This Day in Music History...

1966: The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" becomes their sixth consecutive #1 hit. Elvis Presley (twice) and The Supremes had previously strung together five straight chart-toppers, but six was the first ever by a rock group.

1966: The Who and The Kinks perform on the final episode of Shindig! The Who offer a performance of "I Can't Explain" filmed in London.

1966: The Beatles' Rubber Soul starts a six-week run as the top-selling album in the U.S. The Beatles had 16 number-one albums in America, including the 2001 hits compilation Beatles One. 

1975: Led Zepplein sell out 60,000 tickets for three concerts at Madison Square Garden in a record-setting four hours.

1979: Rush are named official "Ambassadors of Music" by the Canadian government.

1984: Ozzy Osbourne begins an eight-month U.S. tour in Portland, Maine.

1991: Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies of alcohol-related illness at age 30. 

1995: Pearl Jam hosts its first Monkeywrench radio special.

2001: Britney Spears and LL Cool J co-host the 28th annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Creed win for Favorite Alternative Band and Best Pop/Rock Album. 3 Doors Down and Kid Rock are also winners. Aerosmith gets the International Artist Award.

2007: Van Halen, R.E.M., Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and The Ronettes are announced as the 2007 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.