December 26th Born on this day in Music History
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir - The Four Tops (1935), Phil Spector (1939), Paul Quinn - Saxon (1951), Andre Fischer of Rufus (1952), Henning Schmitz - Kraftwerk (1953), Kashif (1959), James Kottak - Scorpions /Kottak (1962), Lars Ulrich - Metallica (1963), Dana Baldinger - Popinjays (1963), Jared Leto - 30 seconds to Mars (1971), Chris Daughtry (1979)
Chart News
1964 The Beatles at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Feel Fine'
1970 George Harrison at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'My Sweet Lord'
1979 Pink Floyd s The Wall at No.1 on the US album chart
1981 AC/DC at #1 on the US album chart with 'For Those About To Rock We Salute You'
1998 The Spice Girls at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Goodbye'
1988 The Beach Boys at No.1 in Australia with Kokomo
1999 Notorious BIG at No.1 on the US album chart with Born Again
2004 2Pac at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Loyal To The Game'
2019 LadBaby at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Love Sausage Rolls'
2020 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Willow'
Gig News
1966 The Jimi Hendrix Experience played an afternoon show at The Uppercut Club, London.
1968 Led Zeppelin played at Denver Auditorium, Colorado
1979 The Grateful Dead played tat the Oakland Auditorium, Arena, Oakland, California.
1979 The first night of a series of concerts were held at The Hammersmith Odeon in London for the People of Kampuchea, featuring Queen, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Who, Elvis Costello, Wings, and many more artists.
1989 U2 started a five-night run at Dublin's Point Depot in Ireland.
Music News
1999 American soul, R& B, and funk singer, songwriter Curtis Mayfield died aged 57.