TODAY IN HISTORY – NOVEMBER 23rd
1899 - The world's first jukebox was installed at San Francisco's' Palais Royal Hotel. The word Jook is an old African-American term, meaning to dance, sometimes used with sexual connotations.
1952 Sharon O'Neill (born Sharon Lea O'Neill[1] on 23 November 1952 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a singer-songwriter and pianist from New Zealand, best known for her 1983 hit single "Maxine".
1954 - Born this day, Bruce Hornsby, musician, keyboards, piano, vocals, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and The Range, 1986 US No.1 and UK No.15 single The Way It Is.
1956 - Sheet metal worker Louis Balint was arrested after punching Elvis Presley at a Hotel in Toledo. Balint claimed that his wife's love for Elvis had caused his marriage to break up. He was fined $19.60 but ended up being jailed because he was unable to pay the fine.
1974 - The Rolling Stones album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, went to No.1 on the UK chart and became the group's 21st consecutive gold album. It also made them their fifth US No.1 album.
1974 - One hit wonder Billy Swan started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can Help'. The song was a hit throughout most of Europe and also reached #1 in Australia. It was so successful in Norway that it charted for 37 weeks on the Norwegian charts making it the 4th best-performing single of all time in that country
1975 - Queen started a nine week run at No.1 in the UK with Bohemian Rhapsody. The promotional video that accompanied the song is generally acknowledged as being the first pop video and only cost £5,000 to produce.
1976 - Ten hours after his last arrest, Jerry Lee Lewis was nicked again after brandishing a Derringer pistol outside Elvis Presley's Gracelands home in Memphis, demanding to see the 'King'. Even though the 'King' wasn't home anyway!
1979 - Pink Floyd's The Wall was released, selling 6 million copies in 2 weeks.
1979 - Keith Richard's girlfriend Anita Pallenburg was cleared by a court of shooting a man found dead at her home. A 17-year-old, Scott Cantrell, had shot himself in the head with a gun owned by Keith Richards, while in Pallenberg's bed, at the South Salem, New York house shared by Richards and Pallenberg. Cantrell had been employed as a part-time groundskeeper at the estate and was involved in a sexual relationship with Pallenberg.
1983 - Died this day, Tom Evans from Badfinger committed suicide, making him the second member of Badfinger to commit suicide. Co-wrote Without You.
1989 - Singer Jimmy Somerville was given a conditional discharge from Bow St Magistrates after being found guilty of obstructing the highway during a aids demonstration outside the Australian commission in London.
1991 - A day before he died, Freddie Mercury, aged 45, confirmd he had AIDS.
1991 - Genesis scored their 5th UK No.1 album with We Can't Dance, featuring the singles Jesus He Knows Me and I Can't Dance.
1991 - Michael Bolton scored his second US No.1 single with his version of the Percy Sledge song When A Man Loves A Woman. It was a No.8 hit in the UK.
1991 - Michael Jackson had his fourth UK No.1 single with Black or White. It also went to No.1 in the US.
1992 - Born on this day, Miley Ray Cyrus, (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), American actress, singer and songwriter. Miley Stewart -Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana. Scored the 2006 US No.1 album ‘Hannah Montana’, and the 2013 US No.1 hit 'Wrecking Ball'.
1994 - Tommy Boyce, singer, songwriter, committed suicide. (1968 US No. 8 single with Bobby Hart, 'I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite', also wrote 'Last Train To Clarksville', 'I'm Not Your Stepping Stone' and 'Scooby- Doo Where Are You.' Sold over 40m records.
2002 - Otis Reddings' widow and his former manager filed a lawsuit against the author of a biography written in 2001 about the R&B legend, claiming the book was filled with lies. The lawsuit, filed in Atlanta's Fulton County, sought $15 million in damages and claimed that the book detailed rumors about the singer's drug use, extramarital affairs and divorce, causing "harm to the plaintiffs." It also cites rumors that Otis' manager plotted with the Mafia to kill Otis by causing the plane to crash in order to claim $1 million in life insurance.
2002 - Christina Aguilera was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dirrty', her 3rd UK chart topper.
2008 - 15 years after their last album, Guns N' Roses released Chinese Democracy in the US, exclusively via the electronics retailer Best Buy. Nine years previously, Geffen Records had reportedly paid Axl Rose $1 million to finish the album, with a further $1 million if he handed it in to them by March 1, 1999.
2011 – “Domino” by Jessie J is the most popular song played on NZ radio this past week followed by “Without You” by David Guetta feat Usher and “We Found Love” by Rihanna feat Calvin Harris.
1899 - The world's first jukebox was installed at San Francisco's' Palais Royal Hotel. The word Jook is an old African-American term, meaning to dance, sometimes used with sexual connotations.
1952 Sharon O'Neill (born Sharon Lea O'Neill[1] on 23 November 1952 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a singer-songwriter and pianist from New Zealand, best known for her 1983 hit single "Maxine".
1954 - Born this day, Bruce Hornsby, musician, keyboards, piano, vocals, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and The Range, 1986 US No.1 and UK No.15 single The Way It Is.
1956 - Sheet metal worker Louis Balint was arrested after punching Elvis Presley at a Hotel in Toledo. Balint claimed that his wife's love for Elvis had caused his marriage to break up. He was fined $19.60 but ended up being jailed because he was unable to pay the fine.
1974 - The Rolling Stones album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, went to No.1 on the UK chart and became the group's 21st consecutive gold album. It also made them their fifth US No.1 album.
1974 - One hit wonder Billy Swan started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can Help'. The song was a hit throughout most of Europe and also reached #1 in Australia. It was so successful in Norway that it charted for 37 weeks on the Norwegian charts making it the 4th best-performing single of all time in that country
1975 - Queen started a nine week run at No.1 in the UK with Bohemian Rhapsody. The promotional video that accompanied the song is generally acknowledged as being the first pop video and only cost £5,000 to produce.
1976 - Ten hours after his last arrest, Jerry Lee Lewis was nicked again after brandishing a Derringer pistol outside Elvis Presley's Gracelands home in Memphis, demanding to see the 'King'. Even though the 'King' wasn't home anyway!
1979 - Pink Floyd's The Wall was released, selling 6 million copies in 2 weeks.
1979 - Keith Richard's girlfriend Anita Pallenburg was cleared by a court of shooting a man found dead at her home. A 17-year-old, Scott Cantrell, had shot himself in the head with a gun owned by Keith Richards, while in Pallenberg's bed, at the South Salem, New York house shared by Richards and Pallenberg. Cantrell had been employed as a part-time groundskeeper at the estate and was involved in a sexual relationship with Pallenberg.
1983 - Died this day, Tom Evans from Badfinger committed suicide, making him the second member of Badfinger to commit suicide. Co-wrote Without You.
1989 - Singer Jimmy Somerville was given a conditional discharge from Bow St Magistrates after being found guilty of obstructing the highway during a aids demonstration outside the Australian commission in London.
1991 - A day before he died, Freddie Mercury, aged 45, confirmd he had AIDS.
1991 - Genesis scored their 5th UK No.1 album with We Can't Dance, featuring the singles Jesus He Knows Me and I Can't Dance.
1991 - Michael Bolton scored his second US No.1 single with his version of the Percy Sledge song When A Man Loves A Woman. It was a No.8 hit in the UK.
1991 - Michael Jackson had his fourth UK No.1 single with Black or White. It also went to No.1 in the US.
1992 - Born on this day, Miley Ray Cyrus, (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), American actress, singer and songwriter. Miley Stewart -Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana. Scored the 2006 US No.1 album ‘Hannah Montana’, and the 2013 US No.1 hit 'Wrecking Ball'.
1994 - Tommy Boyce, singer, songwriter, committed suicide. (1968 US No. 8 single with Bobby Hart, 'I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite', also wrote 'Last Train To Clarksville', 'I'm Not Your Stepping Stone' and 'Scooby- Doo Where Are You.' Sold over 40m records.
2002 - Otis Reddings' widow and his former manager filed a lawsuit against the author of a biography written in 2001 about the R&B legend, claiming the book was filled with lies. The lawsuit, filed in Atlanta's Fulton County, sought $15 million in damages and claimed that the book detailed rumors about the singer's drug use, extramarital affairs and divorce, causing "harm to the plaintiffs." It also cites rumors that Otis' manager plotted with the Mafia to kill Otis by causing the plane to crash in order to claim $1 million in life insurance.
2002 - Christina Aguilera was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Dirrty', her 3rd UK chart topper.
2008 - 15 years after their last album, Guns N' Roses released Chinese Democracy in the US, exclusively via the electronics retailer Best Buy. Nine years previously, Geffen Records had reportedly paid Axl Rose $1 million to finish the album, with a further $1 million if he handed it in to them by March 1, 1999.
2011 – “Domino” by Jessie J is the most popular song played on NZ radio this past week followed by “Without You” by David Guetta feat Usher and “We Found Love” by Rihanna feat Calvin Harris.