TODAY IN HISTORY – 13th November
1964 - Decca Records released The Rolling Stones’ Little Red Rooster. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single was a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever topped the UK pop chart.
1965 - The Castiles, which featured a young singer called Bruce Springsteen appeared at The Fire House, Hazlet, New Jersey. The night was billed as a Teenage Go, Go Dance.
1968 - This was a good day for The Beatles. Their movie, Yellow Submarine, premiered in the US and the single, Hey Jude, topped the pop music charts. It was in its 7th of 9 weeks at No.1.
1973 - Died this day, Jerry Lee Lewis Jr., killed in a car accident near Hernando, Mississippi. Lewis had been working as the drummer in his father's band.
1974 - An impostor posing as Ritchie Blackmore borrowed a Porshe in Iowa City, and wrecked it, having already conned food and shelter out of several Deep Purple fans. The impostor was arrested and charged.
1976 - Rod Stewart started a 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Tonight's The Night. It was Rod's second US No.1, and it made No.5 in the UK after being banned by many radio stations due to song being about the seduction of a virgin.
1982 - Men At Work started a 15 week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album Business As Usual. The album went on to sell over five million copies in the States.
1982 - Former Equals singer Eddie Grant started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Don't Wanna Dance', his only UK chart topper.
1988 - 'Michael Jackson Month' was declared in Los Angeles.
1990 - Patricia Boughton filed a lawsuit against Rod Stewart claiming that a football he kicked into the crowd at a concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre, had ruptured a tendon in her middle finger.
1996 - On the last leg of their Ballbreaker World Tour, AC/DC played the first of four sold out nights at Sydney Entertainment Center in Sydney, Australia.
1999 - A report showed that The Spice Girls were the highest earners in pop during the 90's with their debut album 'Spice' selling over 20 million copies. Elton John was second with 14 million sales from 'The Lion King'.
1999 - It was announced that Cliff Richard had signed up with internet company Remotemusic.com, making him the first big artist to sign a deal with an online company.
2000 - The Beatles launched their first official website www.thebeatles.com. The site went live on the same day as the release of their retrospective 'Compilation 1' album.
2004 - Rap artist Ol' Dirty Bastard, (real name Russell Jones), collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio in New York aged 35. A spokesman for his record company, said the rapper, had complained of chest pains, was dead by the time paramedics reached him. ODB was a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s.
2012 - The original collage that was reproduced and included in copies of The Beatles' 1967 classic ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ record sold for $87,720. The piece, which was designed by Peter Blake, was sold to an unnamed bidder as part of an auction of modern British art at Sotheby’s in London.
1964 - Decca Records released The Rolling Stones’ Little Red Rooster. Written by Willie Dixon (as The Red Rooster), and previously recorded by Howlin’ Wolf and Sam Cooke, the single was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago. The single was a No.1 hit in the UK and remains the only time a blues song has ever topped the UK pop chart.
1965 - The Castiles, which featured a young singer called Bruce Springsteen appeared at The Fire House, Hazlet, New Jersey. The night was billed as a Teenage Go, Go Dance.
1968 - This was a good day for The Beatles. Their movie, Yellow Submarine, premiered in the US and the single, Hey Jude, topped the pop music charts. It was in its 7th of 9 weeks at No.1.
1973 - Died this day, Jerry Lee Lewis Jr., killed in a car accident near Hernando, Mississippi. Lewis had been working as the drummer in his father's band.
1974 - An impostor posing as Ritchie Blackmore borrowed a Porshe in Iowa City, and wrecked it, having already conned food and shelter out of several Deep Purple fans. The impostor was arrested and charged.
1976 - Rod Stewart started a 8 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Tonight's The Night. It was Rod's second US No.1, and it made No.5 in the UK after being banned by many radio stations due to song being about the seduction of a virgin.
1982 - Men At Work started a 15 week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their debut album Business As Usual. The album went on to sell over five million copies in the States.
1982 - Former Equals singer Eddie Grant started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Don't Wanna Dance', his only UK chart topper.
1988 - 'Michael Jackson Month' was declared in Los Angeles.
1990 - Patricia Boughton filed a lawsuit against Rod Stewart claiming that a football he kicked into the crowd at a concert at Pine Knob Music Theatre, had ruptured a tendon in her middle finger.
1996 - On the last leg of their Ballbreaker World Tour, AC/DC played the first of four sold out nights at Sydney Entertainment Center in Sydney, Australia.
1999 - A report showed that The Spice Girls were the highest earners in pop during the 90's with their debut album 'Spice' selling over 20 million copies. Elton John was second with 14 million sales from 'The Lion King'.
1999 - It was announced that Cliff Richard had signed up with internet company Remotemusic.com, making him the first big artist to sign a deal with an online company.
2000 - The Beatles launched their first official website www.thebeatles.com. The site went live on the same day as the release of their retrospective 'Compilation 1' album.
2004 - Rap artist Ol' Dirty Bastard, (real name Russell Jones), collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio in New York aged 35. A spokesman for his record company, said the rapper, had complained of chest pains, was dead by the time paramedics reached him. ODB was a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s.
2012 - The original collage that was reproduced and included in copies of The Beatles' 1967 classic ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ record sold for $87,720. The piece, which was designed by Peter Blake, was sold to an unnamed bidder as part of an auction of modern British art at Sotheby’s in London.