History Highlight:

Today in 1992, the film soundtrack from Wayne's World started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart. Included on the soundtrack was Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which climbed up the American singles chart once again as a result - this time reaching all the way to #2, higher than its original US position of #9 in 1976 (the song had hit #1 several times in the UK, including immediately after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991).

Also, Today In:

1964 - The Beatles held the top five places on the US singles chart, at No. 5 "Please Please Me," No.4 "I Want To Hold Your Hand," No.3, "Roll Over Beethoven," No.2 "Love Me Do," and at No.1 "Can't Buy Me Love." They also had another nine singles on the chart, bringing their total to fourteen singles on the Hot 100.

1968 - Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent met up for an all night blues, folk and rock session at The New Generation Club, New York after hearing the news of Martin Luther King's assassination.

1970 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young went to No.1 on the US album chart with Deja Vu.

1987 - U2 entered the album chart at No.7 with The Joshua Tree making it the highest chart new entry in America for seven years.

Birthdays:

Blues man Muddy Waters, born McKinley Morganfield, was born today in 1913.