December 21st Born on this day in Music History Hank Crawford (1934), Frank Zappa (1940), Ray Hilderbrand - Paul and Paula (1940), Carla Thomas (1942), Albert Lee (1943), Gwen McCrae (1943),Sal Marquez-Zappa/Mothers of Invention (1943), Carl Wilson - The Beach Boys (1946), Nick Gilder (1951), Betty Wright (1953), Emmett 'Murph' Murphy - Dinosaur Jr / The Lemonheads (1964), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Gabby Glaser - Luscious Jackson (1966), Delious Kennedy of All-4-One (1970)
Chart News
1968 Glen Campbell at No.1 on the US album chart with Wichita Lineman
1974 Mud at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Lonely This Christmas'
1985 Heart at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Heart'
1981 Men at Work at No.1 in Australia with Down Under
1985 Lionel Richie at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Say You, Say Me'
1991 Queen at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives' just after Freddie's death
2003 Michael Andrews feat Gary Jules at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mad World'
2003 Ruben Studdard at No.1 on the US album chart with Soulful
2008 Alexandra Burke at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hallelujah'
2013 Eminem featuring Rihanna at No.1 on the US chart with 'The Monster'
2019 Mariah Carey at No.1 on the US chart with 'All I Want for Christmas'
Gig News
1966 The Who played at The Uppercut, London, England
1967 Pink Floyd appeared at the Speakeasy Club, London, England
1969 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Canned Heat appeared at the Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California.
1976 Barry Manilow appeared at The Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City
1977 Queen appeared at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California
1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood played at Liverpool Royal Court
Music News
1988 Paul Jeffreys - Cockney Rebel, one of the passengers killed by a terrorist bomb on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie