History Highlight:

Today in 1946, Lesley Gore was born. Perhaps best-known for the hit song she recorded at just 16 years old in 1963, "It's My Party", she also recorded follow up hits including "Judy's Turn to Cry", "She's a Fool", "You Don't Own Me", "Maybe I Know" and "California Nights". Gore was nominated for an Oscar in 1983 along with her brother for writing "Out Here On My Own" from "Fame" and hosted several episodes of an LGBT-oriented public television show "In the Life". Gore died of cancer on February 16, 2015. She was 68.

Also, Today In:

1957 - Elvis taped "Jailhouse Rock," the Leiber & Stoller classic. It was the inspiration for the choreography that Elvis worked out for the convicts' dance sequence in the film Jailhouse Rock.

1967 - The Beach Boys' production of the Smile album project was halted. Brian Wilson had toiled for over a year composing and producing the album, an effort to best The Beatles in his perceived battle for pop supremacy. However, after The Beatles released their groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper, Wilson became discouraged and intimidated, convinced his Smile would come off as "second best." In 2011, Smile was finally released as The Smile Sessions.

1979 - The Who played their first concert since the death of drummer Keith Moon.

1989 - Michael Jackson, wearing a wig and fake mustache, entered a Zales jewelry store in Simi Valley, California. Security found him suspicious and called the police, who showed up to explain that no one should wear a disguise to a jewelry store.

1992 - Little known U.K. duo Nirvana filed a suit against the American band of the same name claiming that they had been using the name since 1968. The dispute was settled out of court in the British band's favor.

2006 - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was released from hospital in New Zealand after the 62 year-old suffered "mild concussion" when he fell out of a coconut tree while on holiday in Fiji.

2009 - Bob Dylan mingled unnoticed with other Beatles tourists during a minibus tour to John Lennon's childhood home. Dylan, who was on a day off on a European tour, paid p16 for the public trip to the 1940s house in Woolton, Liverpool.

2013 - Jeff Hanneman, founding member of rock band Slayer, died at the age of 49. The guitarist had been suffering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease that he is believed to have contracted from a spider bite in 2011. Hanneman was being treated in a local hospital when he suffered liver failure.

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Lily Allen is 33.

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