History Highlight:

Today in 1976, The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC. The lyrics endorse a particularly sensational, violent concept of anarchy that reflected the pervasive sense of embittered anger, confusion, restlessness, economic frustration and social alienation which was being felt by a generation of disenfranchised youth amidst the repression and squalor of British life in the 1970s.

Also, Today In:

1960 - Aretha Franklin made her onstage debut at the Village Vanguard in New York.

1965 - The Beatles released their version of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" as a single.

1969 - The great blues man, Muddy Waters, was nearly killed in a car crash near Chicago. Three of his companions in the vehicle were not so lucky.

1990 - Drummer Dave Grohl played his first gig with Nirvana when they appeared at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia.