Johnny Cash performs a free concert for the inmates at San Quentin Prison in California (1960).

Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” hits #1 on the UK singles chart for a second time (1956).

The Beatles audition for Decca Records in London, but are turned down by Dick Rowe, the A&R boss (1962).

The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton, perform two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Hammersmith, London (1965).

The Doors make their first live TV appearance, lip-synching their first single “Break on Through” on Shebang, KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles (1967).

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin walks for the first time since his car accident in Greece the previous year (1976).

Genesis perform three nights at the newly renovated Rainbow Theatre in London (1977).

Wings are at #1 on the UK singles chart with “mull of Kintyre” and spend nine weeks in the top spot (1977).

Rolling Stones release their Hot Rocks album (1972).

A new radio station in Florida, WKRL airs Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” for 24-hours, a prelude to an all Zeppelin format (1990).

Eric Clapton marries 25-year-old Melia McEnery, the mother of his baby daughter, at a secret ceremony at the 15^th Century St. Mary Magdalen Church in Ripley, Surrey, England (2002).