History Highlight:

Today in 1969, Elvis Presley had his first number-one single in seven years with "Suspicious Minds." The song was widely regarded as the single that returned Presley's career success, following his '68 comeback special "Elvis" that ran on NBC. It was his seventeenth and last number-one single in the United States. Rolling Stone later ranked it #91 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Today In:

1969 - The Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 album with Abbey Road. The final studio recordings from the group featured two George Harrison songs; "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun" plus "Come Together" and the two multi-part closing medlys on side two, culminating with "The End."

1996 - U2 set up a video link to an internet site from their recording studio in Dublin so fans could watch them record their new album.

2000 - Ben Folds Five broke up; Ben went solo.

Birthdays:

Rick Allen, Def Leppard drummer, is 50.

Anthony Kiedis, of Red Hot Chili Peppers, is 51.