History Highlight:

Today in 1982, Despite minimal airplay, Bruce Springsteen's acoustic and stark Nebraska album cracked the charts. Sparsely-recorded on a cassette-tape Portastudio, the tracks on Nebraska were originally intended as demos of songs to be recorded with the E Street Band. However, Springsteen ultimately decided to release the demos himself. Nebraska remains one of the most highly-regarded albums in his catalogue.

Also, Today In:

1971 - John Lennon's Imagine entered the album charts.

1982 - "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash entered the charts, on the way to becoming a Top 15 hit.

1995 - Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill was the #1 album in the land.

1995 - Oasis released their much-anticipated second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory.

2002 - Adam Ant escaped a prison sentence after a judge ruled that an incident in which he threatened drinkers with a replica pistol in a London pub was a result of mental illness.

Birthdays:

Sting is 62 today.

Richard Hell is 64 today.