Musician Birthdays: Neal Schon (guitarist from Journey, famous for the hit, “Anyway You Want It”. Born in 1954), Adrian Smith (guitarist from Iron Maiden, famous for hit, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter”, “Fear of the Dark”, and more. Born in 1957), Josh Groban (US singer, born in 1981)

– In 1964: The Rolling Stones made their second appearance on BBC TV show Top Of The Pops performing ‘Not Fade Away’.

– In 1967: Pink Floyd recorded their first single ‘Arnold Layne’, with producer Joe Boyd at Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea, England.

– In 1971: Five months after her death, Janis Joplin started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Pearl.’

– In 1972: Led Zeppelin appeared at Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney in Australia.

– In 1974: Cher filed for divorce from Sonny Bono. Cher married Gregg Allman from The Allman Brothers band on 27th June 1975.

– In 1977: Keith Richards was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hotel, for possession of heroin and cocaine. Bail was set at $25,000 (£14,705).

– In 1980: Winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, ‘What A Fool Believes’, The Doobie Brothers, album of the year, Billy Joel’s ’52nd St’, best new artist, Rickie Lee Jones, best disco record, ‘I Will Survive’ Gloria Gaynor.

– In 1991: James Brown was paroled after spending two years of a six-year prison sentence, imposed for resisting arrest after a car chase across two States.

– In 1993: After 14 weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart, ‘I Will Always Love You’, gave Whitney Houston the longest ever US chart topper, taking over from Boyz II Men’s hit ‘End Of The Road’, and became the second biggest selling single in the US.

– In 1999: Britney Spears started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘…Baby One More Time’. It became the biggest UK selling single of the year and also a No.1 in the US. It was originally written for TLC but the song was submitted after completion of their third record, FanMail.

– In 2007: Bobby Brown was sentenced to 30 days in jail over $19,000 (£9,670) in unpaid child support. An arrest warrant was issued in October 2006 after he failed to show up at a hearing on overdue child support for Kim Ward, the mother of two of his children.

– In 2010: U2 raked in more money than any other music act in the US in 2009 making $109m (£71m) from touring, record sales and other royalties, almost twice as much as the second best, Bruce Springsteen who took home $58m (£38m), followed by Madonna with $47m (£31m) and AC/DC with $44m (£29m). Coldplay were the most successful British group, at number eight, with takings of $27m (£18m).