Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.

Sixty years ago today, Johnnie Wright was at No. 1 with a song that would become the theme to an iconic film two decades later.

Watch a young George Strait share the stage with a Texas legend and hall of fame fiddler to perform his first No. 1 single.