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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Today in Rock - Dec 3

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Ozzy Osbourne is born (1948).

Vince Neil of Mӧtley Crüe crashes his ’72 Ford Pintero in Redondo Beach, CA and his passenger, Hanoi Rocks’ Nick “Razzle” Dingley is killed (1984).

the Beatles met their future manager, Brian Epstein, for the first time at his record store in Liverpool (1961).

DJ Alan Freed receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1991).

Ringo Starr releases the song “You’re Sixteen” and quickly becomes #1, making it his second straight #1 single (1973).

The Rolling Stones record “Brown Sugar” at the Muscle Shoals studio. The single reaches #1 in the UK and US (1969)

While performing a show in Sacramento, Keith Richards is shocked and knocked unconscious when his guitar makes contact with his microphone during a performance of “The Last Time” (1965)

It is Kenney Jones’ first tour with the Who. Jones replaced Keith Moon, who had dies just 3 months prior. Unfortunately, during a concert headlined by the Who on this day at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, 11 audience members were trampled to death (1979)

Led Zeppelin play a gig at the Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow, Scotland. Before the show, the band’s publicist tries to stop some ticket scalpers, but is beaten by fans outside the venue (1972)

 
 
 

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