History Highlight:

Today in 1969, The Monkees set a new record when their second album, More Of The Monkees jumped from No.122 all the way to the top of the Billboard chart in one move. The album then stayed in top position for eighteen weeks. The release of More of the Monkees was rushed to capitalize on the band's popularity, catching even its members by surprise. The band learned of the album's existence while on tour, discovering it had already been released. (Despite the album's massive success, Mike Nesmith hated it because of the choices of songs the producers included on it, and referred to it at the time as "probably the worst album in the history of the world").

Also, Today In:

1964 - The Beatles made their live concert debut in the US at the Washington Coliseum.

1972 - David Bowie unveiled his Ziggy Stardust alter-ego for the first time at a concert in Tollworth, England.

1983 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend The Night Together opened in New York during the city's most severe snow storm of the century.

2001 - Outkast went to No.1 on the US singles chart with "Ms. Jackson."

2012 - Whitney Houston was found dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub.

Birthdays:

Sergio Mendes is 72 today.

Rockabilly pioneer Gene Vincent was born today in 1935.