History Highlight:

Josh Homme was born today in 1973. The founder and only continuous member of Queens of the Stone Age, he serves as the band's primary songwriter. He co-founded and occasionally performs with Eagles of Death Metal, playing drums and bass for their studio recordings, and produces a musical improv series with other musicians, mostly from the Palm Desert Scene, known as The Desert Sessions. In 2009, he formed a new project called Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, who released their debut album that same year. In 2016, he released Post Pop Depression, an album with Iggy Pop.

Also, Today In:

1963 - Relative newcomers Bob Dylan and Joan Baez appeared with Pete Seeger at the first Monterey Folk Festival.

1969 - Joni Mitchell was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents.

1974 - Ray Stevens' "The Streak" hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts

1987 - A fire destroyed Tom Petty's house in Los Angeles, the cost was estimated at $800,000.

1989 - Rolling Stone ex-bassist Bill Wyman opened the first of his Stones-themed restaurants, Sticky Fingers, in London.

1990 - Nirvana played the last date of a North American tour in Idaho. This was Chad Channing's final gig with the band; drummer Dave Grohl replaced him in Sept of this year after his band Scream had split-up.

2012 - Donna Summer, the 1970s pop singer known as the "Queen of Disco", died of lung cancer. Summer is estimated to have sold 130 million records worldwide during her career, including four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period. Her hits included "Bad Girls," "Hot Stuff," "On The Radio," "I Feel Love" and the sexually suggestive "Love To Love You Baby."

Birthdays:

Legendary American bluesman Taj Mahal is 74.

British Drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) is 67.

Enya is 55.

Trent Reznor is 51 today.

Highlights for Today in Music History are gathered from This Day in Music, Paul Shaffer's Day in Rock, Song Facts and Wikipedia.