History Highlight:

2011 - Adele went to No.1 on the US singles chart with "Rolling In The Deep," taken from her second studio album, 21. The video to the song was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards nominations, "Rolling in the Deep" was also the Billboard Year End Hot 100 Number One Single of 2011. And on 12 February 2012, "Rolling in the Deep" received three Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video.

Also, Today In:

1963 - "Little" Stevie Wonder taped his sophomore album, The Twelve Year Old Genius, live at a Detroit theatre,. It would become Motown's first #1 album and it yielded Wonder's first smash hit, "Fingertips, Pt. 2."

1969 - John Lennon's and Yoko Ono's infamous 10-day "bed-in" for peace began at a Montreal hotel.

1980 - Joe Strummer of The Clash was arrested in Hamburg, Germany, after a concert during which a melee broke out between the band and the audience. Strummer reportedly struck one fan over the head with his guitar.

1983 - David Bowie's "Modern Love," thanks in part to Stevie Ray Vaughan's incendiary guitar playing, shot to #1.

2010 - U2's lead singer Bono had emergency spinal surgery after suffering an injury while preparing for tour dates.

Birthdays:

Kevin Shields, singer and guitarist for My Bloody Valentine, is 51 today.