History Highlight:

1970 - George Harrison released his epic triple solo album All Things Must Pass. The record was produced by Phil Spector and featured Eric Clapton, Dave Mason and Ringo Starr, among others. Many critics say that his 1970 triple album is the finest solo Beatles effort. It is a great body of work which, with the release of the worldwide no.1 hit "My Sweet Lord," well and truly established Harrison as an equal to Lennon and McCartney.

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1964 - Mick Jagger was fined £16 for driving offences. Jagger's lawer (or as they say over there, "solicitor") told the court: "The Duke of Marlborough had longer hair than my client and he won some famous battles. His hair was powdered, I think because of fleas. My client has no fleas."

1981 - The British Phonographic industry placed advertisements in the press claiming that "home taping is wiping out music". The Boomtown Rats, 10cc, Elton John and Cliff Richard all backed the campaign.

1991 - Freddie Mercury's funeral service was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest, for 35 of his close friends and family, with Elton John and the remaining members of Queen among those in attendance.

Birthdays:

The Streets, aka Mike Skinner, is 35.

Jimi Hendrix would have been 71 today.