History Highlight:

Today in 1983, Night And Day by Joe Jackson entered the album charts. Night and Day was Jackson's only studio album to reach either the United States or UK Top 10, peaking at No. 4 (US) and at No. 3 (UK), and the cuts "Steppin' Out" and "Breaking Us In Two" were chart hits. The tracks "Real Men" and "A Slow Song" pointed obliquely to New York City's early 1980s gay culture.

Also, Today In:

1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios on new songs for their forthcoming album, The Beatles recorded 20 takes of "Birthday." Roadie Mal Evans added handclaps, and Yoko Ono and Pattie Harrison contributed backing vocals on the track.

1970 - James Marshal Hendrix, one of the most inventive guitarists ever, died of an accidental barbiturate overdose.

1971 - Pink Floyd became the first rock band to perform at the Classical Music Festival in Montreaux, Switzerland. They played their "Atom Heart Mother Suite".

2006 - 73 year old country singer Willie Nelson and four members from his band were charged with drug possession after marijuana and magic mushrooms were found by police on his tour bus.

2009 - Leonard Cohen collapsed on stage during a concert in Valencia in Spain and was taken to hospital. He was later discharged after doctors told him he had food poisoning.

Birthdays:

Dee Dee Ramone, was born today in 1951.