Birthday Highlight:

Beyonce was born today in 1981, making her 37 today. With Destiny's Child she had the 2000 U.S. No. 1 single with "Say My Name" and the 2001 U.S. and U.K. No. 1 single and album "Survivor". Beyonce scored the 2003 U.S. and U.K. No. 1 single "Crazy In Love" from the world-wide No. 1 album Dangerously In Love. Throughout her career, she has sold an estimated 100 million records as a solo artist and a further 60 million records with Destiny's Child. She has won 22 Grammy Awards and is the most nominated woman in the award's history, with 63 nominations.

Also, Today In:

1954 - Elvis Presley, along with Bill Black and Scotty Moore, made his first appearance at The Grand Old Opry. The audience reaction was so poor that the Opry's manager, Jim Denny, told Elvis that he should go back to driving a truck.

1965 - The Beatles started a three-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "Help," the title of their second film and the group's ninth U.S. No. 1.

1968 - "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones is banned in Chicago and some other cities as local officials fear it will incite riots.

1969 - The classic late-1960s counter-culture movie Easy Rider opened, starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Songs on the film's popular soundtrack included "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf, "Wasn't Born To Follow" and "The Ballad Of Easy Rider" by The Byrds, and "Don't Bogart That Joint" by the Fraternity Of Man.

1971 - Paul and Linda McCartney went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with the U.S.- only release, "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey." McCartney's first U.S. solo No. 1. Paul would later explain that "Uncle Albert" was based on his real-life uncle. "He's someone I recall fondly and when the song was coming, it was like a nostalgia thing … As for Admiral Halsey, he's one of yours, an American admiral", referring to Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

1976 - The Bee Gees went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with "You Should Be Dancing," the group's third chart-topping single.

1976 - The Sex Pistols appeared on British TV for the first time when they featured on the Manchester-based Granada TV program, So It Goes.

1987 - Drummer Mike Joyce quit The Smiths.

2007 - The Bob Dylan "biographical" movie, I'm Not There: Suppositions On A Film Concerning Dylan, premieres at the Venice (Italy) Film Festival.

Birthdays:

Gene Parsons who was a member of The Byrds, and a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers and Parsons Green is 74.

Carmit Bachar of the Pussycat Dolls is 44.

DJ and music producer Mark Ronson is 43.

Ronald LePread bassist from funk/soul band, The Commodores is 68.

Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers is 67.

Beyonce is 37.

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