1970: The famous 3-day Isle of Wight Rock Festival begins in the UK.

The performers include The Who, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell, Donovan, Sly and the Family Stone, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Spirit, Chicago, Procol Harum, Joan Baez, and in what would be his last appearance on a British stage, Jimi Hendrix.

1973: One of America's most versatile vocalists, Bobby Darin who had charts hits with rock & roll, folk, country and big band, performs live for the last time.

His final concert appearance took place on this day at the Hilton in Las Vegas.

1967: One of the defining moments of the “rock & roll lifestyle” took place on this day when the Who’s drummer, Keith Moon celebrates his 21^st birthday by driving a Lincoln Continental into the swimming pool of a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan.

The stunt results in the entire band earning lifetime band from the hotel/motel chain.

1962: At the Mount Pleasant Registrar’s Office in Liverpool, John Lennon marries his pregnant girlfriend Cynthia Powell. Brian Epstein is best man while Paul and George serve as witnesses. The marriage will last 6 years.

Attempts to keep the marriage secret from Beatles fans last only minutes as fans milling around the office spot the couple.

1970: MCA Records decides to take a chance on an unknown songwriter who wants to begin recording his own songs. The label signed Elton John on this day.

1972: Jefferson Airplane gets into a fight with police at an Airplane concert in Akron, Ohio. The police are responding to a bomb threat. Paul Katner calls the police “pigs” and the fight is on.

Katner is injured in the melee and Grace Slick is temporarily blinded by mace.

The audience starts to pelt the police with rocks and a full-scale riot ensues.

1969: This is the day the 60’s officially ended as The Beatles are together in the studio for the very last time as a group, laying down tracks for “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” and finalizing the playing order for the final album they recorded, Abbey Road.

Three of the band would be together a year later to provide overdubs for the shelved and then resurrected Let It Be album. And of course, the three surviving Beatles were together in the studio in 1995 to complete John Lennon's unfinished songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" for their Anthology CD set.

1972: Following the success of ABC’s late night music show In Concert, NBC launches The Midnight Special on this day.

Fresh from his success in American Graffiti, Wolfman Jack is the show’s announcer. On the first telecast, John Denver is the musical host and the first act to perform is War, doing “Slippin’ into Darkness.”

1969: The 3-day Woodstock Music & Art Fair (actually being held in Bethel, NY) comes to end.

Jimi Hendrix closes the show with his rendition of “Hey Joe.” His “Star Spangled Banner” (which was used to close the movie version of the concert) was actually performed a few songs earlier.

1960: This is the day the Beatles first performed in Germany, starting the first of 48 dates at the Indra Club in Hamburg, It’s also the first time the group appears under the name "The Beatles.”

The boys are required to play four hours on weekday nights and six hours shows on weekends. The club owner also encourages them to be outlandish on stage, leading John Lennon to perform once in his underwear and once with a toilet seat around his neck.

While the conditions were less than ideal, the group credits their stints in Germany with turning them into a first rate rock group.