Since music is one of my favorite things in life here is what happened today in rock n roll history.

Today in the History of Rock....... 

1942 
Dewey Martin was born. 

1942 
Frankie Lymon was born. 

1957 
The Cordettes hit #8 "Just Between You and Me." 

1961 
Lee Dorsey hits #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the pop chart with "Ya Ya". 

1967 
"Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock makes its debut on the charts. 

1970 
Phil Collins joins Genesis. 

1970 
Traffic's 'John Barleycorn Must Die' hits #11 in the UK and #5 in the US. 

1972 
David Cassidy, the breakthrough heartthrob of the Partridge Family, hits #1 in the UK with "How Can I Be Sure" where it will stay there for two weeks. 

1973 
Half-Breed (Cher) was a hit. 

1978 
Aerosmith hits #23 with "Come Together". 

1979 
Sad Eyes (Robert John) was a hit. 

1988 
MTV Europe launches in Brussels, Belgium to 105,000 households.

All very interesting facts. I had no idea there was an MTV Europe. (1988 was when they actually still played music ha)