November 26th
Born on this day in History of Music
Michael Holliday (1924), Tina Turner (1939), Dave White - Danny and the Juniors (1939), Davey Graham (1940), Jean Terrell - The Supremes (1944), Alan Henderson - Them (1944), Skip Scarborough (1944), John McVie - Fleetwood Mac (1945), Lonnie Cook (1946), Burt Ruiter - Focus (1946), John Rossall - The Glitter Band (1948), Martin Lee - Brotherhood of Man (1946), Adam Gaynor - Matchbox 20 (1963), Mark Gillespie - Big Fun (1966), John Stirratt - Wilco (1967), Ron Jones - Flaming Lips (1970), Jamie Jones - All 4 One (1971), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), Rita Ora (1990)
Chart News
1960 The Drifters at No.1 in Australia with Save the Last Dance for Me
1966 The Easybeats at No.1 in Australia with Sorry / Funny Feeling
1979 Mi-Sex at No.1 in Australia with Computer Games
1994 Boyz II Men at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Make Love To You'
1994 The Eagles at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hell Freezes Over'
1995 Alice In Chains at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Alice in Chains'
2000 The Beatles at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 1'
2000 Baha Men at No.1 in Australia with Who Let the Dogs Out?
2006 Westlife at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Love Album'
2015 Justin Bieber at No.1 in the UK with Sorry
2016 Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Black Beatles'
Gig News
1967 Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, Nice and Amen Corner appeared at The Palace Theatre in Manchester
1968 Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1969 Pink Floyd and Mouseproof performed at The Civic Hall, Dunstable, England
1973 The New York Dolls played at Biba's Rainbow Room, London.
1975 Captain Beefheart performed at Brunel University, Middlesex
1975 Queen played two shows at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester.
1977 Blondie played at the Concert Hall, Perth with support from The Ferrets
1983 David Bowie played at West Springs Stadium, Auckland
1988 The Stone Roses and The Dogfaced Hermans appeared at The Citadel, St Helens, England
1989 The Rolling Stones played a concert at Death Valley Stadium in Clenson
1991 Nirvana appeared at Bradford University, England.
Music News
1956 Tommy Dorsey died