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Jimi

Jimi

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Jimi

Jimi

Diamond Contributor
Member For 5 Years
January 16th Happy Birthday to Bob Bogle - The Ventures (1937), Raymond Philips - The Nashville Teens (1942), William Francis - Dr Hook (1942), Barbara Lynn (1942), Ronnie Milsap (1943), Katherine Anderson of the Marvelettes (1944), Jim Stafford (1944), Richard Thompson of BT Express (1951), Sade (1959), Paul Raven - Killing Joke (1961), Paul Webb - Talk Talk (1962), Maxine Jones - En Vogue (1962), Brendan O'Hare - Teenage Fanclub (1970), Stuart Fletcher - The Seahorses (1976), Aaliyah (1979), Nick Valensi - The Strokes (1981), Samuel Dyland Murray Preston - Ordinary Boys (1982)
Chart News
1956 Tennessee Ernie Ford at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sixteen Tons'
1960 Bill Haley & His Comets at No.1 in Australia with 'Joey's Song' & 'Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty?'
1964 The Dave Clark Five at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Glad All Over'
1969 Marmalade at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da'
1974 The New Seekers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me'
1977 David Soul at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Give Up On Us'
1982 Bucks Fizz at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Land Of Make Believe'
1988 George Harrison at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Got My Mind Set On You'
1988 Belinda Carlisle at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth'
1988 George Michael at No.1 on the US album charts with 'Faith'
1988 Wet Wet Wet at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Popped In 'Souled Out'
1999 Norman Cook at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Praise You'
1999 Brandy at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Have You Ever'
2000 Macy Gray at No.1 in Australia with 'I Try'
2000 The Manic Street Preachers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Masses Against The Classes'
2000 Jay-Z at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Vol 3. Life and Times of S. Carter’
2005 Elvis Presley's single ‘One Night’ made chart history by becoming the 1,000th UK No.1
2005 The Killers at No.1 on the UK charts with their debut album 'Hot Fuss'
Gig News
1964 The Beatles played two shows at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, France
1965 The Beatles played the last of a 16 night run billed as 'Another Beatles' Christmas Show' that had started on Jan 1st at The Hammersmith Odeon, London
1969 Fleetwood Mac, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Albert Collins all appeared at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California.
1973 Bruce Springsteen appeared at Villanova University, Philadelphia
1989 Bryan Ferry played the first of three nights at London’s Wembley Arena
1989 Michael Jackson played the first of five nights at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
2003 Tori Amos played the first of two nights at the Hammersmith Carling Apollo in London.
Music News
1957 The Cavern Club opened in Liverpool
2021 Phil Spector died
 
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