November 2nd Born on this day in History of Music Jenny Lind (1820), Ruby Van Gelder (1924), Jay Black - Jay and the Americans (1938), Bruce Welch - The Shadows (1941), Keith Emerson - Emerson Lake and Palmer (1944), John David Souther - Furay Band (1945), Dave Pegg - Fairport Convention (1947), Maxine Nightingale (1952), Melvin Edmonds of After 7 (1953), Fred Fairbrass - Right Said Fred (1963), Carter Beauford - Dave Matthews Band (1957), kd Lang (1961), Bobby Dall - Poison (1963), Alvin Chea of Take 6 (1967), Andy Barker - 808 State (1969), Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu - Korn (1969), Chris Walla - Death Cab for Cutie (1975), Prodigy (1974), Nelly (1974) , music fan Robert Guilbert Jr
Chart News
1958 Tommy Edwards at No.1 on the UK chart with 'It's All In The Game'
1963 Kathy Kirby at No.1 on the Australian chart with Dance On!
1963 Peter Paul and Mary at No.1 on the US album chart with 'In The Wind'
1969 The Archies at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Sugar Sugar'
1974 Crosby Stills Nash & Young at No.1 on the US album chart with 'So Far'
1974 Stevie Wonder at No.1 on the US chart with 'You Haven't Done Nothin'
1981 Billy Field at No.1 in Australia with You Werent in Love with Me
1985 Simple Minds at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Once Upon A Time.'
1985 Stevie Wonder at No.1 on the US chart with 'Part-time Lover'
1985 The TV soundtrack from Miami Vice at No.1 on the US album chart
1991 Karyn White at No.1 on the US chart with 'Romantic'
1991 U2 at No.1 on the UK and Australian chart with 'The Fly'
1996 Counting Crows at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Recovering From Satellites'
1996 Spice Girls at No.1 in Australia with Wannabe
2003 Fatman Scoop with Crooklyn Clan at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Be Faithful'
2003 REM at No.1 on the UK album chart with In Time: The Best Of
2008 X-Factor Finalists at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hero', to raise money for Help for Heroes
2013 Lorde at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Royals' (also still at No.1 in the US)
2019 Lewis Capaldi at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Someone You Loved'
Gig News
1963 The Konrads, (featuring David Bowie), appeared at Shirley Parish Hall, Shirley, Croydon, England.
1967 Tom Jones played at Finsbury Park, Astoria with Kathy Kirby and The Ted Heath Orchestra.
1968 The Doors played at the Veterans Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio.
1970 Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath appeared at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California.
1974 George Harrison played in Vancouver, Canada.
1979 AC/DC played at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, with Def Leppard supporting.
1984 U2 performed at London Academy, Brixton, London.
1987 Eric Clapton played at The Budokan, Tokyo.
1991 Tin Machine performed at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, England.
1999 David Gray played at Leeds City Varieties.
2001 Slipknot performed at Cardiff Indoor Arena in Wales