenomenal success of American Bandstand in the afternoons convinces ABC that Dick Clark should get a prime time series. The Dick Clark Show (sponsored by Beech-Nut Gum) debuts on this day with guests Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Willis, the Royal Teens and Johnnie Ray.