November 15th Born on this day in History of Music Mantovani (1905), Bill Fries (1928), Petula Clark (1932), Clyde McPhatter - The Drifters (1932), Jimmy Ellis of The Trammps (1937), Rick Kemp - Steeleye Span (1941), Frida Lyngstad - Abba (1945), Steve Fossen - Heart (1949), Frank Infante - Bass, Blondie, New York Dolls, Divinyls, Iggy Pop (1951), Alexander O'Neal (1953), Tony Thompson - Chic (1954), Joe Leeway - Thompson Twins (1955), Michael Cooper of ConFunkShun (1956), Kevin Eubanks (1957), Karen Clark Sheard (1960), Keith Washington (1960), ODB (Russell Tyrone Jones) (1968), Chad Kroeger - Nickelback (1974)
Chart News
1969 The Beatles at No.1 on the Australian chart with Something/Come Together
1976 Abba at No.1 in Australia with Money, Money, Money
1980 Blondie at No.1 on the UK chart with 'The Tide Is High'
1980 Kenny Rogers at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Lady'
1986 Pop history was made when the Top 5 UK singles were all by female vocalists; Corinne Drewery from Swing Out Sister, Mel and Kim, Susannah Hoffs from The Bangles, Kim Wilde and Terri Nunn from Berlin who were at No.1 with 'Take My Breath Away.'
1998 U2 at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Best Of 1980-1990'
1998 B*Witched at No.1 in Australia with Rollercoaster
2007 Jay-Z at No.1 on the US album chart with American Gangster
2014 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US chart with Shake It Off
2014 Cheryl at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Don't Care'
2018 Ariana Grande at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Thank U, Next'
Gig News
1974 Golden Earring, with support band Lynyrd Skynyrd appeared at the Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
1976 The Sex Pistols appeared at Notre Dame Hall, Leicester Place, London
1984 R.E.M. played at Tiffany's Ballroom, Newcastle, England
1984 Kiss played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.