On this day in rock (April 17th)
1976 "Action" by Sweet peaks at Number 20 on the pop chart. It was later covered by Def Leppard.
1976 A Night At The Opera by Queen peaks at Number Four on the US album chart, where it stays for three weeks.
1982 "(Oh) Pretty Woman" by Van Halen, a cover of the Roy Orbison song, peaks at Number 12 on the pop chart.
1982 The Concert In Central Park by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Six on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1983 Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi is shot and killed by his wife at age 44.
1983 The Grateful Dead welcomes special guest Stephen Stills at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They perform "Love The One You're With" and "Not Fade Away."
1992 24 Nights by Eric Clapton is certified gold.
1998 Linda McCartney dies at age 56.
2001 Live Insurrection by Halford is released.
2001 Joey Ramone is buried in Forest Hills, New York, where he grew up.
2002 Jimi Hendrix's father James Al Hendrix dies at age 82.
2004 Melissa Etheridge shoots her Get Lucky Tonight concert DVD at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.
2004 A rare guitar once owned by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is auctioned off for $117,500.
2007 Live In Glasgow by Paul Rodgers is released.
2007 Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Paul Rodgers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Stevie Nicks, and the surviving members of Led Zeppelin gather at Lincoln Center in New York City to salute the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
1976 A Night At The Opera by Queen peaks at Number Four on the US album chart, where it stays for three weeks.
1982 "(Oh) Pretty Woman" by Van Halen, a cover of the Roy Orbison song, peaks at Number 12 on the pop chart.
1982 The Concert In Central Park by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Six on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1983 Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi is shot and killed by his wife at age 44.
1983 The Grateful Dead welcomes special guest Stephen Stills at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They perform "Love The One You're With" and "Not Fade Away."
1992 24 Nights by Eric Clapton is certified gold.
1998 Linda McCartney dies at age 56.
2001 Live Insurrection by Halford is released.
2001 Joey Ramone is buried in Forest Hills, New York, where he grew up.
2002 Jimi Hendrix's father James Al Hendrix dies at age 82.
2004 Melissa Etheridge shoots her Get Lucky Tonight concert DVD at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.
2004 A rare guitar once owned by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is auctioned off for $117,500.
2007 Live In Glasgow by Paul Rodgers is released.
2007 Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Paul Rodgers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Stevie Nicks, and the surviving members of Led Zeppelin gather at Lincoln Center in New York City to salute the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
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