History Highlight:

Today in 1965, the filming of the promotional film for Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" took place alongside the Savoy Hotel in London. In the film, Dylan flips through cue cards with selected words and phrases from the lyrics. Actors in the background were Allen Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth. The film became one of the first modern promotional films and was a forerunner of the music video. Its cue-card concept has since been imitated or referenced by many artists, including INXS, the Flaming Lips, and Belle & Sebastian.

Also, Today In:

1970 - The Beatles' 12th and final album, Let It Be, was released.

1976 - Former lead singer of the Lovin' Spoonful, John Sebastian, went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Welcome Back", taken from the TV show, Welcome Back Kotter.

1982 - Vangelis went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Chariots Of Fire", the theme music to the film of the same name.

1984 - Roger Waters released his first solo album, The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking.

1990 - Frito-Lay used a Tom Waits sound-alike in a Doritos commercial and paid dearly for the unauthorized usage. Waits won a $2.5 million lawsuit.

1999 - Ricky Martin went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Livin' La Vida Loca." The song spent five weeks at No. 1.

2005 - Bruce Springsteen was at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Devils and Dust his 13th No. 1 studio album.

Birthdays:

Influential blues guitarist and singer Robert Johnson was born on this day in 1911.

Singer Martha Wainwright is 39.

And lots of drummers have birthdays today:

T.Rex drummer Bill Legend is 71.

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz is 64.

Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen is 60.

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is 51.