1960, Brenda Lee scored her second US No.1 of the year with 'I Want To Be Wanted'.
1960, Frank Sinatra went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Nice 'n' Easy'.
1962, US Soul singer James Brown recorded his legendary 'Live At The Apollo' album. The album was listed at No.24 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
1963, On the first day of their first foreign tour, The Beatles spent the day in Stockholm, Sweden, recording a performance for a radio program entitled "The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm", (The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm). The Beatles, enthused by the chance to play before an audience that wasn't screaming, played seven songs, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’ ‘Money’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’
1964, The Rolling Stones kicked off an 11 date North American tour playing two shows at The New York Academy of Music.
1969, Humble Pie appeared at the Empire, Sunderland, England supported by David Bowie.
1970, Pink Floyd were at No.1 on the UK album chart with the 'Atom Heart Mother', the group's first No.1.
1970, Santana scored their first US No.1 album with 'Abraxas'.
1973, John Lennon began litigation against the US government, accusing them of tapping his telephone.
1979, Paul McCartney received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. From 1962 to 1978, McCartney had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each.
1981, The Rolling Stones played the first of two nights at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, supported by Van Halen.
1987, Michael Jackson started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bad', a No.3 hit in the UK.
1987, Sting went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his third solo release 'Nothing Like The Sun.'
1992, Simple Minds started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Glittering Prize 81-92' their 5th UK No.1 LP.
2001, Kim Gardner former bassist with Ashton Gardner & Dyke died of Cancer. Had the 1971 UK No.3 single 'The Resurrection Shuffle' and Gardner formed 60's band The Birds with guitarist Ron Wood.
2002, American record producer Tom Dowd died of emphysema. He recorded albums by many artists including: Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Derek and the Dominos, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny & Cher, The Rascals, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Kenny Loggins, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and Otis Redding.
2004, George Strait was at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘50 Years of Hits.’
2006, Forbes.com revealed that Kurt Cobain had overtaken Elvis Presley as the highest earning dead celebrity. Cobain's work earned $50m (£27m) in the 12 months to October 2006, compared with Presley's $42m (£22m). Former Beatle John Lennon earned $35m (£19m).
Happy Rock-n-Roll Birthdays to...
1936, Bill Wyman
1944, Ted Templeman, Harper's Bizarre
1944, Patti Labelle
1946, Jerry Edmonton, Steppenwolf, Killed in a car crash on 28th November 1993.
1946, Rob Van Leeuwen, Shocking Blue
1948, Dale Griffin, Mott The Hoople
1959, Weird Al Yankovic
1962, Debbie Googe, My Bloody Valentine
1979, Ben Gillies, Silverchair
1980, Monica
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