History Highlight:

Mick Jagger is 70 today. Described as one of the most dynamic and influential frontmen in the history of popular music, Jagger pioneered a singing style and stage persona that transformed rock and practically created the archetype of the bad-boy lead singer — one that has been taken up by generations of subsequent performers. And he's still going. What's his secret? Drugs? Sex? Yoga?

Also, Today In:

1968 - The Jackson 5 signed to Motown Records on a one-year contract.

1970 - Jimi Hendrix played in his home town of Seattle for the last time when he appeared at Sicks Stadium.

1992 - Motown singer Mary Wells died at 49-years old of laryngeal cancer.

2000 - The file-sharing service Napster was ordered by a US federal judge to cease trading copyrighted music files within the next 48 hours.

2006 - The final edition of Top of the Pops was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London.

Birthdays

Roger Taylor, Queen drummer and backing vocalist, is 64 today.