History Highlight:

Today in 1961, Patsy Cline was seriously injured in a car accident. During her two month hospital stay, her song "I Fall to Pieces" gave the singer her first Country No.1 and also became a huge country-pop crossover hit.

Also, Today In:

1965 - Along with a string quartet, Paul McCartney recorded what would turn out to be the most recorded song of all time, "Yesterday."

1965 - Bob Dylan made his first "electric" recording at Columbia's Studio A in New York. The song was "Like A Rolling Stone."

1970 - Derek and the Dominos performed their first gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

1970 - Eric Clapton's new band is introduced as "Derek and the Dominos" when they take the stage at the Lyceum in London. They told the promoter they were "The Dynamics," but he convinced them to add the "Derek," which was a nickname for Clapton. His mangled name interpretation stuck.

1980 - Peter Gabriel reached number one on the U.K. Album Chart for the first time with his third self-titled album which spent two weeks on top.

1995 - Police in Columbus, OH received 20 complaints of noise that a Ted Nugent concert was too loud. Nugent didn't turn down the volume because he was within the legal noise limits.

1995 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are interviewed together on ABC-TV's Prime Time program, insisting their marriage is not a sham. They get divorced in January, 1996.

2002 - Mick Jagger became a Sir when he was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Birthdays:

Motown saxophone great Junior Walker was born on this day in 1931.

Zombies founder Rod Argent is 71.

Alan White, drummer for Yes, is 67.

Boy George is 55.

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