1956: One of the great R&B records of all-time--"The Great Pretender" by the Platters, remained at #1 for the eighth week on that chart.
1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets re-recorded "That'll Be the Day" with producer Norman Petty. A previous version was recorded July 22, 1956 but this new one was the one they would release as their first single.
1961: "Elvis Presley Day" was declared in Memphis and in the state of Tennessee as Elvis performed for the first time since being honorably discharged from the United States Army.
1963: The Chantay's released the single "Pipeline".
1964: The Beatles recorded their next single "Can't Buy Me Love", as well as the flip side--"You Can't Do That" and "I Should Have Known Better" at Abbey Road studios in London.
1981: Christopher Cross won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Sailing" and Best New Artist.
1981: Bob Seger won Best Rock Male Performance at the Grammys for his Against the Wind album.
1981: Pat Benatar won Best Rock Female Performance with her album Crimes of Passion.
1984: A new rock & roll band from New Jersey first appeared on the charts as their debut single "Runaway" was first heard on radio. They would become quite well known to us as Bon Jovi.
1984: Christopher Cross held on to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth consecutive week with "Think of Laura".
1984: Van Halen landed the new #1 song with "Jump", knocking Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" out of the top spot. Newcomer Nena was at 3 with "99 Luftballons" and Cyndi Lauper's first hit--"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" moved from 9 to 4. The rest of the Top 10: Michael Jackson with "Thriller", Kool & the Gang dropped down with "Joanna", the posthumous release from John Lennon--"Nobody Told Me", Shannon's "Let the Music Play", the Police moved to #9 with "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and Billy Joel slid in with "An Innocent Man".
"My City Was Gone" from the incredible album 'Learning to Crawl'.
1984: Thriller by Michael Jackson was the #1 album for the 30th week. One more would tie Rumours by Fleetwood Mac as the longest-running #1 of the Rock Era. Culture Club was somehow #2 with Colour By Numbers while Van Halen remained third with MCMLXXXIV and Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down at #4. The Pretenders' excellent LP Learning to Crawl came in at #5, jumping Billy Joel's An Innocent Man. The rest of the Top 10: The former #1 Synchronicity by the Police, Duran Duran with Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Yes came in ninth with 90125 and the new John Cougar Mellencamp album Uh-Huh reached the Top 10.
1985: Sade released the single "Smooth Operator".
1985: Madonna released the single "Crazy for You".
1993: Toy Caldwell, guitarist of the Marshall Tucker Band and brother of bassist and co-founder Tommy Caldwell, died of respiratory failure in Spartanburg, South Carolina at age 45.
1995: Frank Sinatra sang before a live audience for the final time at a private party for 1,200 guests on the closing night of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. His final song was "The Best is Yet to Come".
1995: "Baby" by Brandy topped the R&B chart for a third week.
"Ode to My Family" by the Cranberries...
1995: The Hits by Garth Brooks was #1 for the seventh week. II by Boyz II Men moved up to challenge with Van Halen's Balance dropping. Dookie from Green Day was still #4 after 53 weeks with the comeback album Hell Freezes Over by the Eagles #5. The rest of the Top 10: CrazySexyCool from TLC, Hootie & the Blowfish entered the Top 10 with Cracked Rear View, the great album Vitalogy from Pearl Jam, the Cranberries moved up with No Need to Argue and Smash came in at #10 for the Offspring.
1995: Madonna had her 11th #1 song with "Take a Bow".
1998: Roy Orbison also received the Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously from the Grammys. You were 10 years late, Grammys.
2002: Dave Matthews purchased 1,261 acres from the University of Virginia Foundation, aiming to conserve trees and promote organic farming on the land.
1957: Buddy Holly and the Crickets re-recorded "That'll Be the Day" with producer Norman Petty. A previous version was recorded July 22, 1956 but this new one was the one they would release as their first single.
1961: "Elvis Presley Day" was declared in Memphis and in the state of Tennessee as Elvis performed for the first time since being honorably discharged from the United States Army.
1963: The Chantay's released the single "Pipeline".
1965: The Rolling Stones performed "The Last Time" on the BBC television show Ready! Steady! Go!
1965: The Seekers reached #1 in the U.K. with "I'll Never Find Another You".
The Raiders' "The Great Airplane Strike"...
1967: The Monkees' second album, More of the Monkees, was starting out just as their self-titled debut album had. For the third week, it was #1. In fact, their debut sat at #2. S.R.O. by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was third with the Soundtrack to "Doctor Zhivago" fourth. The rest of the Top 10: The Temptations Greatest Hits, That's Life from Frank Sinatra, the durable Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was #7 after 102 weeks of release, Winchester Cathedral from the New Vaudeville Band, Whipped Cream & Other Delights re-entered the Top 10 after 94 weeks by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass and Boise, Idaho's Paul Revere & the Raiders had #10--The Spirit of '67.
1968: Gary Puckett, from Twin Falls, Idaho, & the Union Gap released the single "Young Girl".
1968: The Box Tops released the single "Cry Like a Baby".
1968: Manfred Mann released the single "The Mighty Quinn".
The Raiders' "The Great Airplane Strike"...
1967: The Monkees' second album, More of the Monkees, was starting out just as their self-titled debut album had. For the third week, it was #1. In fact, their debut sat at #2. S.R.O. by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was third with the Soundtrack to "Doctor Zhivago" fourth. The rest of the Top 10: The Temptations Greatest Hits, That's Life from Frank Sinatra, the durable Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" was #7 after 102 weeks of release, Winchester Cathedral from the New Vaudeville Band, Whipped Cream & Other Delights re-entered the Top 10 after 94 weeks by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass and Boise, Idaho's Paul Revere & the Raiders had #10--The Spirit of '67.
1968: Gary Puckett, from Twin Falls, Idaho, & the Union Gap released the single "Young Girl".
1968: The Box Tops released the single "Cry Like a Baby".
1968: Manfred Mann released the single "The Mighty Quinn".
1971: Led Zeppelin's concert from the Paris Theatre in France was broadcast live on BBC television.
1971: One of the hottest new songs on this date was "A Horse With No Name", the first career hit for America. It moved from #84 to #47.
1974: MFSB (which stood for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) released the single "TSOP".
1978: The great soul song "It's You That I Need" from Enchantment was #1 on the R&B chart.
1978: Eddie Money first appeared on the charts with his first single--"Baby Hold On".
1971: One of the hottest new songs on this date was "A Horse With No Name", the first career hit for America. It moved from #84 to #47.
1974: MFSB (which stood for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) released the single "TSOP".
1978: The great soul song "It's You That I Need" from Enchantment was #1 on the R&B chart.
1978: Eddie Money first appeared on the charts with his first single--"Baby Hold On".
1978: Jefferson Starship declared "Earth Day" with the release of their new album Earth.
1978: Paul Simon, James Taylor & Art Garfunkel remained in the top spot on the Adult chart with "(What a) Wonderful World".
"Deacon Blues" helped 'Aja' reach the Top 10.
1978: The album that knocked Fleetwood Mac's Rumours out of #1 after a then-record 31 weeks--the Soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" remained at #1 for a sixth week. The Stranger by Billy Joel was a solid but distant second with Queen's News of the World third. All 'N All by Earth, Wind & Fire remained in the #4 spot with Rod Stewart fifth with Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The rest of the Top 10: Styx's worst release out of its last three albums (still good) but best-selling The Grand Illusion, Running On Empty from Jackson Browne, Eric Clapton entered the Top 10 with Slowhand, Randy Newman's Little Criminals and the excellent Aja from Steely Dan was #10.
1978: The Bee Gees remained at #1 with "Stayin' Alive" for the fourth week. They owned three of the Top 10 songs, a feat only accomplished by one other act in the Rock Era--the Beatles. Their new single "Night Fever" moved from 17 to 8 while their former #1--"How Deep is Your Love", remained at #10.
1980: Bob Seger released the excellent album Against the Wind.
1978: Paul Simon, James Taylor & Art Garfunkel remained in the top spot on the Adult chart with "(What a) Wonderful World".
"Deacon Blues" helped 'Aja' reach the Top 10.
1978: The album that knocked Fleetwood Mac's Rumours out of #1 after a then-record 31 weeks--the Soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" remained at #1 for a sixth week. The Stranger by Billy Joel was a solid but distant second with Queen's News of the World third. All 'N All by Earth, Wind & Fire remained in the #4 spot with Rod Stewart fifth with Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The rest of the Top 10: Styx's worst release out of its last three albums (still good) but best-selling The Grand Illusion, Running On Empty from Jackson Browne, Eric Clapton entered the Top 10 with Slowhand, Randy Newman's Little Criminals and the excellent Aja from Steely Dan was #10.
1978: The Bee Gees remained at #1 with "Stayin' Alive" for the fourth week. They owned three of the Top 10 songs, a feat only accomplished by one other act in the Rock Era--the Beatles. Their new single "Night Fever" moved from 17 to 8 while their former #1--"How Deep is Your Love", remained at #10.
1980: Bob Seger released the excellent album Against the Wind.
1981: Christopher Cross won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Sailing" and Best New Artist.
1981: Bob Seger won Best Rock Male Performance at the Grammys for his Against the Wind album.
1981: Pat Benatar won Best Rock Female Performance with her album Crimes of Passion.
1984: A new rock & roll band from New Jersey first appeared on the charts as their debut single "Runaway" was first heard on radio. They would become quite well known to us as Bon Jovi.
1984: Christopher Cross held on to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fourth consecutive week with "Think of Laura".
1984: Van Halen landed the new #1 song with "Jump", knocking Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" out of the top spot. Newcomer Nena was at 3 with "99 Luftballons" and Cyndi Lauper's first hit--"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" moved from 9 to 4. The rest of the Top 10: Michael Jackson with "Thriller", Kool & the Gang dropped down with "Joanna", the posthumous release from John Lennon--"Nobody Told Me", Shannon's "Let the Music Play", the Police moved to #9 with "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and Billy Joel slid in with "An Innocent Man".
"My City Was Gone" from the incredible album 'Learning to Crawl'.
1984: Thriller by Michael Jackson was the #1 album for the 30th week. One more would tie Rumours by Fleetwood Mac as the longest-running #1 of the Rock Era. Culture Club was somehow #2 with Colour By Numbers while Van Halen remained third with MCMLXXXIV and Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down at #4. The Pretenders' excellent LP Learning to Crawl came in at #5, jumping Billy Joel's An Innocent Man. The rest of the Top 10: The former #1 Synchronicity by the Police, Duran Duran with Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Yes came in ninth with 90125 and the new John Cougar Mellencamp album Uh-Huh reached the Top 10.
1985: Sade released the single "Smooth Operator".
1985: Madonna released the single "Crazy for You".
1987: Frank Sinatra guest starred on Magnum P.I. on CBS-TV.
Roy Orbison sang "Rattled" for the Traveling Wilburys
1989: Listeners chose Bobby Brown to have the #1 album with Don't Be Cruel. One has to wonder if they're having second thoughts. Guns N' Roses remained second with Appetite for Destruction while the superb Volume One from the Traveling Wilburys was #3. Another great album that got lost in the shuffle--Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars from Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians captured the #4 spot. The rest of the Top 10: Debbie Gibson with her debut Electric Youth, GN'R Lies from Guns N' Roses, the incredible Hysteria by Def Leppard, now in its 80th week, Paula Abdul entered the Top 10 with Forever Your Girl, in its 32nd week and the Bon Jovi album New Jersey was on its way down.
1989: "The Living Years" was the new #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart for Mike + the Mechanics.
Easton hit the Top 10 one final time.
1989: Paula Abdul held on to #1 with "Straight Up" for the third week. Debbie Gibson was one spot away with "Lost in Your Eyes" with Tone Loc third with "Wild Thing". Sheena Easton's seventh and final Top 10 song ("The Lover in Me") was fourth while Bon Jovi dropped with "Born to Be My Baby". The rest of the Top 10: "She Wants to Dance With Me" by Rick Astley, New Kids on the Block had "You Got It (The Right Stuff)", Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians remained in the #8 position with "What I Am", Mike & the Mechanics moved from 16 to 9 with "The Living Years" and "Walking Away" by Information Society dropped to #10.
1991: Roxette released the single "Joyride".
1992: James Brown received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys.Roy Orbison sang "Rattled" for the Traveling Wilburys
1989: Listeners chose Bobby Brown to have the #1 album with Don't Be Cruel. One has to wonder if they're having second thoughts. Guns N' Roses remained second with Appetite for Destruction while the superb Volume One from the Traveling Wilburys was #3. Another great album that got lost in the shuffle--Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars from Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians captured the #4 spot. The rest of the Top 10: Debbie Gibson with her debut Electric Youth, GN'R Lies from Guns N' Roses, the incredible Hysteria by Def Leppard, now in its 80th week, Paula Abdul entered the Top 10 with Forever Your Girl, in its 32nd week and the Bon Jovi album New Jersey was on its way down.
1989: "The Living Years" was the new #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart for Mike + the Mechanics.
Easton hit the Top 10 one final time.
1989: Paula Abdul held on to #1 with "Straight Up" for the third week. Debbie Gibson was one spot away with "Lost in Your Eyes" with Tone Loc third with "Wild Thing". Sheena Easton's seventh and final Top 10 song ("The Lover in Me") was fourth while Bon Jovi dropped with "Born to Be My Baby". The rest of the Top 10: "She Wants to Dance With Me" by Rick Astley, New Kids on the Block had "You Got It (The Right Stuff)", Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians remained in the #8 position with "What I Am", Mike & the Mechanics moved from 16 to 9 with "The Living Years" and "Walking Away" by Information Society dropped to #10.
1991: Roxette released the single "Joyride".
1993: Toy Caldwell, guitarist of the Marshall Tucker Band and brother of bassist and co-founder Tommy Caldwell, died of respiratory failure in Spartanburg, South Carolina at age 45.
1995: Frank Sinatra sang before a live audience for the final time at a private party for 1,200 guests on the closing night of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament. His final song was "The Best is Yet to Come".
1995: "Baby" by Brandy topped the R&B chart for a third week.
"Ode to My Family" by the Cranberries...
1995: The Hits by Garth Brooks was #1 for the seventh week. II by Boyz II Men moved up to challenge with Van Halen's Balance dropping. Dookie from Green Day was still #4 after 53 weeks with the comeback album Hell Freezes Over by the Eagles #5. The rest of the Top 10: CrazySexyCool from TLC, Hootie & the Blowfish entered the Top 10 with Cracked Rear View, the great album Vitalogy from Pearl Jam, the Cranberries moved up with No Need to Argue and Smash came in at #10 for the Offspring.
1995: Madonna had her 11th #1 song with "Take a Bow".
1998: Bob Dylan won three Grammy awards, including Album of the Year for Time Out of Mind.
1998: Bo Diddley received the Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys. 1998: Roy Orbison also received the Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously from the Grammys. You were 10 years late, Grammys.
2002: Dave Matthews purchased 1,261 acres from the University of Virginia Foundation, aiming to conserve trees and promote organic farming on the land.
2003: Billy Joel was named the MusiCares Person of the Year in Los Angeles.
2003: Paul McCartney and his band performed at the 50th birthday of fan Wendy Whitworth in San Diego, California. McCartney was paid $1 million to do the show and, being the classy guy he is, Sir Paul donated his fee to the Adopt-a-Minefield charity.
2004: Sixpence None the Richer ("Kiss Me") announced they were breaking up.
2004: A.C. Reed, blues songwriter, saxophonist, vocalist and bandleader, died at the age of 77 from cancer.
2005: Edward Patten of Gladys Knight & the Pips, died in a hospital in Detroit, Michigan after suffering a stroke at age 65.
2009: United States President Barack Obama honored Stevie Wonder with the highest award for popular music in America, the Library of Congress' Gershwin prize, at a White House ceremony.
2010: Marie Osmond's tennage son Michael Blosil was found dead on the ground below an apartment balcony in Los Angeles.
2011: Rick Coonce, drummer of the Grass Roots, died of heart failure at the age of 65.
2012: Red Holloway, who played sax and harmonica for B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Billie Holliday, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and George Benson, died at the age of 84.
2009: United States President Barack Obama honored Stevie Wonder with the highest award for popular music in America, the Library of Congress' Gershwin prize, at a White House ceremony.
2010: Marie Osmond's tennage son Michael Blosil was found dead on the ground below an apartment balcony in Los Angeles.
2011: Rick Coonce, drummer of the Grass Roots, died of heart failure at the age of 65.
2012: Red Holloway, who played sax and harmonica for B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Billie Holliday, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and George Benson, died at the age of 84.
Born This Day:
1932: Faron Young ("Hello Walls" from 1961) was born in Shreveport, Louisiana; committed suicide December 10, 1996.
1932: Faron Young ("Hello Walls" from 1961) was born in Shreveport, Louisiana; committed suicide December 10, 1996.
1943: George Harrison, the youngest and "The Quiet One" in the Beatles, a superstar solo performer and also member of the Traveling Wilburys, was born in Liverpool, England; died November 29, 2001 of lung cancer.
1947: David Stensen of the Grass Roots
1957: Stuart Wood, rhythm and bass guitarist of the Bay City Rollers
1957: Dennis Diken, co-founder of the Smithereens
1959: Mike Peters, lead singer of the Alarm, was born in Prestatyn, Wales.
1971: Daniel Powter ("Bad Day") was born in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
1971: Daniel Powter ("Bad Day") was born in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
1973: Justin Jeffre of 98 Degrees
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