In 1962...Beatles manager Brian Epstein fired Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr.

London, UNITED KINGDOM: TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Now he's 64: Paul McCartney celebrates that birthday" (FILES) Picture taken 18 August 1964 of the British pop music group "Beatles" leaving the London airport for a tour in United-States. Paul McCartney was just 24 when The Beatles first recorded their hit track "When I'm Sixty-Four". Forty years on, the former Beatle finally found out the answers to the long list of questions contained in the song as he celebrated his landmark birthday 18 June 2006. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

In 1969...Janis Joplin performed at Woodstock in Bethel, New York. During The Who's set the same day, Abbie Hoffman leaped onstage to protest, but Pete Townshend was having none of it. He clobbered the activist with his electric guitar. Townshend later explained he had no idea who Abbie Hoffman was.

This is a 1970 photo of rock singer Janis Joplin. (AP Photo)

In 1974...The Ramones played the New York club CBGB for the first time.

In 1975...Singer Peter Gabriel announced he was leaving Genesis.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 29: Musician Peter Gabriel performs at the "46664 - Give One Minute of Your Life to AIDS" concert at Greenpoint Stadium on November 29, 2003 in Cape Town, South Africa. The concert will benefit the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the fight against AIDS in Africa. It is one of the biggest rock events ever staged in Africa and will also be the most widely distributed media event in history with a potential audience of more than 2 billion people in 166 countries. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

In 1977... Elvis Presley died. Although many suspect Elvis accidentally administered himself a drug overdose, the official verdict was coronary arrythmia. He was 42.

Undated picture of US rock star Elvis Presley, born in Tupelo Mississipi on January 8,1935 and dead 16 August 1977 in Memphis. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)

In 1983...Paul Simon married actress Carrie Fisher in New York. They divorced in 1985.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: Picture dated 11 November 1997 showing US singer Paul Simon in New York. Paul Simon is ready to testify against Allan Boesak in a case in which the cleric is accused of stealing money donated to poor children, a prosecutor said 19 November. (Photo credit should read JON LEVY/AFP/Getty Images)

In 1985...Madonna married Sean Penn in Malibu Beach, California on her 27th birthday. They divorced in 1989.

In 2000...INXS cancelled their New Zealand tour due to poor ticket sales. The four-date trek was to be their first since the death of Michael Hutchence with new singer Jon Stevens.

CULVER CITY, CA - DECEMBER 03: the band INXS arrives at the VH1 Big In '05 Awards held at Stage 15 on the Sony lot on December 3, 2005 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

In 2002...Jimi Hendrix's brother, Leon, sued for his share of the Hendrix estate. Jimi originally left control of his legacy to his dad, Al. When Al Hendrix died in April 2002, he gave everything to his daughter, Janie. Leon claimed all he received was a gold record.

In this 1969 image released by Sony Records, Jimi Hendrix performs. (AP Photo/EMP/Authentic Hendrix LLC, Graham Page) NO SALES

In 2002...Lisa Marie Presley unveiled a song she had written in her dad's honor at a Memphis concert to observe 25 years since Elvis Presley's death.

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - MAY 3: (U.S. TABS OUT) Singer Lisa Marie Presley poses backstage at the mtvICON: Metallica tribute special held at the Universal Amphitheatre on May 3rd, 2003 in Universal City, California. mtvICON: Metallica will premiere on MTV Tuesday, May 6th at 9:00PM [ET/PT]. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

In 2002...Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi filed a suit against a Bridgeville, Pennsylvania bar for allegedly playing their music without a license. The two New Jersey rockers sought between 750 and 30-thousand dollars in damages.

CLEVELAND - NOVEMBER 02: Singer Bruce Springsteen plays before Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) takes the stage during a campaign rally at the Cleveland Mall November 2, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. Obama continues to campaign against Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as Election Day draws near. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In 2005...Birthday girl Madonna fell off a horse on her U-K estate. She suffered three cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and a broken hand. She also turned 47.

LISBON, PORTUGAL - NOVEMBER 03: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Madonna appears on stage at the 12th annual MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 at the Atlantic Pavilion on November 3, 2005 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images for MTV)

In 2006...YouTube.com announced they were in talks to stream every music video ever made on the popular Web site.

Hong Kong, CHINA: TO WITH STORY: AFPEntertainment-film-Asia-Internet-YouTube A web page of the www.youtube.com is displayed on a computer screen, 02 August 2006. Hong Kong's "Bus Uncle", a short, poorly filmed and grainy video clip that gained international attention in June, has alerted many to the promotional potential of Internet mini-film site YouTube. AFP PHOTO/Samantha SIN (Photo credit should read SAMANTHA SIN/AFP/Getty Images)