November 25th
Born on this day in History of Music
Nat Adderley Sr. (1931), Percy Sledge (1940), Bob Lind (1942), Bev Bevan - The Move / ELO (1944), Jocelyn Brown (1950), Steve Rothery - Marillion (1959), Amy Grant (1960), Holly Cole (1963), Stacey Lattisaw (1966), Rodney Sheppard - Sugar Ray (1967), Erick Sermon of EPMD (1968), Tunde Baiyewu - Lighthouse Family (1968), Jakima Raynor (1973), Thea Gilmore (1979)
Chart News
1958 Lord Rockingham's XI at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hoot's Mon'
1961 James Darren at No.1 in Australia with 'Goodbye, Cruel World'
1965 The Seekers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Carnival Is Over'
1972 Chuck Berry at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling'
1985 Jennifer Rush at No.1 in Australia with The Power of Love
1989 Milli Vanilli at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Blame It On The Rain'
1989 New Kids On The Block at No.1 on the UK chart with 'You Got It' (The Right Stuff)'
1995 Whitney Houston at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)'
2001 Garth Brooks at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Scarecrow'
2001 Robbie Williams at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Swing When You're Winning'
2005 Madonna at No.1 on the US album chart with Confessions on a Dance Floor
2001 S Club 7 at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Have You Ever'
Gig News
1978 The Police played at The Electric Ballroom in London, England
1982 The Jam started their final UK tour at Glasgow's Apollo Theatre, Scotland
Music News
1974 Nick Drake died
1984 'Do They Know Its Christmas?' recorded in London, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and featuring Paul Young, Bono, Boy George, Sting, Paul Weller and George Michael, amongst others. It went on to sell over three million copies in the UK, becoming the bestselling record ever in the UK (until 1997) and raised over £8 million worldwide
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