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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013

This Day in Music History: Wednesday, January 16th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1970: The Who kick off a European tour by performing Tommy at the Theatre Champs Elysees in Paris.

1970: Eight John Lennon lithographs are confiscated from a London gallery by Scotland Yard's Obscene Publications Squad. The offending works are nude line drawings of John and Yoko Ono.

1980: Paul McCartney begins a 10-day stretch in a Japanese jail after half a pound of marijuana is found in his luggage at Tokyo Airport.

1984: The Rolling Stones shoot videos for "She Was Hot" and "Too Much Blood" in Mexico City.

1991: The Byrds, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Impressions, John Lee Hooker, LaVern Baker and Jimmy reed are inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony in New York.

1992: A day after he inducts Jimi Hendrix into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Neil Young plays with Booker T. & the MG's at New York's Lone Star Roadhouse.

2001: Linkin Park make their TV debut on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

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