History Highlight:

Today in 1967, The Hollies recorded 'Carrie Anne'. The song reached No. 3 on the U.K. Singles Chart and was also a hit in the U.S. and Canada, peaking at No. 9 on both pop charts. It also reached No. 4 in the Irish charts. Fun fact: Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix, Memento, Jessica Jones) was named by her mother in honor of the song, which was released three months before her birth.

Also, Today In:

1958 - The popular disc jockey Alan Freed hosted a concert at the Boston Arena (a hockey rink) featuring Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly. Accounts vary, but the crowd rushed the stage at various times, and Freed kept imploring them to sit down. Freed was forced to stop the show, telling the crowd, "It looks like the Boston police don't want you to have a good time." Violence erupted and spilled over to the streets. Boston did not host another Rock concert until 1964, when The Beatles came through.

1968 - Not to be outdone by The Beatles, The Beach Boys began an 18-date tour with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as the opening act. The plan backfired as half the dates had to be canceled due to lack of interest.

1976 - Paul McCartney's Wings Over America tour opened in Fort Worth, Texas. It was his first U.S. concert appearance in a decade.

1986 - The Rolling Stones peaked at number four on Billboard 200 Album Chart with Dirty Work. They also peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their cover of "Harlem Shuffle".

1986 - The Silver Dollar City Tennessee amusement park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee was reopened as "Dollywood" after Dolly Parton took an ownership stake.

1991 - Texas Governor Ann Richards declares ZZ Top Day.

2000 - Metallica sent over 60,000 pages of information to Napster's headquarters, detailing more than 1.4 million copyright violations of the band's songs and recordings by 335,435 of the site's distinct users.

2001 - London based bank Coutts And Co. turned down applications from members of Oasis to open accounts on the grounds of the bands bad behavior.

2006 - Bob Dylan's first hosted radio show aired on XM Satellite Radio, with Dylan playing tracks by Prince, Wilco, Blur, LL Cool J and Billy Bragg, among others.

Birthdays:

Bing Crosby was born today in 1903.

American folk singer and social activist, Pete Seeger was born on this day in 1919.

James Brown was born today in 1933.

Four Seasons frontman Frank Valli is 82 today.

Bruce Hall, bassist for REO Speedwagon, is 63.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, Song Facts and Wikipedia.