September 23rd
Born on this day in Music History
John Coltrane (1926), Ray Charles (1930), Hilly Kristal (1931), Gino Paoli (1934), Les McCann (1935), Roy Buchanan (1939), John Banks - The Merseybeats (1943), Julio Iglesias (1943), Steve Boone - The Lovin Spoonful (1943), Walter and Wallace Scott - The Whispers (1943), Mary Kay Place (1947), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Leon Taylor (1955), John Rocca of Freeze Ani DiFranco (1960), Jermaine Dupri (1972), Layzie Bone - Bone Brothers / Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (1974), Erik-Michael Estrada - O-Town (1979), Natalie Horler - Cascada (1981), Diana Ortiz - Dream (1985)
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Chart News
1957 The Crickets at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'That'll Be The Day'
1961 The Shadows at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Shadows'
1961 The Highwaymen at No.1 in Australia with “I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door”
1965 The Walker Brothers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Make It Easy On Yourself'
1967 The Box Tops at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Letter'
1972 Mac Davis at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me'
1974 Paper Lace at No.1 in Australia with ‘The Night Chicago Died’
1978 10cc at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Dreadlock Holiday.'
1985 Huey Lewis and the News at No.1 in Australia with ‘The Power of Love’
1989 Milli Vanilli at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Girl I'm Gonna Miss You'
1989 The Eurythmics at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'We Too Are One'
1995 Shaggy at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Boombastic'
2001 Jay-Z at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Blueprint'.
2001 Kylie Minogue at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'
2001 Macy Gray at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The id'.
2006 Beyonce at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘B'Day.’
2007 James Blunt at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'All The Lost Souls'
2017 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Look What You Made Me Do’
2021 Ed Sheeran at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Shivers'
2023 Olivia Rodrigo at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Vampire'
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Gig News
1966 The 'Rolling Stones played at the Royal Albert Hall London. Supported by The Yardbirds,
1971 Led Zeppelin played at The Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
1980 Bob Marley made his last stage appearance at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during which he collapsed. Marley died 8 months later.
1997 The Rolling Stones played at Soldier Field in Chicago.
2000 Radiohead played at London's Tower Hamlets, Victoria Park