No. 1
1956 Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This US 45
1961 Elvis Presley: G.I. Blues UK LP
1965 Georgie Fame: Yeah Yeah UK 45
1984 Paul McCartney: Pipes of Peace UK 45
1989 Bobby Brown: My Perogative US 45
1995 Rednex: Cotton Eye Joe: UK single
Births
1938 Jack Jones
1938 Alain Toussaint (New Orleans songwriter/performer)
1948 Tim Harris (Foundations)
1959 Carl Smyth (Madness)
1962 Patricia Morrison (Sisters of Mercy)
1968 LL Cool J
1969 Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana)
Various
2004 – The White Stripes’ Jack White pleads not guilty to assaulting the Von Bondies’ singer Jason Stollsteimer in December. White says he was acting in self-defense.
2003 – Linda Gail Lewis the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, dropped a claim of sex discrimination against Van Morrison.
2001 – In Barbados’ Bridgetown, Chaka Khan reunites with her old group Rufus at the eighth annual Barbados Paint It Jazz festival.
2000 – Nashville-based country fan magazine Music City News closes its doors after 37 years of publication.
2000 – Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge tells Rolling Stone that David Crosby fathered her two children with Julie Cypher.
1998 – Smithereens front man Pat DiNizio launches his first solo tour in Pontiac, Mich.
1996 – Oasis went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’, the group’s second UK No.1 spent a total of 145 week’s on the charts.
1995 – Pearl Jam performs with Neil Young for a Voters for Choice benefit in Washington, DC.
1995 – Solly McElroy, lead singer with the doo-wop group the Flamingoes, dies in Chicago aged 61.
1993 – US alternative group The Pixies announced that they had split. (They re-formed in 2004).
1992 – Jerry Nolan drummer with The New York Dolls died from a fatal stroke.
1990 – Bob Dylan unveils his new song “Wiggle Wiggle” to a shocked audience at State College, Pa. Reports of Dylan’s artistic decline start doing the rounds again.
1989 – Compilation albums were excluded from the UK chart and were listed in the new Top 20 Compilation Albums.
1989 – Paul McCartney releases his album of rock covers, Back in the USSR, exclusively in the Soviet Union today.
1987 – Appearing at King Georges Hall, Blackburn, Nick Kershaw on the first night of a 25 date UK tour.
1984 – Paul McCartney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Pipes Of Peace.’
1982 – Born on this day, Caleb Followill, lead singer, rhythm guitarist, Kings of Leon, (2007 UK No.1 album ‘Because of the Times’).
1978 – Player started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Baby Come Back’, a No.32 hit in the UK, the groups only UK hit.
1978 – The Sex Pistols perform before a sold-out crowd at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom.
1973 – Paul Gadd (Gary Glitter) killed off his former persona Paul Raven when he lowered a coffin containing all his records into the River Thames, London.
1973 – Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested on drugs possession charges.
1972 – Stevie Wonder kicked off a 15-date UK tour at London’s Hammersmith Odeon.
1972 – Yes played the first of two nights at the Rainbow Theatre, London.
1970 - A display of John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs opens in London. 2 days later Scotland Yard seizes prints declaring them pornographic.
1970 – Diana Ross performs one last gig with the Supremes in Las Vegas.
1969 – Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters is Born.
1967 – The first Human Be-in takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
1967 – Born on this day, Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne Band.
1967 – Cliff Richard told the music paper the NME that he was retiring from show business to teach religious education in schools.
1966 – David Bowie release his first single, “Can’t Help Thinking About Me,” on Parlophone Records.
1966 -David Bowie changes his last name from Jones to avoid confusion with Davy Jones from the Monkees.
1965 – Georgie Fame was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Yeh Yeh.’
1965 – Bob Dylan starts recording Bringing It All Back Home.
1964 – The Beatles fly to Paris while Paul McCartney and John Lennon work on writing “Can’t Buy Me Love.”
1963 – Bob Dylan performs on Richard Farina’s album Dick Farina, billing himself as Blind Boy Grunt.
1963 – The Rolling Stones perform for the first time with new recruit Charlie Watts on drums at London’s Flamingo Jazz Club.
1962 – Born on this day, Patricia Morrison, Gun Club, Sisters Of Mercy, (1992 UK No.3 single ‘Temple Of Love’).
1960 – Elvis Presley’s’ ‘GI Blues’ started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.
1960 – G.I. Elvis Presley is promoted to a sergeant.
1956 – Little Richard’s “Tutti-Frutti” crosses over from the R&B to the pop chart, rising to #17.
1955 – Disc jockey Alan Freed holds his first Rock `n’ Roll Party stage show in New York. Acts include the Clovers, Fats Domino and the Drifters.
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