October 11th
Born on This Day in Music History
Art Blakey (1919), Dottie West (1932), Joe Ligon - The Mighty Clouds Of Joy (1936), Lester Bowie (1941), Gary Mallaber - Steve Miller Band (1946), Daryl Hall (1946), Margie Alexander (1948), Andrew Woolfolk - Earth Wind and Fire (1950), Tramaine Hawkins (1951), Brian Jackson (1952), Blair Cunningham - Haircut 100 (1957), Neville Henry - The Blow Monkeys (1961), Andy McCoy - Hanoi Rocks (1962), Scott Johnson - Gin Blossoms (1962), MC Lyte (1971), Brendan Brown 'BBB' - Wheatus (1973), Cardi B (1992)
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Chart News
1961 The Highwaymen at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Michael'.
1969 Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Je t'aime... Moi non plus.'
1969 Russell Morris at No.1 in Australia with Part Three into Paper Walls / The Girl That I Love
1974 John Denver at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Annie's Song'
1975 Neil Sedaka at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bad Blood'
1976 Pussycat at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mississippi'
1980 The Police at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Zenyatta Mondatta.'
1986 Janet Jackson at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When I Think Of You'
1986 Madonna at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'True Blue'
1997 Elton John at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Candle In The Wind 97'
1997 The Verve at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Urban Hymns'
2009 Barbra Streisand at No.1 on the US album charts with 'Love Is the Answer'
2014 Meghan Trainor at No.1 on the US and UK chart with 'All About That Bass'
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Gig News
1955 Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash performed in Abilene, Texas.
1960 Aretha Franklin made her stage debut at the Village Vanguard in New York City.
1964 The Who appeared at Wolsey Hall, Cheshunt, England.
1967 The Doors appeared at Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut.
1969 Russell Morris at No.1 on the Australian chart with Part Three into Paper Walls/The Girl That I Love
1978 Siouxsie And The Banshees, supported by Spizz Oil and The Human League appeared at The Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, England.
1990 Dave Grohl played his first gig with Nirvana when they appeared at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia.
2007 Take That kicked off their Beautiful World European tour in Belfast