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Caption: Jeff Beck , Jamie Cullum, Alan Bates and Kyle Eastwood at the BBC Jazz Awards 2008 at the Mermaid Theatre London, England .... BECK: 'NO REGRETS ABOUT TURNING DOWN THE STONES' Guitar great JEFF BECK will never regret turning down the chance to be a part of the ROLLING STONES - because he'd be dead by now if he had signed up.

LEE GROSSCUP still can picture the jumping scene 54 years ago when he heard rock 'n' roll's enduring anthem bounce off the walls of the Criterion Theatre in his native Santa Monica.

1969 - The Rolling Stones played a free show for 250,000 fans in London's Hyde Park to introduce new guitarist Mick Taylor.

Record label mogul Allen Klein, who handled the affairs of both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said.

1982 - Ozzy Osbourne married his manager, Sharon Arden. 1985 - At a gig in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Beach Boys welcomed Mr.

Essentially two kinds of people existed in the '80s: Coke drinkers and Pepsi drinkers.

Some say he was murdered. 1971 - The Doors frontman Jim Morrison died in Paris at the age of 27.

A mix of horror, rockabilly and surf rock, The Dead Elvi will bring the rock for their debut Westchester performance! The Dead Elvi have shared a stage with music legends like Mick Taylor , Bumblefoot , Micky Dolenz , Pete Best , Ray Manzarek and Buckethead.

Sadly Jagger couldn?t transfer his chameleon-like social skills to films such as Performance, Ned Kelly, Fitzcarraldo and Freejack.

Crossing musical generations... Students from the Wentworth Music Education Centre will be rockin' on stage Saturday night to the music of The Rolling Stones at the Kelowna Community Theatre, 7 p.m. The tribute concert follows on the heels of a similar show featuring the music of Bryan Adams earlier this year.

Brian Jones recruited Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and fronted the Rolling Stones before his recruits took over the group and, in the end, booted their mentor from his own band.

Bruce Swedien recorded several Jackson albums. Doug Engle/Star-Banner Buy photo Sound engineer Bruce Swedien met Michael Jackson when he played the scarecrow in the "Wiz" in the late '70s. Swedien recorded "Off The Wall," "Thriller" and "Bad" to name a few.

Rare portraits of The Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones will go on display in London later this year.

It would be easy to dismiss "Guitar Hero 5"-which RedOctane/Activision Blizzard will release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii on September 1-as being a retread of last year's "Guitar Hero World Tour." And in some ways, it is.

Don Gorvett, an artist, printmaker, and longtime Cape Ann resident, has invested in Gloucester's downtown.

It was the first live global satellite television program in history. The Fab Four were among the acts chosen to represent the United Kingdom.

Just call me Lucifer 'cause I'm in need of some restraint - The Rolling Stones Dante's Inferno described Hell as nine layers of suffering.

By day he's student recreation officer at Chichester College. By night, he's Mick Jagger.

1968 - The Jeff Beck Group made their US debut at New York's Fillmore East. 1969 - Blind Faith released their first and only album.

1975 - James Taylor released "How Sweet It Is.' 1979 - Four years after leaving The Rolling Stones, Mick Taylor released his first solo album.