Many conflicting accounts are on record about the circumstances of Bon Scott's death on this day in 1980, but his impact as the lead singer of AC/DC and musical legacy are beyond dispute. 

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on February 19 include...

 

1946 Jerome "J" Geils, guitarist of the J. Geils Band is born.

1948 Spirit’s Mark Andes is born.

1960 Jimi Hendrix does his first live public performance at his Seattle high school.

1971 The Yes Album, the first with guitarist Steve Howe, is released.

1982 Ozzy Osbourne gets arrested after taking a leak on The Cenopath, a 1939 monument erected in San Antonio to honor those killed in the Battle of the Alamo.

1985 Mick Jagger releases She’s The Boss.

1993 Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd do a pay-for-view concert together at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.

1993 Cricket infestation shortens Elton John concert in Melbourne, Australia.

1995 Motley Crue's Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson marry on a beach in Cancun, Mexico.

2010 Bon Jovi web casts the opening 3 songs of his Circle tour opener in the Key Arena in Seattle.

2015 Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson undergoes procedure to remove a malignant growth from his tongue.