Today in History:
1967 – Jimi Hendrix and The Who appeared at The Saville Theater, London, England. 20 year-old future Queen guitarist Brian May was in the audience.
1969 – Fleetwood Mac reached No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart for the only time with the instrumental, “Albatross”.
1977 – Rose Royce’s “Car Wash” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the group’s debut single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s disco era, and was the theme of the 1976 movie “Car Wash”. The song was also covered in 2004 by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, as a part of the “Shark Tale” soundtrack.
1977 – Aerosmith reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the second time as “Walk This Way” peaked at number ten.
1983 – Australian group Men At Work went No. 1 on the British and American singles and album charts simultaneously with “Down Under” and Business As Usual.

Today’s Birthdays:
James Jamerson, bassist with The Funk Brothers, was born today in 1936.
Amii Stewart, disco singer with the No. 1 hit “Knock on Wood,” is 69.
Adam Lambert, lead singer of Queen, is 43.