Anniversaries

Just over a month later, the Starman passed away from liver cancer.

Compiled from released tracks on the band's U.K. albums, the U.S.-only LP still hit the Top 5.

It was two days later that the singer passed away from a heart attack at 52 years old.

He'd become the first solo member of the Beatles to simultaneously top both the album and singles charts.

An enormous undertaking, 'The Last Waltz' dinner and show was nearly derailed time and again.

In the wee hours of the morning, Petty and the Heartbreakers cut one of their best-known songs.

The album was a huge success after it was released in November 1971, but Frampton was gone by then.

It was 50 years ago that the Boss and the E Street band played in Europe for the very first time, but it was not exactly a pleasant experience.

This became the last completed blockbuster album in his lifetime after the former Beatles star was felled by a crazed assassin.

It was the largest boat that ever sank in the Great Lakes, claiming the lives of 29 people whose bodies were never recovered. The accident prompted new maritime regulations and one of Lightfoot's most successful songs.