February 18th - Born on this day Harold Land – Tenor Sax (1928), Yoko Ono (1933), Skip Battin - The Byrds (1934), Bobby Taylor of The Vancouvers (1934), Bobby Hart (1939), David Blue (1941), Irma Thomas (1941), Herman Santigo - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers (1941), Danny Zager (1943), Jimmy Jewell - Gallagher & Lyle (1945), Dennis Deyoung - Styx (1947), Judy Kay 'Juice' Newton (1952), Randy Crawford (1952), Derek Pellicci - Little River Band (1953), Robbie Bachman - Bachman Turner Overdrive (1953), John Travolta (1954), Brian James - The Damned (1955), Gar Samuelson - Megadeth (1958), Gazebo (1960), Jasper Stainthorpe -.Then Jericho (1961), Dr Dre - NWA (1965), Tommy Scott - Space (1964), Andy and Jez Williams - Sub Sub / Doves (1970), Sy Smith (1978), Regina Spektor (1980)
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Chart News
1956 The Platters 'The Great Pretender' at No.1 on the US singles chart
1965 The Kinks at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Tired Of Waiting For You'
1967 The Buckinghams at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kind Of A Drag'
1967 The Royal Guardsmen at No.1 in Australia with ‘Snoopy vs. the Red Baron’
1969 Amen Corner at No.1 on the UK chart with 'Half As Nice'
1972 Neil Reid at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Neil Reid'
1974 Grahame Bond at No.1 in Australia with ‘Farewell Aunty Jack’
1987 Bon Jovi at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Livin' On A Prayer'
1989 Fine Young Cannibals at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'The Raw And The Cooked'
1989 The Proclaimers at No.1 in Australia with ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’
2001 Joe feat Mystikal at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Stutter'
2007 Norah Jones at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Not Too Late'
2012 Kelly Clarkson at No.1 on the US chart with ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’
2012 Gotye Ft. Kimbra at No.1 in the UK with 'Somebody That I Used to Know'
2016 Lukas Graham at No.1 in the UK with '7 Years'
2017 Ed Sheeran at No.1 in the US singles chart with 'Shape of You'
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Gig News
1966 The Rolling Stones performed at the Commemorative Auditorium, Sydney, supported by The Searchers
1969 The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1971 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band performed in New York at Unganos
1971 Tyrannosaurus Rex and If played the Newcastle Mayfair
1972 Mott The Hoople played the Newcastle City Hall