This Day in Music

2006 - For the first time in their 22-year career, Red Hot Chili Peppers score a No. 1 album on The Billboard 200. The two-disc "Stadium Arcadium" (Warner Bros.) sells 442,000 copies in the United States in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

2001 - Tracy Byrd takes part in a tribute to the late Dale Earnhardt at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. Byrd sings while the jumbotron video screens show highlights of Earnhardt's many exploits at the track.

1999 - B.B. King, Susan Tedeschi, and Keb'Mo' capture multiple W.C. Handy Awards at the Blues Foundation's ceremony at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.

1996 - Concert promoter Ivan Sutton dies at the age of 82.

1994 - A son, Miles Brockman, is born in Los Angeles to singer Lionel Richie and Diane Alexander.

1971 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Brown Sugar,'' The Rolling Stones.

1964 - Eleven boys are suspended at a Coventry, England, school for having hairstyles like Mick Jagger.

1961 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Travelin' Man,'' Ricky Nelson. The song is one of Nelson's two No. 1 hits. It is certified a gold record for sales of more than 1 million copies.

1957 - The Buddy Holly & the Crickets hit ``That'll Be the Day'' is released.

1947 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Heartaches,'' Ted Weems Orchestra/Elmo Tanner.