On This Date In Music

1965 - Marty Balin and Paul Kantner form a Folk-Rock group that would evolve into the Jefferson Airplane, the premier San Francisco psychedelic band of the late '60s. The Airplane made its debut the following month at a Haight-Ashbury club.

 

1974 - Linda Ronstadt records her breakthrough hit "You're No Good" at the Sound Factory in Hollywood.

 

1994 - Hootie & the Blowfish release their debut album Cracked Rear View. It takes off at the beginning of 1995, eventually selling a staggering 21 million copies.

 

1996 - Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, is born. She is named after Dolly Parton because the scientist thought the country star was the person most synonymous with mammary glands.
Yes, I know it’s a stretch to connect this one with historical rock history, but it involves … boobs …