Aretha Franklin Gets The Muscle Shoals Sound And Her First Hit     1967 Aretha Franklin records her first Top 10 pop hit, "(I Never Loved A Man) The Way That I Love You," at a tumultuous session at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama where her husband gets into an altercation with one of the musicians. Read the full story   More Events:   2018 Elton John announces his retirement from touring, ending with a five-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.   1941 Neil Diamond (yep, that's his real name) is born in Brooklyn, New York.   1998 The Titanic soundtrack goes to #1 in America, replacing Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love. Both albums contain the hit song from the movie, "My Heart Will Go On."   See More Events