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Jimi

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October 21st Born on this day in History of Music
Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Celia Cruz (1925), Manfred Mann (1940), Steve Cropper - Booker T and the MG's (1941), Elvin Bishop - Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1942), Yvonne Fair (1942), Ron Elliott - The Beau Brummells (1943), Kathy Young (1945), Lee Loughnane - Chicago (1946), Lux Interior - The Cramps (1946), Tetsu Yamauchi - Faces (1946), Brent Mydland - The Grateful Dead (1952), Charlotte Caffey - The Go-Go's (1953), Eric Faulkner - Bay City Rollers (1953), Attila The Stockbroker (1957), Julian Cope - Teardrop Explodes (1957), Steve Lukather - Toto (1957), Rose McDowell - Strawberry Switchblade (1959), Tony Mortimer - East 17 (1970), Doja Cat (1995)
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Chart News
1961 Bob Moore and His Orchestra at No.1 in Australia with Mexico
1967 Lulu at No.1 on the US singles chart with the theme from the film 'To Sir With Love'
1967 Englebert Humperdinck at No.1 in Australia with The Last Waltz
1972 Chuck Berry at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Ding-A- Ling'
1972 Curtis Mayfield at No.1 on the US album chart with soundtrack to 'Superfly
1985 UB40 with Chrissie Hynde at No.1 in Australia with I Got You Babe
1989 Jive Bunny And The Mastermixes at No.1 on the UK chart with 'That's What I Like.'
1989 Jive Bunny And The Mastermixes at No.1 in Australia with Swing the Mood
1989 Kylie Minogue at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Enjoy Yourself.'
1995 Coolio featuring L.V. at No.1 in Australia with Gangstas Paradise
2001 Steps at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Gold The Greatest Hits'
2006 Evanescence at No.1 on the US album chart with The Open Door'
2007 Stereophonics at No.1 on the UK album chart with Pull The Pin
2021 Elton John and Dua Lipa at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Cold Heart (Pnau remix)’
2023 Drake featuring J.Cole at No.1 in the US singles chart with ‘First Person Shooter’
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Gig News
1993 Aerosmith performed at Sheffield Arena, England.
 

Jimi

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Member For 5 Years
May be an image of text that says 'You're not getting older- you're just becoming a classic. 00'


May be an image of text that says 'Snoopy creeps, the floorboards groan, Haunted whispers- Hauntedwhispers-he'snotalone. -he's not alone.'
 

Jimi

Diamond Contributor
Member For 5 Years
October 22nd Born on this day in the History of Music
Bobby Fuller (1942), Annette Funicello (1942), Bobby Fuller - Bobby Fuller Four (1942), Leslie West - Mountain (1945), Eddie Brigati - The Young Rascals (1945), Stiv Bators - Dead Boys (1949), Greg Hawkes - The Cars (1952), Shaggy (1968), Shelby Lynne (1968), Zac Hanson - Hanson (1985)
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Chart News
1964 Sandie Shaw at No.1 on the UK chart with '(There's) Always Some Thing There To Remind Me'
1966 The Supremes at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Supremes a Go Go'
1983 Culture Club at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Colour By Numbers'
1988 Phil Collins at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Groovy Kind Of Love'
1988 U2 at No.1 in Australia with Desire
1988 U2 at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Rattle And Hum'
2000 Ja Rule at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rule 3:36'
2000 U2 at No.1 in Australia with 'Beautiful Day'
2011 Adele at No.1 in the US with 'Someone Like You'
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Gig News
1967 The Who performed at the Saville Theatre, London.
1967 Jimi Hendrix Experience played at Hastings Pier.
1971 Fleetwood Mac performed at the Felt Forum, New York City.
1978 The Police appeared at Grendel's Lair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1979 The Pretenders performed at the Marquee Club in London.
1990 Pearl Jam played their first ever concert when they appeared at the Off Ramp in Seattle.
1993 Nirvana performed at the Palmer Alumni Auditorium, Davenport, Iowa.
2000 Pearl Jam appeared at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, California, celebrating the tenth anniversary of their first live performance as a band.
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Music News
2017 George Young died. George played guitar with the Easybeats, Flash and the Pan and was also the AC/DC manager. Music producer and brother of Angus and Malcolm.
 

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