From the MCRFB music calendar:
Events on this date: AUGUST 25
1967: After a two-year bout battling depression and stage-fright, Beach Boy founder and resident genius Brian Wilson returns to playing live with the band.
1970: Singer-songwriter Elton John begins a seventeen-night run at the Los Angeles club The Troubadour, his first US club appearance and a move which will catapult him into pop stardom. On the first night, he is first introduced by labelmate Neil Diamond. Quincy Jones and Leon Russell are in the audience, as is future Eagles member Don Henley. The first’s night show includes John’s first hit “Your Song,” “Take Me To The Pilot” and “Country Comfort.”
1970: Jimi Hendrix throws a party to celebrate the opening of his Electric Lady studios in New York City.
1973: Bobby Darin takes to the stage in what is to be his last concert performance before his death, appearing at the Vegas Hilton.
1973: Butch Trucks, drummer for the Allman Brothers, crashes his car near Macon, Georgia, breaking his leg in the process.
1976: Frankie Avalon’s television summer replacement series, Easy Does It, debuts on the CBS Television Network.
1977: California Governor Jerry Brown appoints singer and long-time environmental activist Helen Reddy to the state’s Park’s Commission.
1989: Chicago Mayor Richard Michael Daley declares today “Pop Staples Day,” in honor of the native musician and leader of the Staple Singers.
1994: Billy Joel is officially divorced from model Christy Brinkley. Their marriage lasted nine years, producing a daughter.
1994: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin reunite in a London studio to record the concert that would become the MTV special Unledded.
1994: Jimmy Buffett crashes his seaplane while attempting to take off from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Fortunately, he swims to safety.
2006: Longtime Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton misses his first gig in 24 years after being diagnosed with throat cancer.
2007: While singing his 1968 hit “Fire” on stage in Lewes, England, Arthur Brown catches on fire after wearing his customary tin-foil hat with a small fire burning in the center.
Deaths: Stan Kenton; 1979. Jack Nitzsche; 2000.
Releases: 1973: “Ramblin’ Man,” The Allman Brothers. 1975: “Born To Run,” Bruce Springsteen. 1976: ‘Boston’ (LP), Boston.
Charts: 1958: “Little Star,” The Elegants; enters the charts. 1962: “Sherry,” The Four Seasons; enters the charts. 1962: “The Locomotion,” Little Eva; hits No. 1 on the charts. 1973: “Brother Louie,” The Stories; hits No. 1 on the charts.
Certifications: 1964: “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles; certified gold by the RIAA.
And that’s just a few of the events which took place in pop music history, on this day…. 
