History Highlight:

Today in 1998, Cornershop went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with "Brimful Of Asha". This song is based upon the history of film culture in India; "Asha" refers to Asha Bhosle, one of the most famous pop/film-score vocalists of India. Got that?

Also, Today In:

1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by a member of his audience who tried to strangle him with a rope.

1982 - Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham collapsed during the band's European tour suffering from heroin withdrawal.

1989 - Bob Dylan recorded the first sessions for the Oh Mercy album at The Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1996 - Grammy award winners included Alanis Morissette who won album of the year for Jagged Little Pill best female rock vocal & best song for "You Oughta Know," Nirvana's Unplugged won best alternative album and Coolio won best rap performance with "Gangsta's Paradise."

Birthdays:

Nigel Godrich, sought-after producer for the likes of Radiohead and Beck and member of Thom Yorke's side-project Atoms for Peace, is 43 today.

Cindy Wilson, the blond B-52s singer, is 57 today.

Rolling Stone Brian Jones was born today in 1942.