History Highlight:

Today in 1963, Bob Dylan recorded "The Times They Are A-Changin" at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. It is one of Dylan's signature tunes - considered one of the greatest protest songs in history and a classic of 20th century popular music. The song was ranked #59 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Today In:

1962 - A 12-year-old named Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first single for Motown Records. It was called "Thank You For Loving Me All The Way."

1978 - Mother Maybelle Carter, one of the founding members of the pioneering country-folk group The Carter Family (including June, who later wed Johnny Cash), died at the age of 69.

1982 - The Damned released their album titled Strawberries packaged with a Strawberry-smelling lyric sheet.

1989 - Nirvana played their first ever European show when the appeared at Newcastle's Riverside Club in North East England. It was the first night of a 36 date European tour for the group, who were sharing the bill with Tad.

1995 - Def Leppard gave themselves a place in the Guinness book Of World Records, by playing three gigs in three continents in 24 hours. The shows were in London, Vancouver, and Tangier, Morocco.

2002 - Kanye West was involved in a car crash after he fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from a recording studio in West Hollywood. No other cars were involved in the incident which left West with his jaw fractured in three places.