Thursday, November 18, 2010

November 18 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Kirk Hammett!

Kirk Hammett, Metallica

Musicians Born On November 18

1936 Hank Ballard (The Twist)
1960 Kim Wilde (Kids in America)
1962 Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

Deaths On November 18

1971 Junior Parker (US blues/soul performer)
1972 Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 18

1972 Cat Stevens: 'Catch Bull at Four' US LP
1978 Boomtown Rats: 'Rat Trap' UK 45
1978 Billy Joel: '52nd Street' US LP
1986 Boston: 'Amanda' US 45
1995 Queen : Made in Heaven : UK LP
1995 The Dogg Pound : Dogg Food : US LP

Various Music Events On November 18

1954 ABC radio network in US bans Rosemary Clooney hit 'Mambo Italiana' because of what it considers to be 'offensive lyrics'

1956 Fats Domino appears on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' singing 'Blueberry Hill'

1957 Shooting begins on the movie edition of '6.5 Special', with Lonnie Donegan, Jim Dale and Don Lang

1963 Beatles awarded silver disc for 'Please Please Me'

1970 Jerry Lee Lewis and wife Myra Brown are divorced

1972 Steely Dan hit US chart for the first time with 'Do it Again'

1972 Stevie Wonder scores his 29th hit in US with 'Superstition', on its way to No. 1

1975 Bruce Springsteen performs his first UK concert at the Hammersmith Odeon

1989 Eric Clapton';s 'Journeyman' hits UK LP chart

1990 Paul McCartney's birth certificate sells for $18,000 at auction

1995 The Rolling Stones become the first act to broadcast a concert on the Internet.

1995 "Goldeneye" the latest James Bond movie,opens, featuring a title song by Tina Turner .


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