History Highlight:

Today in 1967, The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US singles chart with "Ruby Tuesday," the group's fourth No.1 single. According to Keith Richards in a 1971 Rolling Stone interview, he wrote the song in a Los Angeles hotel room in early 1966 about a groupie he knew. However, Marianne Faithfull recalls it differently; according to her, Brian Jones presented an early version of this melody to the rest of the Rolling Stones, and many believe that Jones actually wrote the entirety of the song.

Also, Today In:

1966 - John Lennon made his infamous remarks that led to an uproar, even the banning and burning of records by The Beatles for a brief period. In an interview with The Evening Standard, Lennon commented, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue that. I'm right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus right now."

1971 - On this day The Rolling Stones announced that they were moving to France, mostly for tax purposes.

1986 - After just completing a two-set show with The Band in Winter Park, Florida, 41 year old Richard Manuel of The Band hung himself from a shower curtain rod in a hotel room in Florida.

1994 - Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after overdosing on alcohol and drugs in a Rome hotel during a Nirvana European tour. Cobain had taken 50-60 pills of Rohypnol mixed with champagne; rumours on the internet claimed that Kurt was dead.

Birthdays:

Lemonheads frontman, Evan Dando, is 47 today.

Bobby Womack is 70 today.