History Highlight:

Today in 2005, Robert A. Moog died at his home in Asheville from brain cancer. He was 71. The Moog synthesizer was made popular by '70s progressive rock bands like Manfred Mann, Yes, Pink Floyd and Emerson, Lake and Palmer; The Beatles used a Moog synthesizer on Abbey Road and a Moog was used to create the eerie sounds on the soundtrack to the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.

Also, Today In:

1967 - Bob Dylan's contract with Columbia Records expired, but he re-signed rather quickly after being courted by other labels.

1972 - Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and Jack Casady were maced by police in the wake of a rather boisterous Jefferson Airplane concert in Akron, Ohio.

1996 - David Byrne, through court action, prevented the remainder of his former band from touring as The Heads.

Birthdays:

Joe Strummer, of The Clash, was born today in 1952.