TODAY IN HISTORY – 10th November
1941 - Born on this day, Kyu Sakamoto, (1963 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Sukiyaki', the first ever Japanese US No.1). Killed in a plane crash on 12th August 1985.
1944 - Born this day, Sir Tim Rice, lyricist.
1956 - Billie Holiday returned to the New York City stage at Carnegie Hall after a three-year absence. The concert was called a high point in jazz history.
1958 - Soul singer Sam Cooke was injured in a car crash in Marion, Arkansas. The driver was killed in the accident.
1966 - Fire broke out in the studio where Brian Wilson was recording the 'fire' tracks for the Beach Boys' Smile album.
1973 - Elton John started a eight week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It was the singers third US No.1.
1975 - SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior (Native Americans knew it as Gitche Gumee), taking all 29 crew members with her. It became the subject of Gordon Lightfoot's song.
1975 - David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity, the track was first released in 1969 to tie in with the Apollo 11 moon landing. Rick Wakeman (former keyboard player with Yes) provided synthesizer backing. Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes' and 'Hallo Spaceboy'.
1979 - Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with Tusk.
1979 - The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Heartache Tonight, the group's 5th and final US No.1. It made No.40 in the UK.
1984 - Former Rufus singer Chaka Khan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Feel For You.' Written by Prince, the song featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and the Rap was by Grandmaster Melle Mel. The repetition of Khan's name by rapper Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin, who then decided to keep it.
1984 - After setting a new record for advanced orders of 1,099,500 copies, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.
1985 - Jerry Lee Lewis underwent emergency ulcer surgery. (Must have felt like “Great Balls of Fire”)
1986 - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live/1975-85, the long-anticipated album by 'The Boss', hit record stores. Fans made the LP a one-day sellout, buying over a million copies and generating more first-day dollars than any record in 30 years. It's a five-disc, 40-song set.
1990 - Mariah Carey started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Love Takes Time, her second US No.1. It was a No.37 hit in the UK.
1997 - American session guitarist Tommy Tedesco died of lung cancer aged 67. Described by "Guitar Player" magazine as the most recorded guitarist in history recording with The Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Supremes, The Monkees, The Association, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Sam Cooke, Cher, and Nancy and Frank Sinatra. And played on many TV themes including Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, M*A*S*H and Batman.
1999 - Eighties hit-making team Stock, Aitken and Waterman went to court fighting over song rights. Stock and Aitken claimed they were owed hundreds of thousands of pounds as musicians and songwriters by Waterman.
2002 - Viewers of the UK music channel VH1 voted I Will Always Love You as the No.1 most romantic song ever. In 2nd place Elvis Presley, You Were Always On My Mind and 3rd My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion.
2002 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty and Elvis Costello all guested on Fox-TV's The Simpsons.
2008 - After the anti-child-abuse group Kidscape filed a complaint, the British exam board recalled a high school music test that included convicted child molester Gary Glitter's 1973 hit "I'm the Leader of the Gang" in its "suggested listening" section. Group head Michele Elliott said "The role model is morally decrepit. It's just inappropriate."
2010 – The most popular song played on radio this past week is “Just the way you are” by Bruno Mars.
1941 - Born on this day, Kyu Sakamoto, (1963 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Sukiyaki', the first ever Japanese US No.1). Killed in a plane crash on 12th August 1985.
1944 - Born this day, Sir Tim Rice, lyricist.
1956 - Billie Holiday returned to the New York City stage at Carnegie Hall after a three-year absence. The concert was called a high point in jazz history.
1958 - Soul singer Sam Cooke was injured in a car crash in Marion, Arkansas. The driver was killed in the accident.
1966 - Fire broke out in the studio where Brian Wilson was recording the 'fire' tracks for the Beach Boys' Smile album.
1973 - Elton John started a eight week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. It was the singers third US No.1.
1975 - SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior (Native Americans knew it as Gitche Gumee), taking all 29 crew members with her. It became the subject of Gordon Lightfoot's song.
1975 - David Bowie was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Space Oddity, the track was first released in 1969 to tie in with the Apollo 11 moon landing. Rick Wakeman (former keyboard player with Yes) provided synthesizer backing. Bowie would later revisit his Major Tom character in the songs 'Ashes to Ashes' and 'Hallo Spaceboy'.
1979 - Fleetwood Mac scored their second UK No.1 album with Tusk.
1979 - The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Heartache Tonight, the group's 5th and final US No.1. It made No.40 in the UK.
1984 - Former Rufus singer Chaka Khan was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Feel For You.' Written by Prince, the song featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica and the Rap was by Grandmaster Melle Mel. The repetition of Khan's name by rapper Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin, who then decided to keep it.
1984 - After setting a new record for advanced orders of 1,099,500 copies, Frankie Goes To Hollywood went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut LP Welcome To The Pleasure Dome.
1985 - Jerry Lee Lewis underwent emergency ulcer surgery. (Must have felt like “Great Balls of Fire”)
1986 - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live/1975-85, the long-anticipated album by 'The Boss', hit record stores. Fans made the LP a one-day sellout, buying over a million copies and generating more first-day dollars than any record in 30 years. It's a five-disc, 40-song set.
1990 - Mariah Carey started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Love Takes Time, her second US No.1. It was a No.37 hit in the UK.
1997 - American session guitarist Tommy Tedesco died of lung cancer aged 67. Described by "Guitar Player" magazine as the most recorded guitarist in history recording with The Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, The Supremes, The Monkees, The Association, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Sam Cooke, Cher, and Nancy and Frank Sinatra. And played on many TV themes including Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, M*A*S*H and Batman.
1999 - Eighties hit-making team Stock, Aitken and Waterman went to court fighting over song rights. Stock and Aitken claimed they were owed hundreds of thousands of pounds as musicians and songwriters by Waterman.
2002 - Viewers of the UK music channel VH1 voted I Will Always Love You as the No.1 most romantic song ever. In 2nd place Elvis Presley, You Were Always On My Mind and 3rd My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion.
2002 - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty and Elvis Costello all guested on Fox-TV's The Simpsons.
2008 - After the anti-child-abuse group Kidscape filed a complaint, the British exam board recalled a high school music test that included convicted child molester Gary Glitter's 1973 hit "I'm the Leader of the Gang" in its "suggested listening" section. Group head Michele Elliott said "The role model is morally decrepit. It's just inappropriate."
2010 – The most popular song played on radio this past week is “Just the way you are” by Bruno Mars.