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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012

Today in Rock - Dec 2

Rick Savage - Def Leppard
Kevin Winter
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 08: Musician Rick Savage of Def Leppard performs at the after party for the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Rock Of Ages" at Hollywood and Highland on June 8, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Rick Savage of Def Leppard is born (1960).

The Who along with some friends are jailed overnight after causing $6000 worth of damage in their hotel room after performing a show (1973).

David Bowie performs his first UK show in over two years, playing at the Astoria Theatre in London for 2,000 people (1999).

It is the first day of the photo shoot for the cover of the upcoming Pink Floyd album Animals and the shoot takes place at Battersea Power Station in London with a giant inflatable pig lashed between two of the structure’s tall towers (1976)

The Beatles record an appearance on the UK TV comedy show “The Morecambe and Wise Show.” The band perform “This Boy,” “All My Loving,” and “I Want to Hold your Hand” and participate in the comedy sketches with the hosts of the show (1963)

Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann is born (1941)

Rod Stewart hits #1 on the UK singles chart with “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” and donated all of the royalties from the song to United Nations Children’s Fund after a lawsuit is brought against him by Brazilian musician Jorge Den Jor that confirmed the song had been derived from his composition “Taj Mahal” (1978)

 
 
 

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