Birthday Highlight:

Rufus Wainwright is 42 today. The son of singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, Rufus seemed destined for a life in music in some way; he has ended up carving out a tremendously acclaimed, accomplished career that has so far produced seven highly praised albums as well as nothing less than a classical opera commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera (indeed, Wainwright's style early on was dubbed "popera" by critics for its sophisticated songwriting and arrangements).

Also, Today In:

1965 - Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman from The Rolling Stones were each fined £5 at East Ham Magistrates Court, London, after being found guilty of "insulting behavior" at a Romford Road service station. Charges stemmed from an incident in which all three had urinated against a wall after the service station attendant had refused them the use of the facilities.

1969 - Aretha Franklin was arrested for causing a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot. After posting $50 bail, she ran down a road sign with her car while leaving the police station.

1977 - Stiff Records released My Aim Is True, the debut album from Elvis Costello, in the U.K.

1989 - Former actress Martika started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Toy Soldiers."

1989 - Prince's soundtrack album to Batman started a six-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart.

1996 - Donovan was forced to postpone a comeback tour of the U.S. because of a 30-year-old marijuana conviction in the U.K., for which American authorities delayed granting him a waiver to enter the country.

2006 - Johnny Cash was at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart with American V: A Hundred Highways. Released posthumously on July 4, the vocal parts were recorded before Cash's death, but the instruments were not recorded until 2005.

Birthdays:

George Clinton is 74.

Keith Sweat is 74.

Supertramp's Rick Davis is 71.

Don Henley is 68.

Will Calhoun of Living Colour is 51.

Daniel Jones of Savage Garden is 42.