History Highlight:

Today in 1992, The Black Crowes debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion which spent one week on top of the chart. The album features four hit singles; "Remedy", "Thorn in My Pride", "Sting Me" and "Hotel Illness".

Also, Today In:

1964 - The Beatles went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Love Me Do", the group's fourth U.S. No. 1 in five months.

1968 - The Beatles began work on their first and only double album - the self-titled record which has come to be known as "The White Album". It was more a collection of solo works than an actual group effort, as the band was going through a period of increasing tension and personality clashes.

1971 - 36 people are hospitalized during a Grateful Dead concert at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco after drinking an apple drink spiked with LSD.

1975 - Alice Cooper's first solo album Welcome to My Nightmare was certified Gold by the RIAA. It later went on to sell one million copies in the U.S.

1980 - Carl Radle, bassist of Derek and the Dominos died of kidney failure.

1987 - Adam Horovitz from The Beastie Boys was arrested while on tour after a beer can hit a fan during a disturbance in Liverpool, England.

1991 - Morrissey played the first date on his debut Kill Uncle US concert tour in California.

1992 - Paul Simon married Edie Brickell in a private civil ceremony at their home in Montauk, NY.

1997 - Neil Young cancelled a European tour after cutting his finger while slicing a sandwich.

2003 - Mickie Most, producer of artists such as The Animals, Jeff Beck & Herman's Hermits died of cancer. He was 64 years old.

2007 - A leaked copy of the new White Stripes album Icky Thump' was played completely on Chicago's radio station Q101-WKQX. Jack White personally called the station from Spain, where he was touring, to voice his displeasure.

2009 - Mick Jagger offered to buy an ice cream van but was turned down by its owner - who'd promised his daughter he would drive her to her wedding in it.

2014 - Aretha Franklin received an honorary degree from Harvard University.

2015 - Enrique Iglesias sliced his fingers open when he tried to grab a drone camera, which was taking pictures of the audience, at a concert in Tijuana, Mexico. He was treated at the side of the stage to stop the bleeding, and was advised to end the show.

Birthdays:

Topper Headon, drummer for The Clash, is 62.

Tom Morello, of Rage Against The Machine, is 53.

Sven Pipien, bassist for The Black Crowes, is 50.

Patrick Dahlheimer, bassist for Live, is 46.

Cee Lo Green, half of Gnarls Barkley and solo artist, is 43.

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