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Rock and Metal History, January 6

1946: Syd Barrett (vocalist, guitarist for Pink Floyd) is born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England.

1953: Malcolm Mitchell Young (guitarist for AC/DC) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

1958: Gibson patented its Flying V electric guitar. Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Marc Bolan of T. Rex are among those who played the Flying V.

1959: Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge ("We Are Family" from 1979) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1957: Elvis Presley made his last appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York City.

1964: Mark O'Toole (bass player for Frankie Goes To Hollywood) is born in Liverpool, England.

1968: The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour started an eight week run at number one on the album chart, the group’s 11th US chart topper.

1975: Pink Floyd begin recording their album Wish You Were Here after abandoning an earlier concept of an album recorded entirely with household objects.

1976: The album, "Frampton Comes Alive", was released by Herb Alpert's A&M Records in the U.S.

1977: KISS' Rock And Roll Over album is certified Platinum.

1982: The Prince single "Let's Work" was released.

1986: The Bangles released the single "Manic Monday".

1990: Phil Collins' new album But Seriously, became the new #1.

1993: Lucky Thirteen, a Neil Young compilation album with four previously unreleased tracks, hits stores. It's his second compilation album, with the first being the Decade triple album released in 1977.

1997: The Metallica single "King Nothing" was released.

2003: Hate Crew Deathroll is the fourth studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in 2003 under the Century Media label. And this is also the final Children of Bodom album to be recorded with all five original members as their original rhythm guitarist Alexander Kuoppala, would leave the band in 2003.

2009: Ron Asheton (guitarist for The Stooges) is found dead of an apparent heart attack in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at age 60.

2014: IcedEarth released the album "Plagues Of Babylon". Plagues of Babylon is their eleventh studio album. The album is the group's first studio release with bassist Luke Appleton and the only with drummer Raphael Saini, who was a guest on the album.