UPI Almanac for Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Hollywood director Julie Taymor wanted authenticity for Beatles’ tunes in her movie “Across the Universe,” so the songs were recorded with vintage equipment.

ROME, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Latin recording star Ricky Martin is teaming up with Italian pop singer Eros Ramazzotti on Ramazzotti's latest album.

PARIS, July 3 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old Norwegian girl has won the European Space Agency's competition to create the most suitable playlist for the International Space Station.

UPI almanac for Sunday, May 20, 2007.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 6 (UPI) -- Singer/songwriter Billy Preston, known as the "Fifth Beatle," died Tuesday in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital at age 59. Preston had been in a deep coma since Nov. 21 after malignant hypertension caused kidney failure among other complications, FoxNews.co

Today is Saturday, May 20, the 140th day of 2006 with 225 to follow.

STURGIS, S.D., May 18 (UPI) -- Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will headline the "Rock'n the Rally" music festival at South Dakota's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

NEW YORK, March 10 (UPI) -- Trumpet legend Herb Alpert wasn't quite sure how to take the news he was being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.