10/13/08 2004 The Led Zeppelin box set is certified 11-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 1992 The Supreme Court decides not to reinstate lawsuits alleging that Ozzy Osbourne's music prompted the suicides of two teenagers. 1985 B-52's guitarist Ricky Wilson dies of AIDS at 32. 1980 AC/DC's Back in Black is certified platinum. 1978 Ex-Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious is arrested and arraigned for the murder of Nancy Spungen. 1978 A concert clip of The Who performing "Who Are You" airs on Saturday Night Live. 1975 Neil Young undergoes surgery in Los Angeles to have an "object" scraped from his vocal cords. The effects of the operation will cause him to bow out midway through a 1976 tour with Stephen Stills. 1974 Ed Sullivan dies of cancer at 73. 1973 The Rolling Stones' Goats Head Soup starts a four week run at number-one on Billboard's album chart. 1970 Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered off the coast of California. 1968 The Beach Boys sing "Good Vibrations" and "Do It Again" on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1968 Simon & Garfunkel perform at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. A highlight of the show is their take on The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," which is included in their 1997 box set Old Friends. 1966 Eight days after forming, The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays its debut concert, opening for French star Johnny Halliday in Evreux, France. 1965 In their first session to run past midnight, The Beatles record "Drive My Car." 1965 On their fourth attempt in as many studios, The Who record a final version of "My Generation" in two takes at I-B-C Studios in London. 1963 "Beatlemania" is coined as a term when British newspapers report on The Beatles' frenzied following. Thousands of overeager fans -- trying to get into a London theater to see the Fab Four rehearse for an appearance on the B-B-C's Sunday Night at the Palladium, a show watched by 15-million Britons -- jam streets and tussle with police.Today's Birthdays:Rick Vito 1949 Ex-Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist (Age: 59)Craig Macgregor 1949 Ex-Foghat bassist (Age: 59)Sammy Hagar 1947 Van Halen/Solo/ex-Montrose singer-guitarist (Age: 61)Robert Lamm 1944 Chicago's keyboardist since the band was founded in 1967 wrote several of their hits -- "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is," "Color My World," "Saturday in the Park" and "Beginnings." (Age: 64)Paul Simon 1941 He and boyhood pal Art Garfunkel were the most famous musical duo of the '60s. "The Sounds of Silence" was their first number-one. "Mrs. Robinson" and the Grammy-winning "Bridge Over Troubled Water" also topped the charts. (Age: 67)Lenny Bruce (Leonard Schneider) 1925-1966 The comedian died of a drug overdose August 3rd, 1966 at 40.
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