TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - November 16th
1848 - Chopin gave his final public performance.
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience went to No.1 on the US album chart with Electric Ladyland.
1973 - John Lennon released his Mind Games album.
1974 - John Lennon was at No.1 in the US singles chart with Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Elton John played on the session and made a deal with Lennon that if the song makes No.1 he will have to appear live with him.
1976 - Chicago were at No.1 in the UK with the single If You Leave Me Now.
1979 - Paul McCartney released Wonderful Christmas.
1985 - Feargal Sharkey had his only UK No.1 single with the Maria McKee song A Good Heart.
1985 - Sade scored her first UK No.1 album with Promise.
1985 - Starship started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with We Built This City, it made it to No.12 in the UK.
1987 - Lisa Bonet married Lenny Kravitz.
1987 - Topper Headon ex Clash drummer was jailed for 15 months at Maidstone Crown Court for supplying heroin to a man who later died.
1996 - The Spice Girls went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut release Spice Girls.
1996 - The Beatles Anthology 3 went to No.1 on the UK album chart.
2000 - Elton John told a London High Court that his former lover and manager John Reid betrayed him over touring costs. The singer said Reid, had been "caught with his hands in the till". Elton was suing Andrew Haydon, former managing director of John Reid Enterprises, his management company alleging Haydon was negligent in allowing JREL to charge him "several millions" in overseas tour expenses.
2001 - A life-sized statue of Sonny Bono was unveiled in downtown Palm Springs, California, where he was once mayor.
2002 - Texan muli-billionaire David Bonderman hired The Rolling Stones to play at his 60th birthday party held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The bands fee was £4.4m.
2006 - Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album was declared the Best Selling UK album of all time by The Official UK Charts Company. The chart which was made up of sales figures from the last fifty years showed their Greatest Hits compilation had sold 5,407,587 copies. The Beatles occupied second place with ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.’
2010 – Finally, The Beatles back catalogue has been added to iTunes. Founder and chief executive of Apple – iTunes’ parent company – Steve Jobs, has long been a Beatles fan and has spent years persuading the remaining members of the group to allow iTunes to sell the band’s music.
1848 - Chopin gave his final public performance.
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience went to No.1 on the US album chart with Electric Ladyland.
1973 - John Lennon released his Mind Games album.
1974 - John Lennon was at No.1 in the US singles chart with Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Elton John played on the session and made a deal with Lennon that if the song makes No.1 he will have to appear live with him.
1976 - Chicago were at No.1 in the UK with the single If You Leave Me Now.
1979 - Paul McCartney released Wonderful Christmas.
1985 - Feargal Sharkey had his only UK No.1 single with the Maria McKee song A Good Heart.
1985 - Sade scored her first UK No.1 album with Promise.
1985 - Starship started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with We Built This City, it made it to No.12 in the UK.
1987 - Lisa Bonet married Lenny Kravitz.
1987 - Topper Headon ex Clash drummer was jailed for 15 months at Maidstone Crown Court for supplying heroin to a man who later died.
1996 - The Spice Girls went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their debut release Spice Girls.
1996 - The Beatles Anthology 3 went to No.1 on the UK album chart.
2000 - Elton John told a London High Court that his former lover and manager John Reid betrayed him over touring costs. The singer said Reid, had been "caught with his hands in the till". Elton was suing Andrew Haydon, former managing director of John Reid Enterprises, his management company alleging Haydon was negligent in allowing JREL to charge him "several millions" in overseas tour expenses.
2001 - A life-sized statue of Sonny Bono was unveiled in downtown Palm Springs, California, where he was once mayor.
2002 - Texan muli-billionaire David Bonderman hired The Rolling Stones to play at his 60th birthday party held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The bands fee was £4.4m.
2006 - Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album was declared the Best Selling UK album of all time by The Official UK Charts Company. The chart which was made up of sales figures from the last fifty years showed their Greatest Hits compilation had sold 5,407,587 copies. The Beatles occupied second place with ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.’
2010 – Finally, The Beatles back catalogue has been added to iTunes. Founder and chief executive of Apple – iTunes’ parent company – Steve Jobs, has long been a Beatles fan and has spent years persuading the remaining members of the group to allow iTunes to sell the band’s music.