Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington and Allen Collins were together in bands a decade before the release of Pronounced "leh-nerd skinerd", the album that introduced them to the world on August 13th in 1973. The band that sold 30 million albums, and who knows how many Bic Lighters that fans held aloft during performances of the epic nine minute closing track on this album, became legendary.
Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on August 13 include...
1951 Dan Fogelberg born.
1952 Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and singer Hughie Thomasson born.
1965 Beatles release Help! in US.
1965 Jefferson Airplane debuts at Matrix in San Francisco.
1971 King Curtis stabbed to death in New York City.
1971 John Lennon leaves London to take-up residence in the US.
1975 Bruce Springsteen opens 5 night stand at Bottom Line in New York City.
1976 Clash debut in London.
1977 Bachman-Turner Overdrive breaks-up.
1978 Be Bop Deluxe breaks-up.
1980 Todd Rundgren is robbed in his home.
1985 Sting opens his first solo tour in San Diego, CA.
1989 Ozzy Osbourne & Scorpions play for 100,000 in Moscow.
1990 Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt & Sting buy land at Walden Pond for preservation.
1999 Woodstock '99 opens at former airbase in Rome, NY.
1999 Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall's marriage is declared 'null and void'
1999 Slash is arrested in Los Angeles when police investigate an altercation with his girlfriend.
2007 Ozzy Osbourne does set in Times Square to promote Madden NFL 2008 video game with his music in it.
2011 Billy Joel and Jon Bon Jovi sing at 60th birthday party for Jimmy Buffett's wife, Jane...
2011 Farm Aid staged in Kansas City with a lineup that includes John Mellencamp, Neil Young Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Jakob Dylan, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real.
