History Highlight:

Today in 1978, The Fleetwood Mac album Rumours went No. 1 in the U.S. The songs "Go Your Own Way," "Dreams," "Don't Stop," and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles. Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's most successful release and along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the record has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Also, in:

1968 - Jim Morrison of The Doors was arrested and charged with public drunkenness after harassing a security guard at a Las Vegas adult movie theater.

1980 - The J. Geils Band released their ninth studio album, Love Stinks. It features the title track, “Just Can’t Wait,” “Night Time,” and “Come Back.”

1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart with "Relax". Arguably one of the most controversial singles in British music history, "Relax" was banned by the BBC and several commercial British radio stations, although significant radio personalities including John Peel continued to play the song.

1985 - With the stars in town for the American Music Awards, "We Are The World" was recorded in Los Angeles, with cameras rolling for the video. Among those taking part: Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates, The Jacksons, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Bette Midler, Willie Nelson, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder.

1988 - Eleven years after it was released, The Sex Pistols' album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols went Gold in the U.S. with sales over $500,000.

1998 - Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher played a 20-minute solo gig at the King's Head pub in Santa Monica in front of 250 fans.

2007 - Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture was at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart.

2009 - Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell died at the age of 56 of a heart attack at his home in Orange Park, Florida.

2016 - Jefferson Airplane lost two members on this day: 1. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Kantner died in San Francisco at the age of 74. He was known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane and spin-off band Jefferson Starship. 2. Singer Signe Toly Anderson died at age 74. She was also one of the founding members of Jefferson Airplane. She sang on the first Jefferson Airplane album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, most notably on the song 'Chauffeur Blues'.

2017 - British musician and keyboardist, and longtime member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, Geoff Nicholls died at age 68. Until his death, Nicholls played keyboards with former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin, in his band Tony Martin's Headless Cross.

2020 - Keyboardist Bob Nave died at age 75. He was a member of psychedelic rock band The Lemon Pipers who scored the 1968 U.S. No. 1 hit 'Green Tambourine'. The song has been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper.

Birthdays:

Jamaican electronics musician King Tubby was born today in 1941.

Robert Wyatt of Soft Machine is 79.

William “Billy Bass” Nelson of Funkadelic is 72.

Peter Schilling (“Major Tom”) is 68.

Singer-songwriter Leslie Ann “Sam” Phillips is 62.

Dan Spitz of Anthrax is 61.

Sarah McLachlan is 56.

Lawrence Muggerud, aka DJ Muggs with Cypress Hill, is 56.

Rapper and producer Rakim is 56.

Anthony Hamilton is 53.

Rick Ross is 48.

Joey Fatone of *NSYNC is 47.

Big Freedia is 46.

Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys is 44.

Brian Fallon, frontman for the Gaslight Anthem, is 44.

J. Cole is 39.

Maluma is 30.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Song Facts and Wikipedia.