Rock and Culture Anniversaries

It's humorously titled after his familiar stage introduction, "… on tonsils and sneakers, I'm 'Lonesome' Dave."

"The Power of Love" became their first chart-topping smash, but it didn't exactly begin with lofty expectations.

Sessions for this breezy U.S. chart-topping single were actually a painstaking drag.

Keyboardist "cut the ice" in the studio, allowing the group to ditch the drama and focus on music.

Ironically, they struggled mightily while trying to piece together this easygoing song.

The synth-pop duo's first LP was ignored in the U.S., but two years later they had a No. 1 album and single.

It's still a touchstone moment in every band profile, an obligatory part of every interview and a set-list stalwart.

No one was reported to have suffered any long-term ill effects, though several people went to a hospital.

Jeff Lynne had reached the end of a creative road with the out-sized construction – and success – of 'Out of the Blue.'

The tragedy cast a long shadow on the rock world and, in the days that followed, that shadow only lengthened.