History Highlight:

Today in 1966, another great Beatles single came out: "Paperback Writer" with "Rain" on the B-side. The latter was an early psychedelic effort, primarily the work of Lennon, featuring the band's first experiments with backwards tracking. There are different accounts of who first stumbled upon this effect (John Lennon or producer George Martin), but the most entertaining account comes from Lennon, claiming he accidentally loaded the tape backwards while "stoned out of (his) mind." A total of three promotional clips were filmed for "Rain," featuring collage-like cutting of the footage in a way that would become commonplace for countless music videos by the mid-80s; looking back, George Harrison remarked "so I suppose we invented MTV" with the clips.

Also, Today In:

1964 - "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys was released. Thanks to the flip side, "Don't Worry, Baby," it went on to be their first #1 record.

1964 - Ella Fitzgerald became the first artist to have a hit with a Beatles cover when "Can't Buy Me Love" entered the UK chart.

2000 - On KROQ radio in Los Angeles, Billy Corgan revealed in an interview that the Smashing Pumpkins would be calling it quits following the fulfillment of prior contractual agreements.

2000 - Noel Gallagher walked out on his band Oasis during a European tour.

2006 - The king of Sweden presented the surviving members of Led Zeppelin with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm recognising them as "great pioneers" of rock music.

Birthdays:

Radiohead drummer, Philip Selway is 47 today.