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.

Rock icon Mick Jagger proved his star power is undimmed as he turned heads at the British Museum Ball in London, joined by three women who have defined different eras of his life: ex-wife Bianca ...