The Ramones make their European debut at London?s Roundhouse. 1976 1940's Dave Rowberry, Alan Price?s replacement in The Animals, is born in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire. Rowberry's organ work is heard on "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place," "It's My Life," "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Inside-Looking Out." 1940 1950's With his popularity rising to new heights daily, Elvis Presley returns to Memphis for a charity concert. 1956
INXS? Kirk Pengilly enters the world. The guitarist is also the group?s frontman until Michael Hutchence takes over. 1958 1960's Bassist Matt Malley has the distinction of being born on the holiday. He spends 14 years with the Counting Crows. 1963
The Beach Boys (an All-American band ? at least at this point) have the top song in the nation ? ?I Get Around.? 1964
Spencer Dryden makes his debut as Jefferson Airplane?s drummer, replacing Skip Spence, at the Berkeley Folk Festival. 1966
The Rolling Stones single ?Honky Tonk Women? b/w ?You Can?t Always Get What You Want? is issued the day after the death of former Stones guitarist Brian Jones. The song goes to #1. 1969 1970's Grand Funk Railroad play the Atlanta Pop Festival. Capitol Records is impressed and signs the group. 1970
One-time Barenaked Ladies keyboardist, Andrew Creegan, has a birthday. 1971
Last show at the Fillmore West. Tower of Power, Santana and Creedence Clearwater Revival perform. A jam session featuring numerous San Francisco musicians closes the show. 1971
Foo Fighters? drummer, William Goldsmith, is born in Seattle. 1972 1980's
The Beach Boys play a free Independence Day concert in Washington, D.C. (for the first time). They perform on the 4th in the nation's capitol, off and on, throughout the '80s. 1980
Ozzy Osbourne marries his personal manager, Sharon Arden, in Hawaii. It?s his second marriage. Sharon resuscitates Ozzy?s career on several occasions. She also stars with him on the MTV ?reality? series ?The Osbournes? and briefly has her own talk show. 1982 1990's "Under The Bridge" lands at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are slotted behind Sire Mix-A-Lot ("Baby Got Back") and Mariah Carey ("I?ll Be There"). 1992 2000's Aerosmith?s Joe Perry (guitar) and Steven Tyler (vocals) perform "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing," "Dream On" and "Walk This Way" at the Boston Pops' nationally televised concert in front of an estimated audience of half a million. 2006
Guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench (both of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), appear on the Johnny Cash album "American V: A Hundred Highways." The posthumous release has a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Further On (Up the Road)." Campbell and Tench also played on other Cash discs. 2006
Pink Floyd's latter-day lineup, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, appear together in London for a premiere screening of the band's Pulse DVD. "[It's] fantastic to watch it like this, as it's a privilege we just never ever get," says Wright of the ?94 concert footage. 2006
And they said it would never last. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary (see above). 2007
Ted Nugent plays the 6,000th live show of his career in his Detroit hometown (at the DTE Energy Music Theatre), as part of the Rolling Thunder '08 tour. "It is guaranteed to be the most emotional, sensual, grind fest of what you've witnessed on the (trek) so far," says the Motor City madman prior to the concert. Nugent starts the show with a version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," as a group of National Guardsmen join him onstage. He is also presented with a giant red-white-and-blue cake. 2008
Foo Fighters headline an Independence Day barbecue on the White House lawn in front of a crowd that includes President Obama, wounded military personnel and their families. "It's an honor to be playing here for you people," says frontman Dave Grohl. 2009
Guitarist Drake Levin dies at his San Francisco home. Levin was member of Paul Revere & The Raiders during their mid-60s hit-making prime. He was 62. 2009
Former manager of both The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Allen B. Klein dies in New York of Alzheimer?s at age 77. Klein, who had a ruthless reputation, managed ABKCO Records and music publishing businesses and significantly contributed to The Beatles demise. 2009 2010's The Killers perform at the White House in front of President Barack Obama and US troops. "It is a monumental honor for us to be a part of this 4th of July celebration at the White House,? says frontman Brandon Flowers. ?We could never repay the servicemen and women of this country for their contributions and sacrifice.? 2010
Sting (formerly of The Police) cancels his concert in the Kazakh capital city of Astana as a show of solidarity with picketing Kazakh oil and gas workers. ?The Kazakh gas and oil workers and their families need our support and the spotlight of the international media on their situation in the hope of bringing about positive change,? says Sting in a statement. 2011
Linkin Park?s ?Living Things? debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. It?s the fourth consecutive Linkin Park album to debut in the top spot. 2012
KISS play a show in London to support UK armed forces charity Help For Heroes. KISS has long supported US troops, but this concert marks the first time they do the same for British forces. 2012
For the second year in a row, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is a winner at the annual Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards in London. He gets the Specialist Program of the Year award for his Absolute Radio show, and his weekly guest slot is named the Best Feature. 2012
Wood does it yet again. For the third time, he takes the Specialist Program of the Year trophy at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards. 2013
Cheap Trick file a $1 million lawsuit against the Ottawa Bluesfest over a stage collapsing during their ?11 performance at the Canadian festival. 2013
Big day at London's Hyde Park. Faith No More preview two new songs - "Leader Of Men" and "Motherf****r" ? during a festival appearance. The songs represent the band's first new material since ?97. Also, Black Sabbath receive a worldwide Platinum Award for their ?13 reunion album ?13.? It's presented prior to their taking the stage. 2014
Later in the day, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Black Sabbath are honored at the 02 Silver Clef Awards in London. Page receives an award for his outstanding contribution to U.K. music. Sabbath earns the AEG Live Ambassadors Of Rock Award. 2014
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