History Highlight:

Tdoay in 1968, The Beatles began work on their first and only double album - the self-titled record which has come to be known as "The White Album". It was more a collection of solo works than an actual group effort, as the band was going through a period of increasing tension and personality clashes. At the time, the album received mixed reviews from music critics, who criticized its satirical and often deliberately oblique songs as apolitical amid a turbulent political and social climate. Still, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time.

Also, Today In:

1987 - Adam Horovitz from The Beastie Boys was arrested while on tour after a beer can hit a fan during a disturbance in Liverpool, England.

1991 - Morrissey played the first date on his debut Kill Uncle US concert tour in California.

2009 - Mick Jagger offered to buy an ice cream van but was turned down by its owner - who'd promised his daughter he would drive her to her wedding in it.

Birthdays:

Cee Lo Green, half of Gnarls Barkley and solo artist, is 40 today.

Tom Morello, of Rage Against The Machine, is 50 today.