February 17th - Born on this day Orville ‘Hoppy’ Jones - Ink Spots (1905), Tommy Edwards (1922), Buddy DeFranco (1923), Bobby Lewis (1933), Johnny Bush(1935), Mickey McGill - The Dells (1937), John Leyton (1939), Gene Pitney (1940), Didier Stevens (1946), Rickey Medlocke - Blackfoot/ Lynyrd Skynyrd (1950), Melissa Brooke-Bellard - Voice of the Beehive (1966), Chanté Moore (1967), Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day (1972), Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters (1972), John Hassall - The Libertines (1981), Daniel Merriweather (1982), Ed Sheeran (1991)
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Chart News
1962 Gene Chandler at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Duke Of Earl'
1966 Nancy Sinatra at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'
1968 Diana Ross And The Supremes 'Greatest Hits' at No.1 on the UK album chart
1973 War at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The World Is A Ghetto'
1979 Blondie at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Parallel Lines'
1980 Kenny Rogers at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Coward Of The County'
1986 Feargal Sharkey at No.1 in Australia with ‘A Good Heart’
1990 Aerosmith at No.1 in Australia with ‘Janie’s Got a Gun’
1996 Shaggy at No.1 in Australia with ‘Boombastic’
2002 'Always On Time' by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti at No.1 on the US singles chart
2002 Westlife at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'World Of Our Own'
2008 Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Now You're Gone'
2008 Duffy at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mercy'
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Gig News
1970 Pink Floyd played Newcastle City Hall
1972 Pink Floyd played at London's Rainbow Theatre
1979 The Clash performed at New York's Palladium.
1989 The Stone Roses appeared at JB's in Dudley, West Midlands
1989 R.E.M. Hoodoo Gurus and The Go-Betweens appeared at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
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Music News
2013 Mindy McCready died
2017 Peter Skellern died