November 16th Born on this day in History of Music W.C. Handy (1873), Garnet Mimms (1933), Lillian Lopez of Odyssey (1935), Troy Seals - James Brown's band (1938), Dick Griffey, founder of Solar records (1938), Toni Brown of Joy of Cooking (1938), Winifred Lovett - The Manhattans (1943), Teenie Hodges (1945), Chi Coltrane (1948), Pattie Santos - It's A Beautiful Day (1949), Harry Rushakoff - Concrete Blonde (1958), Gary 'Mani' Mounfield - The Stone Roses (1962), Bernard Wright (1963), Diana Krall (1964), David Kushner - Velvet Revolver (1966), Bryan Adams - Color Me Badd (1969), Eric Judy - Modest Mouse (1974), Allison Crowe (1981)
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Chart News
1963 Nino Tempo and April Stevens at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Deep Purple'
1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Electric Ladyland'
1974 David Essex at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Gonna Make You A Star'
1974 John Lennon at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Whatever Gets You Through The Night'
1981 Olivia Newton John at No.1 in Australia with Physical
1985 Feargal Sharkey at No.1 on the UK chart with 'A Good Heart'
1985 Sade at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Promise'
1985 Starship at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'We Built This City'
1987 Icehouse at No.1 in Australia with Electric Blue
1991 Enya at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Shepherd Moons'
1996 The Beatles 'Anthology 3' at No.1 on the UK album chart
1996 The Spice Girls at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Spice'
1997 The Spice Girls at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Spiceworld'
1997 Aqua at No.1 in Australia with 'Barbie Girl'
1997 Mase at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Harlem World'
2008 Il Divo at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Promise '
2013 Storm Queen at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Look Right Through'
2019 Lewis Capaldi at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Someone You Loved'
2023 The Beatles at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Now and Then'
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Gig News
1968 Led Zeppelin played at Manchester College of Science & Technology.
1971 Led Zeppelin appeared at Baths Hall, Ipswich, England
1978 The Clash , supported by The Slits appeared at the Odeon Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood played at Eves, Wolverhampton.
1989 Stevie Nicks plus Richard Marx appeared at The NEC, Birmingham, England.