Magical mystery tour
June 13th
Born on this Day in History of Music
Doc Cheatham - jazz trumpet (1905), Uriel Jones - The Funk Brothers (1934), Bobby Freeman (1940), Marv Tarplin - The Miracles (1941), Esther Ofarim (1941), James Carr (1942), Arlester 'Dyke' Christian - Dyke and The Blazers (1943), Dennis Locorriere - Dr Hook (1949), Red Symons - Skyhooks (1949), Jorge Santana - Malo (1951), Rolf Brendel - Nena (1957), Val Young (1958), David Gray (1968), Deniece Pearson - 5 Star (1968), Soren Rasted - Aqua (1969), Rivers Cuomo - Weezer (1970), Coko - Sisters with Voices (1970) Conya Doss (1972), Jason Brown - Five (1976), Kym Marsh - Hear'Say (1981), Raz B - B2K (1985)
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Chart News
1964 Mary Wells at No.1 in Australia with ‘My Guy’
1970 The Beatles at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Long And Winding Road' and at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Let It Be'
1981 Smokey Robinson at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Being With You'
1987 Whitney Houston at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Whitney'
1992 Billy Ray Cyrus at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Some Gave All'
1992 Girlfriend at No.1 in Australia with ‘Take It from Me’
1992 Erasure at No.1 in the UK with the 'Abba-Esque EP'
2010 Shout for England at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Gettin' Over You'
2024 Eminen at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Houdini'
2020 DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Rockstar'
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Gig News
1964 The Beatles performed at Centennial Hall, Adelaide, South Australia.
1970 Grand Funk Railroad, supported by Steel Mill, (featuring Bruce Springsteen) appeared at the Ocean Ice Palace in Bricktown, New Jersey
1975 Peter Frampton played at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California
1979 Status Quo played the first of two gigs at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, South Wales.
1988 A concert took place at London's Wembley Stadium, to denounce South African apartheid. Among the performers were Sting, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, George Michael, Whitney Houston and Dire Straits
2003 The Arctic Monkeys made their live debut at The Grapes pub in Sheffield, England.
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