Elvis Presley received a Gold record for “Don’t Be Cruel,” which had topped Billboard’s pop, country, and R&B charts.

A Beatles concert at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium was stopped for 15 minutes when police intervened after fans breached the security barriers.

The Doors performed in Amsterdam as a trio after Jim Morrison collapsed during Jefferson Airplane’s performance. Ray Manzarek handled lead vocals.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Some Time in New York City was released in Britain after a publishing dispute. It reached No. 11 in the U.K. but only No. 48 in America.

Led Zeppelin’s In Through the Out Door reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, selling more than 1.7 million copies in its first weeks.

Huey Lewis and the News released Sports, which eventually produced five U.S. hit singles and earned seven-times-Platinum certification.

Bruce Hornsby made his debut as a touring member of the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden after Brent Mydland’s death.

Johnny Ramone, co-founder and guitarist of The Ramones, died at 55 after a five-year battle with prostate cancer.

Pink Floyd keyboardist and founding member Rick Wright died of cancer at 65, closely associated with “The Great Gig in the Sky.”

The Cars’ frontman Ric Ocasek was found dead at 75. The New Wave band had placed nine albums on the Billboard 200 and 32 singles on the Hot 100.