Monday, November 15, 2010

November 14 - Today In Rock Music History

Musicians Born On November 14

1938 Cornell Gunter (Flairs, Coasters)
1940 Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers)
1948 Buckwheat Zydeco
1949 James Young (Styx)
1951 Steven Bishop
1953 Alexander O'Neal
1955 Alec John Such (Bon Jovi)
1964 Andrew Banfield (Pasadenas)
1964 Joseph 'Run' Simmons (Run DMC)

Number 1 In The Charts On November 14

1960 Ray Charles: 'Georgia On My Mind' US 45
1981 Police: 'Every Little Thing She Does is Magic' UK 45
1981 Queen: 'Greatest Hits' UK LP
1987 T'Pau: 'China in Your Hand' UK 45
1987 George Michael: 'Faith' UK LP
1987 'Dirty Dancing' soundtrack US LP
1992 The Heights : How Do You Talk To An Angel : US single
1992 Bon Jovi : Keep The Faith : UK LP
1998 Lauryn Hill : Doo Wop (That Thing) : US single
1998 U2 : The Best Of 1980-1990& B Sides : UK LP

Various Music Events On November 14

1922 BBC broadcasts first UK radio programmes from Alexandra Palace on Station 2LP

1952 First-ever UK record sales chart, a top 12, published in NME; Al Martino is No. 1 with 'Here in My Heart'

1960 'Billboard' reports that Elvis Presley's 'It's Now or Never' has become fastest-selling single in UK chart history, selling 780,000 in its first week

1964 Drifters enter US chart with 'Saturday Night at the Movies'

1969 David Bowie 'Space Oddity' LP released

1970 Van Morrison enters US chart with 'Domino'. Reaching No. 9, it is his biggest hit

1987 Janet Jackson becomes the first woman in UK chart history to pull six hit singles off one LP, 'Control'

1990 Pete Townshend confesses his bisexuality to Newsweek.

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