- 1968: Pink Floyd appeared at the Queen’s Hall in Dunoon, Scotland. Due to bad weather, all the ferries to Dunoon were canceled, so the band hired their own boat from Gourock and risked the rough seas to appear in front of 400 fans.
- 2011: Tony Bennett became the oldest living person to top the US album chart when the 85-year-old’s ‘Duets II’ album went to No. 1. The record, which featured collaborations from Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, was also his first No. 1 in his 60 year career. The previous oldest performer to top the chart was Bob Dylan in 2009 with “Together Through Life.” At the time, he was 67 years old.
- 2012: Lil Wayne became the new king of the Billboard top 100 by placing his 109th song on the charts as an artist. The song that put him over was The Game’s latest track, ‘Celebration,’ which Wayne featured on. Elvis Presley, with 108 entries, had held the record for 45 years.
- 2018: American singer/songwriter Martin Balin died at the age of 76. He was best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship who had the 1967 US No. 18 single ‘White Rabbit.’ Balin played with Jefferson Airplane at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
