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Jimi

Jimi

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May be an image of guitar and text that says 'ON THIS DAY IN 1977 the final Lynyrd Skynyrd album with Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines was released; they, among several others, died just three days later in a plane crash 1ย VNTMN WHO'
 
Jimi

Jimi

Diamond Contributor
Member For 5 Years
October 19th
Born on this day in the history of music
Dave Guard - The Kingston Trio (1934), George MCCrae (1944), Gloria Jones (1945), Divine (1945), Sharon Redd (1945), Peter Tosh - The Wailers (1944), Jeannie C Riley (1945), Keith Reid - Procul Harum (1946), Wilbert Hart - The Delfonics (1947), Patrick Simmons - Doobie Brothers (1948), Patrick Cowley (1950), Nino DeFranco (1955), Karl Wallinger - The Waterboys (1957), Dorinda Clark-Cole - The Clark Sisters (1957), Daniel Woodgate - Madness (1960), Jennifer Holiday (1960), Sinitta (1966), Trouble T Roy - Heavy D and The Boyz (1967), Pras - The Fugees (1972), Pete Loeffler - Chevelle (1976)
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Chart News
1961 Helen Shapiro at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Walkin' Back To Happiness'
1963 Roy Orbison at No.1 in Australia with 'Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues'
1967 The soundtrack to The Sound Of Music at No.1 on the UK album chart
1970 The Carpenters at No.1 in Australia with '(They Long to Be) Close to You'
1974 Bachman Turner Overdrive at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Not Fragile'
1974 Billy Preston at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Nothing From Nothing'
1974 Rod Stewart at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Smiler'
1985 A-Ha at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Take On Me'
1991 Big Audio Dynamite at No.1 in Australia with 'Rush'
1995 Nirvana at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah'
1996 Boyzone at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Words
1996 Simply Red at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Greatest Hits'
2003 Ludacris at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Chicken and Beer'
2008 Keane at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Perfect Symmetry'
2013 Miley Cyrus at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Wrecking Ball'
2019 Travis Scott at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Highest In the Room'
2023 Kenya Grace at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Strangers'
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Gig News
1963 The Beatles appeared at The Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, England.
1968 Cream played the second of two nights at The Los Angeles Forum
1973 Bob Marley and The Wailers played the first of two nights at The Matrix Club, San Francisco, California
1980 AC/DC played at Bristol Colston Hall.
1981 The Clash appeared at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, England.
1991 Oasis played The Boardwalk in their hometown Manchester, the group's first gig with Noel Gallagher in the group.
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Music News
2020 Spencer Davis died
 
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