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Today in Music History: Brian Wilson Re-Appears With The Beach Boys

July 03, 2014

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Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys, was honored Today in Music History.
Guy Webster

History Highlight:

Today in 1976, for the first time in a dozen years, Brian Wilson joined The Beach Boys onstage at a concert in Anaheim, California. He sang the lead vocal on "In My Room."

Also, Today In:

1969 - The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones drowned in his backyard swimming pool. Suicide, accident or murder? The rumors have swirled for years.

1969 - It was the first and last time that the Newport Jazz Festival featured rock artists, among them Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck and Ten Years After. The crowd was not amused.

1971 - Jim Morrison was discovered dead in his bathtub in Paris, France. Ten years later, the surviving Doors conducted a graveside memorial with many fans in attendance.

2003 - Libertines singer Pete Doherty was arrested after breaking into band member Carl Barat's flat and stealing a laptop computer and a guitar.

Today in Music History: Brian Wilson Re-Appears With The Beach Boys