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This Day in Rock History - Dec. 31st

Two rock icons made their stage debuts on this day.

1961: The Beach Boys (formerly The Pendletons) play their first gig under their new name at the Ritchie Valens Memorial Concert in Long Beach, CA. They are paid a whopping $300.

The very same night, a young Janis Joplin makes her first on-stage appearance at the Halfway House in Beaumont, TX.