History Highlight:

Today in 1980, George Harrison published a semi-autobiographical book, I, Me, Mine. Drawn from conversations Harrison had with Beatles biographer Derek Taylor, the book took its title from Harrison's song of the same name that appeared on the Beatles' Let It Be - the last song the Beatles recorded before their breakup.

Also, Today In:

1960 - Elvis Presley started a five week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "It's Now Or Never."

1965 - 56,000 people packed Shea Stadium in New York to see, and maybe even hear, the Beatles. At the time it was the largest single audience on record to attend a rock concert.

1967 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience played a one-night-only show at The Fifth Dimension club in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The club is now demolished.

1969 - "Three Days Of Peace & Music," The Woodstock Music & Arts Festival, began at Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York.

1991 - Paul Simon drew a massive crowd, approximately 750,000, to a free concert in Central Park.

1996 - A woman's shelter in Long Island, New York, turned down a donation from a benefit concert starring James Brown because of prior spousal abuse allegations.

Birthdays:

Leon Theremin, the Russian inventor of the theremin, was born today in 1896.

Buck Owens was born today in 1929.

Sir Mix-A-Lot is 54.

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