History Highlight:

Today in 1998, Frank Sinatra passed away at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at age 82, after suffering a heart attack. Sinatra had his first hit in 1940, working in the Swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He went on to score more than 25 Top 40 singles, including the 1966 No.1 "Strangers In The Night." Also a succesful actor, Sinatra won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity. Considered one of the best interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Sinatra's funeral drew many notables from the music world, including Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

Also, Today In:

1955 - Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley" with "I'm a Man" on the flip side appeared on the R&B chart. It climbed to #2, making it Bo's most successful record. The A-side introduced to the world what would become known as the "Bo Diddley beat," a rhythmic pattern later utilized by Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and many others.

1957 - Elvis Presley was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after inhaling a porcelain cap from one of his front teeth, which then lodged itself in one of his lungs.

1964 - It was announced in a Billboard article that "London Records is preparing a giant promotion on behalf of the Rolling Stones, a hot new British group with a smash single "Not Fade Away" and album The Rolling Stones."

1968 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show with guest-host Joe Garagiola sitting in for then-host Johnny Carson. The conversation included some light-hearted banter about meditation, the forming of Apple Corps., and the duo's approach to songwriting.

1977 - During a U.K. tour, Talking Heads played a gig at The Rock Garden in London, where Brian Eno was among the audience. After seeing Talking Heads perform, Eno later went on to produce them.

1988 - Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records' 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden in New York, appearing with Jason Bonham (the son of John Bonham) on drums. Other acts performing included Foreigner, Crosby Stills and Nash, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Wilson Pickett and Ben E. King.

2006 - Red Hot Chili Peppers started run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with Stadium Arcadium the bands ninth studio album.

Birthdays:

Bobby Darin was born on this day in 1936.

David Byrne is 63.

Mike Inez of Alice in Chains is 49.

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys is 36.