Anniversaries

In 1996, their summer tour — including their legendary stop at Knebworth — completely sold out in just nine hours.

"That song," manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham later admitted, "was going nowhere."

It took place at Birmingham University in England, where only around 300 people got to attend.

In the end, these stumbles were just another part of their legend.

They sounded like everybody — and nobody — else.

"I leave it in your capable hands," the note reads in part.

The "Purple Rain" singer was just 57 years old.

It was 1959, and the future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was just 13 years old.

The singer kept his deteriorating health private for several years.

Upon its release, it became their first single to chart in the U.S.

There was a noticeable difference on his country-inspired eighth album.

It was Kit Lambert, who died on April 7, 1981 at 45 years old from a luckless accident, who first encouraged Pete Townshend to write his own songs in the early '60s.