Birthday Highlight:

Singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards was born in Aitkin, Minn., today in 1946. Edwards relocated to the state of Virginia when he was six years old. He learned to play piano and guitar, and by the time he was a student at Ohio State University, Edwards was a fixture at local clubs, playing with a variety of rock, folk, and blues bands. Now a resident of Portland, Maine, Edwards has released 17 albums over the course of his career, and he continues to perform and to tour to this day. Edwards is best known for his 1971 hit single, "Sunshine," which was released as the first single from his debut album, Jonathan Edwards. The song peaked at No. 4 in the Billboard singles chart and it earned a gold record. Since that time, "Sunshine" has been covered by Juice Newton, Susanna Hoffs, Paul Westerberg, and the Isley Brothers. The song also appears in the film, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Also, Today In:

1954 - The first press interview with Elvis Presley, aged 19 at the time, was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar.

1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show.

1969 - Police in Moscow reported that thousands of public phone booths had been vandalized after thieves were stealing parts of the phones to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. A feature in a Russian youth magazine had shown details on how to do this.

1970 - The Australian western film Ned Kelly opened; it marked Mick Jagger's acting debut.

1973 - More than 600,000 people turned out to see the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band and others in concert at the Summer Jam festival in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

1987 - The surviving members of The Beatles, together with Yoko Ono, sued Nike and Capitol Records over the use of "Revolution" in a sneaker commercial.

1992 - Rapper Ice T announced that Warner Brothers Records would pull the controversial song "Cop Killer" from all future copies of his Body Count album. The song had been the target of protests by law enforcement groups who said it encouraged the killing of police. Ice T said he would give away recordings of "Cop Killer" at his concerts. Ice T would later join the cast of the NBC police drama, Law and Order, where he plays the role of police detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola.

1993 - Natalie Merchant sang for the last time with 10,000 Maniacs before embarking on a solo career.

2006 - Prince's second wife Manuela Testolini Nelson filed for divorce. His first marriage, to dancer Mayte Garcia, took place in 1996 but only lasted two years.

2011 - Meatloaf passed out onstage at Pittsburgh's Trib Amphitheater during an apparent asthma attack. After about 10 minutes, he was able to breathe normally again and was able to finish the show.

Birthdays:

Pink Floyd keyboardist and vocalist Rick Wright was born today in 1945. He died on Sept. 15, 2008, at age 65.

Pulp drummer Nick Banks is 50.