History Highlight

1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival released Willy and the Poor Boys, the third studio album the band released that year. The album features the songs "Down on the Corner," which the album title references, as well as the protest song, "Fortunate Son."

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1956 - Police used tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, N.C. Fats and three of his sidemen suffer minor injuries.

1963 - Peter Paul and Mary started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with In The Wind.

1971 - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher is No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart.

1974 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with So Far, their third No. 1 album.

1985 - Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Part-time Lover," his ninth No. 1 single.

1996 - Counting Crows went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Recovering From Satellites.

1999 - Foo Fighters released their third studio album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. It was the band's first album to feature current Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

2004 - Queen Elizabeth II awarded guitarist Eric Clapton a CBE — Commander of the British Empire, an order of chivalry of British democracy — for his services to music.

Birthday:

Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer was born today in 1944.

k.d. lang is 55.

Nelly is 42.

Chris Walla, former guitarist with Death Cab for Cutie, is 41 today.

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