History Highlight:

Today in 1979, Fleetwood Mac released their double-disc, Tusk, an ambitious but somewhat experimental collection of songs that cost the band $1 million to record. The 12th album from Fleetwood Mac spent over five onths on the top 40 charts and was certified double platinum.

Also, Today In:

1962 - The Beatles made their first TV appearance in Britain on Granada Television's People & Places. They sang "Love Me Do."

1964 - An early rock songs with a classic nonsensical title hit #1 in the US on this day, "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann.

1969 - Despite problems obtaining permits from the American Federation of Musicians as a result of drinking and fighting onstage at previous engagements, The Kinks finally launched their first US tour in four years.

1986 - Sid and Nancy, the biopic of Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen, graced the silver screen for the first time.

1999 - Bruce Springsteen and the reunited E Street Band played the first of four nights at the newly opened Staples Center in Los Angeles.

2000 - At a London auction, George Michael bought the piano on which John Lennon composed "Imagine."