History Highlight:

Today in 2014, Kate Bush made her stage comeback at London's Hammersmith Apollo to an ecstatic response from fans at her first live concert for 35 years. After performing a 26-song setlist, Bush received a standing ovation as she closed the show with "Cloudbusting" from her 1985 hit album The Hounds of Love. In a residency titled, "Before the Dawn," Bush played 22 shows in London, all of which had completely sold out in less than fifteen minutes after tickets went on sale in March of that year.

Also, Today In:

1967 - The Beatles joined their new guru, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, at a press conference in Wales, during which Paul McCartney told the media that the band had become disciples of the guru and had quit drugs.

1978 - Frankie Valli went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with the Barry Gibb song "Grease," the signature tune from the hit film of the same name.

1981 - Ottawa City Council declared it "Paul Anka Day" to celebrate the Canadian singer-songwriter's 25th anniversary in the music industry. The council also named a street "Paul Anka Drive" in his honor. Anka has written more than 900 songs, including such hits as "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and "Diana," plus Tom Jones's "She's a Lady" and Frank Sinatra's "My Way."

1987 - Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, Calif. He won that election in 1988 and eventually went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996.

1995 - Blur scored their first U.K. No. 1 single with "Country House," winning a media battle with Oasis for the No. 1 position. Both bands released their new singles on the same day; "Country House" topped the chart at No. 1, and "Roll With It" by Oasis landed at No .2.

1995 - Ronnie White of The Miracles died at the age of 57 from leukemia. White co-wrote The Temptations' hit, "My Girl," among other Motown hits.

1995 - Seal went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Kiss From A Rose," which appears in the film Batman Forever.

1997 - Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers was hospitalized after crashing his motorbike on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.

2003 - Rolling Stone magazine named Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist in rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder were also in the top 10 list.

2005 - A post office near the Los Angeles studio where Ray Charles recorded much of his music was renamed after the R&B legend.

2007 - The High School Musical 2 soundtrack album was at No. 1 on the U.S. chart, remaining there for four weeks.

Birthdays:

Elastica bassist Annie Holland is 50.

Shirley Manson of Garbage is 49 today.

No Doubt drummer Adrian Young is 46.