Birthday Highlight:

Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better-known as Vangelis, was born today in 1943, making him 75. The Academy Award-winning composer of the score to Chariots Of Fire also composed scores for the films Blade Runner, Missing, Antarctica, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, and Alexander, and his music was used in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.

Also, Today In:

1966 - Mick Jagger was injured during a Rolling Stones gig in France after a fan threw a chair at the stage. Jagger required eight stitches in the cut.

1967 - The Beatles recorded "With a Little Help from My Friends" at Abbey Road Studios in London.

1973 - Shortly after having a hit with Shel Silverstein's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone", Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show were on the cover of Rolling Stone in caricature.

1975 - Led Zeppelin had all six of their albums in the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Among those six [Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), and Physical Graffiti (1975)], Physical Graffiti was at No. 1. Each of their nine studio albums placed in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart, and various sources estimate the group's record sales at 200 to 300 million units worldwide.

1978 - Tina Turner officially divorced from her husband Ike. She took nothing from the partnership, but revived her career with a startling comeback in the early '80s.

1979 - Supertramp released their sixth album Breakfast in America which went on to become their most successful album selling four million copies in the U.S. and reaching number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for six weeks.

1980 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon spent its 303rd consecutive week on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, breaking the record set by Carole King's Tapestry for longest stay on the Billboard 200.

1982 - Iron Maiden released their third studio album, The Number of the Beast, their first album with Bruce Dickinson singing for them.

1985 - Madonna's first film, "Desperately Seeking Susan", debuted.

1999 - "The David Bowie Internet Radio Network" broadcast its first show for Rolling Stone Radio. The show played Bowie's favorite songs with Bowie introducing each track.

2001 - Brian Wilson was honored in a three-hour tribute at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Guest performances included Billy Joel, Paul Simon, The Go-Gos and the trio of Carly Simon, David Crosby and Jimmy Webb. Also singing Beach Boys songs were Ann and Nancy Wilson, Elton John and Aimee Mann.

2005 - Neil Young was treated for a brain aneurysm at a hospital in New York.

2006 - Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

2007 - U2 singer Bono accepted an honorary knighthood at a ceremony in Dublin. He was not entitled to be called "Sir" because he is not a British citizen. The singer's new title is Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE).

Birthdays:

Chad Allan, guitarist for The Guess Who, is 75.

Bobby Kimball of Toto is 71.

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is 59.

John Popper of Blues Traveler is 51.

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