History Highlight:

Today in 1973, Elton John had the number one song in the country with "Crocodile Rock" and it stayed in that spot for the next three weeks. Elton John has dismissed criticism of the song being "derivative," saying, "I wanted it to be a record about all the things I grew up with. Of course it's a rip-off, it's derivative in every sense of the word."

Also, Today In:

1959 - A plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, killed Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.

1961 - Bob Dylan made his first recording, covering the blues standard "San Francisco Bay Blues."

1991 - Sinead O'Connor said she would not accept any Grammy Awards, although she had been nominated in four categories. O'Connor claimed the show was all about "false and destructive materialistic values."

2003 - Phil Spector, best known for his "Wall of Sound" production with the Beatles, was arrested in connection with the death of Lana Clarkson at his home near Los Angeles.