In 1964, “The Beach Boys” guiding force, Brian Wilson, had a nervous breakdown aboard a plane en route to a concert in Texas. After more than a year of isolation, Wilson came up with one of pop music’s classic albums, “Pet Sounds.”

In 1967, “The Rolling Stones” album “Their Satanic Majesties Request” was released.

In 1969, “The Supremes” began Diana Ross’s farewell engagement at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross would go on to a hugely successful solo career. “The Supremes” also continued to hit record charts with Ross’s replacement, Jean Terrell.

In 1970, Canadian folksinger Joni Mitchell was awarded her first gold record for the album “Ladies of the Canyon.” The LP contained the hit single “Big Yellow Taxi.”

In 1972, “Grand Funk Railroad’s” rehearsal for a live album in New York was interrupted by former manager Terry Knight, two deputy sheriffs and an attorney. Knight had a court order giving him the right to seize $1 million or equivalent assets, and he took the band’s equipment after the show.

In 1980, John McVie of “Fleetwood Mac” and his wife, Julie, were arrested for cocaine possession in Honolulu after a police dog sniffed out the drug in their mail.