1974: The first American Music Awards airs, hosted by Smokey Robinson, Helen Reddy and Roger Miller. The annual event created by Dick Clark is held weeks before the Grammys with winners elected by the public.
1974: KISS make their national TV debut on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.
1977: Manfred Mann's Earth Band's lyrically imprecise remake of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" hits #1 on the chart.
1980: AC/DC singer Bob Scott (born Ronald Belford) dies in London after choking on his own vomit following a drinking binge. He was 33.
1985: Mick Jagger releases his first solo album, She's the Boss.
1995: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch's Pamela Anderson on the beach in Cancun, Mexico. Anderson wears a white bikini to the ceremony.
1999: Metallica's Garage Inc. is simultaneously awarded gold, platinum and quadruple-platinum plaques.
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