History Highlight:

Today in 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the opening night on their Born To Run Tour at The Palace Theatre in Providence, R.I. The tour actually began more than a month before the album, Born to Run, was released; "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" made its first appearance, but the show was mostly dominated by older material. The show also saw the live debut of Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven, as a member of The E Street Band.

Also, Today In:

1940 - Billboard's first comprehensive record chart was published. The magazine had previously published best-seller lists submitted by individual record companies, but the new chart combined the top sellers from all major labels. Billboard's first No. 1 song was "I'll Never Smile Again" by Frank Sinatra and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

1963 - Jan and Dean started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Surf City," written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, with the Beach Boys on backing vocals.

1976 - Buzzcocks made their live debut supporting The Sex Pistols and Slaughter & The Dogs at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. In the audience were Morrissey, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook (soon to form Joy Division), Mark E. Smith (The Fall) and Mick Hucknall.

1986 - Sid And Nancy, the film based on the life of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, premiered in London.

1991 - EMF went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Unbelievable." The song spent 14 weeks on the chart before reaching the top.

Birthdays:

Kim Carnes, who had a No. 1 hit single in 1980 with "Betty Davis Eyes," is 70.

Carlos Santana, better known as simply Santana, is 68.

Simple Minds keyboardist Michael McNeil is 58.

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is 51.

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is 49.