History Highlight:

Today in 1970, Simon and Garfunkel started a six-week run at the top of the U.S. singles chart with "Bridge Over Troubled Water", also No. 1 in the U.K. in March the same year. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was composed by Paul Simon, and is often thought of as the duo's signature song.

Also, Today In:

1968 - 25-year-old Frankie Lymon, lead singer of The Teenagers, died of a heroin overdose in his grandmother's New York home.

1970 - Led Zeppelin played a gig in Copenhagen as The Nobs after Eva Von Zeppelin - a relative of the airship designer - threatened to sue if the family name was used in Denmark.

1976 - Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years" was named Best Pop Vocal Performance and Album Of The Year at the 18th annual Grammy Awards. In his acceptance speech, Simon told the audience "I'd like to thank Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album this year."

1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by a member of his audience who tried to strangle him with a rope.

1982 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham collapsed during the band's European tour suffering from heroin withdrawal.

1984 - Michael Jackson won a record seven Grammy awards including Album of the year for Thriller; Record of the year and Best rock vocal performance for "Beat It"; Best pop vocal performance, Best R&B performance and Best R&B song for "Billie Jean", and Best Recording For Children for "E.T The Extra Terrestrial".

1989 - Bob Dylan recorded the first sessions for the Oh Mercy album at The Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1996 - Grammy award winners included Alanis Morissette who won album of the year for Jagged Little Pill best female rock vocal & best song for "You Oughta Know," Nirvana's Unplugged won best alternative album and Coolio won best rap performance with "Gangsta's Paradise."

1998 - Cornershop went to No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart with "Brimful Of Asha". This song is based upon the history of film culture in India; "Asha" refers to Asha Bhosle, one of the most famous pop/film-score vocalists of India.

Birthdays:

Rolling Stone Brian Jones was born today in 1942.

Cindy Wilson of the B-52s is 60.

Nigel Godrich, producer for the likes of Radiohead and Beck and a member of Thom Yorke's side-project Atoms for Peace, is 46.

Jake Bugg is 23.

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