TODAY IN HISTORY - November 28th
1929 - Born this day, Berry Gordy Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, Motown Records founder, former boxer, composer, Jackie Wilson's Reet Petit, singer, (Money, That's Want I Want).
1943 - Born on this day, Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney.
1948 - Born this day, Beeb Birtles [Gerard Birtlekamp], musician, guitarist, Little River Band, Australian group, 1978 US No.3 single Reminiscing, plus 12 other US Top 40 singles including It’s a Long Way There, Help is on Its Way, Reminiscing, Lady, Lonesome Loser, Cool Change, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me.
1960 - Elvis Presley's single, Are You Lonesome Tonight, jumped into the No.1 spot on Billboard's pop record charts on this date, and stayed there for 6 weeks. It was his third US No.1 of 1960. It reached No.1 in the UK in January 1961.
1962 - Born on this day, Matt Cameron, drummer with Soundgarden, who joined Pearl Jam in 1998. At the age of thirteen, he and some friends played in a cover band called Kiss, however, after a letter from the management of the rather better-known band Kiss, threatening the boys with legal action, they called it a day.
1964 - The Shangri-Las went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the 'teen death song', 'Leader Of The Pack'. When released in the UK the song was refused airplay by the BBC, (probably due to its death theme), where it went on to chart three times: No.11 in 1965; No.3 in 1972 (by which time the BBC ban had been lifted); and once again at No.7 in 1976.
1968 - John Lennon was fined £150 for unauthorised drug possession. (Cannabis).
1970 - Dave Edmunds started a six week run at No.1 in the UK singles chart with I Hear You Knocking the first release on the new Mam Label.
1974 - Elton John was joined on stage by John Lennon at Elton's Madison Square Garden concert. They performed three numbers together, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, and I Saw Her Standing There. Lennon had promised the flamboyant rocker that he would make a stage appearance with him if his What Gets You Through the Night became a No.1 hit. Following the concert that same night, Lennon and estranged wife Yoko Ono reconciled backstage after being separated for one year.
1976 - The Tom Robinson Band made their live debut at The Hope & Anchor, London. The bands biggest hit '2-4-6-8 Motorway' peaked at No.5 in the UK in Oct 77. Robinson now also works as a radio presenter.
1987 - The duet by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, which came from the film Dirty Dancing, went to No.1 on the US singles chart.
1987 - REM had their first entry in the Top 10 on the US singles chart with ‘The One I Love.’
1991 - Nirvana recorded a performance for BBC TV music show Top Of The Pops in London. When asked to lip-sync ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ to a pre-recorded tape Kurt Cobain protested by singing an octave lower (he later confirmed he was imitating Morrisey from The Smiths), and attempted to eat his microphone at one point. He also changed some of the lyrics, exchanging the opening line "load up on guns, bring your friends," for "load up on drugs, kill your friends."
1992 - Whitney Houston started a record breaking fourteen week stay at No.1 in the US with a song taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack, I Will Always Love You. It was written by Dolly Parton.
1993 - Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton was killed in a car crash not far from his Santa Barbara, California home, he was 47. Steppenwolf had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'.
1999 - Cliff Richard started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Millennium Prayer, despite the record being boycotted by most radio stations. It became Cliff's 14th UK No.1 single.
2000 - David Bowie was crowned the musician's musician. Bowie beat the Beatles and alternative rockers Radiohead in a survey by the NME that asked hundreds of top rock and pop stars to name their biggest musical influence.
2002 - Tony McCarroll the original drummer with Oasis failed in a bid to sue the group's lawyers after he was sacked because he took too long to file his claim. Judge Justice Gray, at the High Court in London, told McCarroll his case could not proceed because he had brought his claim outside of the six-year time limit.
2006 - US actress Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from rapper Kid Rock after just four months of marriage. In a statement on her website the 39-year-old confirmed she had split from Rock.
2007 - Kanye West and stuntman Evel Knievel settled a copyright dispute over West's use of the name "Evel Kanyevel" in a music video. The 69-year-old daredevil had claimed his image was tarnished by the video’s "vulgar, sexual nature." The clip for Touch The Sky, showed the rap star cavorting with Pamela Anderson and trying to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.
1929 - Born this day, Berry Gordy Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, Motown Records founder, former boxer, composer, Jackie Wilson's Reet Petit, singer, (Money, That's Want I Want).
1943 - Born on this day, Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney.
1948 - Born this day, Beeb Birtles [Gerard Birtlekamp], musician, guitarist, Little River Band, Australian group, 1978 US No.3 single Reminiscing, plus 12 other US Top 40 singles including It’s a Long Way There, Help is on Its Way, Reminiscing, Lady, Lonesome Loser, Cool Change, The Night Owls, Take It Easy on Me.
1960 - Elvis Presley's single, Are You Lonesome Tonight, jumped into the No.1 spot on Billboard's pop record charts on this date, and stayed there for 6 weeks. It was his third US No.1 of 1960. It reached No.1 in the UK in January 1961.
1962 - Born on this day, Matt Cameron, drummer with Soundgarden, who joined Pearl Jam in 1998. At the age of thirteen, he and some friends played in a cover band called Kiss, however, after a letter from the management of the rather better-known band Kiss, threatening the boys with legal action, they called it a day.
1964 - The Shangri-Las went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the 'teen death song', 'Leader Of The Pack'. When released in the UK the song was refused airplay by the BBC, (probably due to its death theme), where it went on to chart three times: No.11 in 1965; No.3 in 1972 (by which time the BBC ban had been lifted); and once again at No.7 in 1976.
1968 - John Lennon was fined £150 for unauthorised drug possession. (Cannabis).
1970 - Dave Edmunds started a six week run at No.1 in the UK singles chart with I Hear You Knocking the first release on the new Mam Label.
1974 - Elton John was joined on stage by John Lennon at Elton's Madison Square Garden concert. They performed three numbers together, Whatever Gets You Through the Night, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, and I Saw Her Standing There. Lennon had promised the flamboyant rocker that he would make a stage appearance with him if his What Gets You Through the Night became a No.1 hit. Following the concert that same night, Lennon and estranged wife Yoko Ono reconciled backstage after being separated for one year.
1976 - The Tom Robinson Band made their live debut at The Hope & Anchor, London. The bands biggest hit '2-4-6-8 Motorway' peaked at No.5 in the UK in Oct 77. Robinson now also works as a radio presenter.
1987 - The duet by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, which came from the film Dirty Dancing, went to No.1 on the US singles chart.
1987 - REM had their first entry in the Top 10 on the US singles chart with ‘The One I Love.’
1991 - Nirvana recorded a performance for BBC TV music show Top Of The Pops in London. When asked to lip-sync ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ to a pre-recorded tape Kurt Cobain protested by singing an octave lower (he later confirmed he was imitating Morrisey from The Smiths), and attempted to eat his microphone at one point. He also changed some of the lyrics, exchanging the opening line "load up on guns, bring your friends," for "load up on drugs, kill your friends."
1992 - Whitney Houston started a record breaking fourteen week stay at No.1 in the US with a song taken from the Bodyguard soundtrack, I Will Always Love You. It was written by Dolly Parton.
1993 - Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton was killed in a car crash not far from his Santa Barbara, California home, he was 47. Steppenwolf had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'.
1999 - Cliff Richard started a three week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Millennium Prayer, despite the record being boycotted by most radio stations. It became Cliff's 14th UK No.1 single.
2000 - David Bowie was crowned the musician's musician. Bowie beat the Beatles and alternative rockers Radiohead in a survey by the NME that asked hundreds of top rock and pop stars to name their biggest musical influence.
2002 - Tony McCarroll the original drummer with Oasis failed in a bid to sue the group's lawyers after he was sacked because he took too long to file his claim. Judge Justice Gray, at the High Court in London, told McCarroll his case could not proceed because he had brought his claim outside of the six-year time limit.
2006 - US actress Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from rapper Kid Rock after just four months of marriage. In a statement on her website the 39-year-old confirmed she had split from Rock.
2007 - Kanye West and stuntman Evel Knievel settled a copyright dispute over West's use of the name "Evel Kanyevel" in a music video. The 69-year-old daredevil had claimed his image was tarnished by the video’s "vulgar, sexual nature." The clip for Touch The Sky, showed the rap star cavorting with Pamela Anderson and trying to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.