MELBOURNE, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A former member of Australia's superstar band Wiggles says his former mates provide kids with musical nourishment equal to "a plate of chips."

NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, who missed out on worldwide fame and fortune, is a drummer again on a U.S. tour.

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for March 8-14.

The weekly UPI Today in Music package for March 15-21.

Today's birthdays include Rose Stone, keyboardist with Sly and the Family Stone, who was born in 1945 (age 57); Roger Hodgson, formerly with Supertramp, in 1950 (age 52); Stylistics lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr. in 1951 (age 51); KC and the Sunshine B

The sex scandal that rattled the Roman Catholic clergy continued to grow as dozens of priests resigned or were suspended. On this date in 2002, the bishop of Palm Beach, Fla., stepped down after admitting he had abused a teenage seminary student in the 19

Today's birthdays include Johnny Dollar, who was born in 1933 (age 70); Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees in 1945 (age 58); Randy Meisner, bassist and vocalist with Poco and with the Eagles, in 1946 (age 57); singer/songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and Three Dog

The weekly UPI Blast from the Past package for March 3-9.

Today's birthdays include composer Scott Joplin, "king of ragtime," born in 1858; Jim Yester of the Association, who was born in 1939 (age 63); bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn of the Mar-Keys, Booker T and the M-Gs, and the Blues Brothers, and Pete Best -- the