2000 Billy Corgin of the Smashing Pumpkins announces that the Seattle-based rock group will officially break up at year’s end. Corgan claims that he and his bandmates are tired of “fighting the good fight against the Britneys of the world.”
2000 “Binaural,” Pearl Jam’s long-awaited sixth studio album hits U.S. store shelves.
1998 Teen heart-throb group Hanson notches a sellout in less than 20 minutes in the Detroit market for a June 29 show at the Pine Knob Amphitheatre.
1979 Tom Petty files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing is partly the result of a dispute with Petty’s record label, which had been purchased by MCA.
1975 “Moms” Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken) dies at the age of 78. The comedienne places 13 albums on Billboard’s pop chart.
1971 Iron Butterfly breaks up. The group’s biggest hit is “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” a No. 30 song in 1968.
1970 The Grateful Dead gives its first performance outside the U.S., a four-hour set at the Hollywood Rock Festival in the U.K.
1965 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Help Me Rhonda,” The Beach Boys.
1945 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Sentimental Journey,” Les Brown Orchestra/Doris Day.
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