You might call this a transition day in rock music history. For instance, one year to the day after the Rolling Stones released “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” …

… Brian Jones left the Stones, to be replaced by Mick Taylor.

Less than a month later, Jones was found dead in the bottom of his swimming pool. (At the time, Jones was living on a farm previously owned by A.A. Milne, who wrote Winnie the Pooh.)

Five years after Jones quit the Stones, Rick Wakeman said no to playing any more for Yes:

Five years later, Paul McCartney and Wings released “Back to the Egg,” their final studio album:

Birthdays start with Nancy Sinatra …

… born the same day as Sherman Garnes of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96ylFiQK_I

Chuck Negron sang for Three Dog Night:

Who is William Royce? You know him better as Boz Scaggs (who attended UW–Madison with Steve Miller and was in Miller’s first band):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVJt3AY10Gg

Mick Box played guitar for Uriah Heep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4o–q6xuvs

Jeff Rich played drums for the Climax Blues Band, which …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLaCCCBJWI

Mick Hucknall sang for Simply Red:

Nick Rhodes played keyboards for Duran Duran:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDnNF5cHCdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-wDJp8ssc