Note: The “This Day In Music” website was down most of the day yesterday, so I couldn’t get info off of it. Here is yesterday’s “This Day In Music”…

Musician Birthdays: Syd Barrett (famous as the original singer of Pink Floyd, born in 1946), Malcolm Young (rhythm guitarist for AC/DC, born in 1953)

– In 1956: Elvis Presley performed in the gym at Randolph High School, Mississippi; this was the last time he ever appeared in a small auditorium.

– In 1958: Gibson guitars launched it’ ‘Flying V’ electric guitar. Guitarists who played a Flying V include, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.

– In 1967: The Who played their first gig of this year when they appeared at Morecambe, Central Pier in England.

– In 1968: The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ started an eight week run at No.1 on the US album chart, the group’s 11th US chart topper.

– In 1970: Crosby Stills Nash & Young made their UK live debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

– In 1973: Carly Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’, (with Mick Jagger on backing vocals), started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart.

– In 1975: Pink Floyd started session’s start at Abbey Road Studios London for their next album ‘Wish You Were Here’.

– In 1975: The mayor of Boston cancelled a Led Zeppelin concert after over 2,000 fans rioted trying to buy tickets. The fans caused an estimated $50,000 to $75,000 damage at Boston Garden. The gig during the bands North American tour was rescheduled for Feb 4th.

– In 1977: EMI Records dropped The Sex Pistols, giving the band £40,000 ($68,000) to release them from their contract.

– In 1979: The Bee Gees started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Too Much Heaven’ the group’s 7th US No.1.

– In 1979: The Village People scored their only UK No.1 single with ‘Y.M.C.A.’ At its peak the single was selling over 150,000 copies a day. In the gay culture from which the group sprang, the song was understood as celebrating the YMCA’s reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot.

– In 2001: Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour won the right to his dot com name. Dave took legal action in his battle to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew Herman who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise through the site.