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2016Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd do a shot-for-shot remake of the Styxvideo for "Too Much Time On My Hands."More
2014Paul Goddard (bassist for Atlanta Rhythm Section) dies at age 68 of a brief, sudden illness.
2007Rage Against The Machine plays its first show in seven years to close the Coachella Festival.
2005Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Maryundergoes a bone marrow transplant to battle leukemia.
2003The movie Only The Strong Survive (with many R&B legends, including Jerry Butler) premieres in New York.
1999Following his reunion with Pamela Anderson Lee, Tommy Lee quits Mötley Crüe to devote time to his new band, Methods of Mayhem, and his family.
1997Lynyrd Skynyrd releases the album Twenty, which is titled after the fact that it's being released twenty years after the plane crash that claimed the lives of three band members. It's their ninth studio album.
1996Phil Spector calls off a planned project to produce Celine Dion when they can't agree to terms.
1995Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, while Shakur is serving a four-and-a-half-year jail term for sexual assault.
1993Mick Ronson, a guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie, dies of cancer at age 46.
1993Barry White guests on The Simpsons, where he serves as MC of Whacking Day.
1985Freddie Mercury releases his solo album Mr. Bad Guy. Although it sells okay in the UK, in the US it doesn't make even the top 150.
1982Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni are named Songwriters of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards, while their "Stand And Deliver" is named the best selling single.
1979Matt Tong (drummer for Bloc Party) is born in Bournemouth, England.
1979Pop singer-songwriter Jo O'Meara (of S Club 7) is born in Romford, Greater London, England.
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Bruce Springsteen Storms Graceland Looking For Elvis

1976
Bruce Springsteen, fresh from playing a Memphis concert on his Born To Run tour, tries to climb over the fence at Elvis Presley's Graceland estate in an attempt to see Presley. He is escorted off the premises by guards who inform him the King is not at home.

On a whim, Springsteen decides to take a cab to Graceland after finishing his show. As he approaches the gates he notices that a light is on in the house, and so heady with the confidence of youth and newfound fame he scales the wall and runs across to the front door. Before he is able to knock on the door, a security guard intercepts him. Bruce asks if Elvis is home, and is informed that the King is away in Lake Tahoe. Springsteen proclaims his fame, pointing out that he had recently made the covers of both Newsweek and Time magazines, but it falls on deaf ears and he is escorted from the premises.

It is not unusual for Elvis fans to storm his castle by climbing the walls around Graceland, so security - some of whom are relatives of Elvis - is on alert, ready to escort intruders from the grounds. Some of the more enterprising fans have been found in trees, taking a swim in the pool, and even on one occasion inside the house itself.

As for Springsteen, he remains a lifelong fan of Presley and writes the song "Fire" as a tribute to him after catching a particularly poor performance in Philadelphia in 1977. Elvis dies before the demo can find him, but the song is recorded by Robert Gordon and later The Pointer Sisters, who take it to #2 in the US.

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