June 25
• 1984: Prince’s album Purple Rain sets a record when 1.3 million copies are sold in one day
June 27
• 1971: New York’s Fillmore East, the heralded rock venue, is closed
• 1989: At New York’s Radio City Music Hall, The Who perform their rock opera Tommy in its entirety for the first time in 17 years
June 29
• 1967: Keith Richards is sentenced to one year in jail on drug charge
July 1
• 1970: Casey Kasem’s “The American Top Forty” radio show debuts in eleven U.S. cities
• 1969: Sam Phillips sells Sun Records
July 2
• 1980: Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and manager Joel Rifkin of the Grateful Dead are arrested in San Diego for interfering in the drug-related arrest of a concert-goer
• 2005: Live 8 Concerts take place around the world to draw attention to poverty in Africa
July 3
• 1969: Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool
