Today in Music History

2001 - Jazz drummer BILLY HIGGINS died of liver failure at the age of 65. He had been awaiting a second liver transplant.

2000 - Country star LeANN RIMES sued her father and former co-manager for allegedly funneling away millions of dollars from the company set up to take care of her finances.

1998 - SHANIA TWAIN'S "You're Still The One" reached number on the Billboard country chart.

1998 - Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, LORETTA LYNN announced she was going back to college to get a degree.

1996 - TRAVIS TRITT'S Greatest Hits From the Beginning was certified Platinum.

1992 - BONNIE RAITT received an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

1992 - A little-known UK duo named NIRVANA sued the superstar Seattle-based band of the same name, claiming they had been using the name since 1968. The suit was settled out of court in the British band's favor.

1991 - R.E.M.'s video for "Losing My Religion" was banned in Ireland because its religious imagery was seen as unfit for broadcast.

1989 - A security guard called the police after a man wearing a wig, fake moustache and false teeth walked into a Zales Jewelers in Los Angeles. Three squad cars arrived and police detained the man, who turned out to be MICHAEL JACKSON in disguise.

1987 - CUTTING CREW had the number one song with "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight."

1980 - JOY DIVISION played what would be their last gig with IAN CURTIS at Birmingham University. Curtis committed suicide two weeks later, just before the band was scheduled to begin its first U.S. tour.

1980 - The South African government banned the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)."

1979 - The Who performed their first concert after the death of KEITH MOON. KENNEY JONES, formerly of FACES, was the new drummer.

1979 - THE WHO'S movie Quadrophenia premiered in London.

1976 - The number one song in the country was "Welcome Back," by JOHN SEBASTIAN. It was the theme to the ABC sitcom, Welcome Back Kotter, which starred GABE KAPLAN and JOHN TRAVOLTA.

1974 - STEVIE WONDER won four Grammy Awards for his Innervisions album.

1972 - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN auditioned for Columbia Records A&R man JOHN HAMMOND.

1970 - MARTY ROBBINS' "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" went to number-one.

1966 - THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS had the number one single with "Monday, Monday."

1963 - THE BEATLES had their first U.K. number one single with "From Me To You." It was the first of 11 consecutive number ones in Britain.

1950 - The number one song was "The Third Man Theme" by ANTON KARAS and his zither.