Birthday Tribute:

Alex Chilton, lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star, was born today in 1950. He died March 17, 2010. Chilton's early commercial success in the '60s with the Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in solo career, but he drew a loyal following and is often cited as an influence by many indie and mainstream rock artists and bands. We honored Alex Chilton with Big Star's classic "September Gurls."

Also, Today In:

1968 - The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with The Beatles (commonly known as the "White Album"), the group's 12th US No.1 album.

1971 - George Harrison was at No.1 on the US 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 - Rolling Stone magazine voted Some Girls by The Rolling Stones "Album of the Year."

1983 - Having made two successful dives below a friend's yacht to find items he'd drunkenly thrown off his own boat three years before, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson took one last dive underneath the boat moored in Marina Del Rey, California, and never resurfaced.