History Highlight:

Today in 1976, The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC. The lyrics endorse a particularly sensational, violent concept of anarchy that reflected the pervasive sense of embittered anger, confusion, restlessness, economic frustration and social alienation which was being felt by a generation of disenfranchised youth amidst the repression and squalor of British life in the 1970s.

Also, Today In:

1960 - Aretha Franklin made her onstage debut at the Village Vanguard in New York.

1965 - The Beatles released their version of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" as a single.

1969 - The great blues man, Muddy Waters, was nearly killed in a car crash near Chicago. Three of his companions in the vehicle were not so lucky.

1990 - Drummer Dave Grohl played his first gig with Nirvana when they appeared at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia.

Birthdays:

Gary Mallaber, writer and drummer from Steve Miller Band, is 70.

Daryl Hall of Hall and Oats is 70.

Andrew Woolfolk, sax player from Earth Wind and Fire is 66.

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