Even though a February 29th only comes around every 4th year, a fair number of significant Classic Rock events took place during it in years gone by.  Here are some of the most Noteworthy classic rock events that went down on this day in leap years...

 

1944 Early Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham born.

1948 Bill Kirchen of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen born.

1952 Ramones Tommy Ramone  (Erdelyi) born in Hungary.

1968 Sgt. Pepper gets Album Of The Year and best Album Cover and Best Engineered and Recorded album Grammys.

1972 Led Zeppelin closes Australian tour with a concert in Brisbane's Festival Hall.

1988 Robert Plant releases Now and Zen.

1992 Blues legend Muddy Waters dies at 76 of a heart attack.

1992 U2 opens North American Zoo TV tour in Lakeland, Florida Civic Center.

2000 AC/DC releases Stiff Upper Lip.

2000 Police suspend the drivers license of Eric Clapton  for 6 months for doing 45mph in a 30 zone in Surrey.

2012 Monkees lead singer Davy Jones dies of a heart attack at 66.