Today in Music

2000 - Indiana favorite son JOHN MELLENCAMP gave the commencement speech to the graduating class at Indiana University.

1995 - MELISSA ETHERIDGE set a record by having back-to-back singles on the Billboard Hot 100 for at least 40 weeks. Those singles were Come To My Window and I'm The Only One.

1995 - JAMES TAYLOR and NATALIE COLE were given honorary degrees at Boston's Berklee College of Music.

1994 - PEARL JAM filed a complaint with the Justice Department against Ticketmaster. The charge was that the company had a monopoly on the concert ticket business.

1992-WHITNEY HOUSTON announced her engagement to BOBBY BROWN. They're still married and have one daughter, BOBBI KRISTINA.

1991--MADONNA's documentary film Truth or Dare premiered in Hollywood.

1984-TINA TURNER's comeback hit, What's Love Got to Do With It, was released.

1989 - NAOMI JUDD married LARRY STRICKLAND.

1989 - THE JUDDS hit number one with Young Love.

1984 - LIONEL RICHIE had the number one single with Hello.

1977 - DOLLY PARTON made her New York City performance debut at the Bottom Line.

1977 - LED ZEPPELIN set a new record for the largest audience at a single-act concert. 76,229 people were at a show in Pontiac, MI.

1973 - PAUL SIMON kicked off his first solo tour since splitting with ART GARFUNKEL. The first show was in Boston.

1972 - ELTON JOHN's Rocket Man was released.

1965 - KEITH RICHARDS began writing the ROLLING STONES' Satisfaction in a Florida hotel room.

1958 - THE EVERLY BROTHERS had the number one single with All I Have To Do Is Dream.