November 17th Born on this day in History of Music Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Bob Gaudio - The Four Seasons (1942), Gene Clark - The Byrds (1944), Martin Barre - Jethro Tull (1946), Rod Clements - Lindisfarne (1947), Robert Antoni - Nazz / Utopia (1947), Iain Sutherland - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver (1948), Dean Paul Martin Jr. - Dino, Desi and Billy (1951), Jilly Johnson - Blonde on Blonde (1953), Peter Cox - Go West (1955), Jim Babjak - The Smithereens (1957), RuPaul (1960), Jeff Buckley (1966), Richard Fortus - Psychedelic Furs (1966), Ronnie DeVoe - New Edition (1967), Isaac Hanson - Hanson (1980), Sarah Harding - Girls Aloud (1981)
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Chart News
1957 Harry Belafonte at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mary's Boy Child'
1962 The Four Seasons at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Big Girls Don't Cry'
1965 The Rolling Stones at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Get Off My Cloud'
1966 The Beach Boys at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Good Vibrations'
1971 Slade at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Coz I Luv You'
1974 John Lennon at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Walls And Bridges'
1979 Abba at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2'
1979 The Commodores at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Still'
1985 Wham! at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Make It Big' and No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'
1990 Deee-Lite at No. in Australia with Groove Is in the Heart
2002 Christina Aguilera at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Dirty'
2002 Westlife at No.1 on the UK album chart with Unbreakable-The Greatest Hits
2007 The Eagles at No.1 on the US album chart with Long Road Out Of Eden
2007 Chris Brown featuring T-Pain at No.1 on the US chart with Kiss Kiss
2016 Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Rockabye'
2018 Ariana Grande at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Thank U, Next'
2023 Taylor Swift at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Cruel Summer'
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Gig News
1961 The Beatles played a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and at the Village Hall, Knotty Ash, Liverpool in the evening
1967 The Who played at Shawnee Mission South High School in Kansas City
1967 Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move and Amen Corner played at Sheffield City Hall
1976 The Carpenters performed at The Playhouse, Edinburgh
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Music News
2003 Don Gibson died