History Highlight:

Today in 1978, Rolling Stone magazine voted Some Girls by The Rolling Stones "Album of the Year". It was the 16th studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, and became the band's top selling album in the United States. It was a major critical success, becoming the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year category. The controversial cover designed by Peter Corriston featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe threatened legal action for the use of their likenesses without permission. The album was quickly re-issued with a redesigned cover that removed all the celebrities whether they had complained or not, and were replaced with black and punk-style garish colors with the phrase "Pardon our appearance - cover under re-construction".

Also, in:

1968 - The Beatles went No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with the The White Album, the group's 12th U.S. No. 1 album.

1971 - George Harrison was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with 'My Sweet Lord' making him the first Beatle to score a No.1 US hit. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston.

1978 - Chris Bell, Big Star guitarist, was killed after his car crashed into a telephone pole. He was 27.

1983 - Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys drowned in Marina del Rey, California. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson.

1996 - The Spice Girls scored their third U.K. No. 1 single with "2 Become 1".

2003 - 50 Cent's debut album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin' was named the biggest selling album in the U.S. with the album going platinum six times over.

Birthdays:

Roebuck 'pop' Staples of The Staple Singers was born today in 1915.

Dick Diamonde of The Easybeats is 68 today.

John Legend is 37 today.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, and Wikipedia.