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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

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LOS ANGELES - 1973: Musician David Bowie performs onstage during his "Ziggy Stardust" era in 1973 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Rolling Stone magazine votes that the Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones is album of the year (1978).

The Beatles White Album is #1 on the US album chart (1968).

Pink Floyd perform at the two day Flight TO Lowlands Paradise II festival in the Netherlands. They were the replacement band for Jimi Hendrix (1968).

David Bowie plays at the Hardrock in Manchester, England while on his Ziggy Stardust tour (1972).

A group of 58,000 listeners from the UK radio station Planet Rock are surveyed to vote on the greatest rock stars ever. Pink Floyd is #1, Led Zeppelin is #2, #3 is The Rolling Stones, #4 is The Who, AC/DC is #5, U2 is #6, Guns ‘N Roses is #7, Nirvana is #8, Bon Jovi is #9 and Jimi Hendrix is #10 (2005).

 
 
 

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