C.W. McCall's "Convoy" ends six-week run at No. 1, 1976. Alabama's "Southern Star" album goes gold, 1989.

Among the first recordings to be added to a new "preservation registry" by the Library of Congress are those of Elvis Presley.

Britney Spears is out of the restaurant business, at least for now.

WSM Barn Dance, which later became the Grand Ole Opry, makes radio debut, 1925. Roy Acuff begins six-week tour of Alaska, 1954.

Britney Spears is out of the restaurant business, at least for now. The pop tart has severed her connection with Nyla, the New York restaurant that has been a disaster since it opened five months ago.

Jimmie Rodgers records "Mississippi River Blues," "Nobody Knows But Me" for Victor Records, 1929. Amy Grant born in Augusta, Ga., 1960.

Bill Anderson born in Columbia, S.C., 1937. Lyle Lovett born in Houston, Texas, 1957.

"Art For Art's Sake," the city-wide celebration of the New Orleans art scene, took place over the weekend with a dramatic series of rock themes and music-related art openings.

Today's birthdays include Jimmie Rodgers, whose song "Honeycomb" topped the charts in 1957. Rodgers was born in 1933 (age 69). Frankie Avalon was born in 1940 (age 62); Alan King of Ace in 1946 (age 56); Kerry Livgren of Kansas in 1949 (age 53); Ramones'