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Old 08-01-2017, 02:04 PM   #29
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1964, The Beatles

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scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when 'A Hard Day's Night' went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent seventeen weeks at the No.1 position in this year.

1971, The Concert For Bangladesh

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organised by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh took place at New York's Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit No.1 in the UK and No.2 in the US and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

1980, Def Leppard made their US live debut when they appeared at the New York City concert opening for AC/DC. It was also Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott's 21st birthday.

1981, Australian singer Rick Springfield started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Jessie's Girl', which later won the singer a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. The song was at No.1 when MTV launched on 1 August 1981. Rick had played Noah Drake in the TV show General Hospital.

1987, Bob Seger scored his first US No.1 single with the Harold Faltermeyer penned 'Shakedown', which was taken from the film 'Beverly Hills Cop II'.

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The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but it lost both awards to Dirty Dancing's '(I've Had) The Time of My Life'.

1987, MTV Europe was launched, the first video played being 'Money For Nothing' by Dire Straits which contained the appropriate line 'I Want My MTV'.

1999, Ronan Keating scored his first UK No.1 solo single with 'When You Say Nothing At All'. The country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz was a hit for Keith Whitley,

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who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988. The song also gave Alison Krauss her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995.

2007, Prince kicked off a series of 21 sold out UK shows at London's O2 arena. Tickets for the events cost £31.21 - the same figure used by the singer to name his album, website and perfume. After completing the 21 nights the Jehovah's Witness was planning to take time out to study the Bible.

2015, English singer, actress and entertainer Cilla Black died at her holiday home near Marbella, Spain, aged 72.



1930 – Geoffrey Holder, 1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1942 – Jerry Garcia, 1943 – Denis Payton, 1946 – Boz Burrell, 1951 – Tim Bachman (BTO), 1951 – Tommy Bolin Deep Purple, James Gang), 1953 – Robert Cray, 1958 – Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs), 1959 – Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), 1960 – Chuck D (Public Enemy), 1963 – Coolio, 1964 – Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), 1968 – Dan Donegan (Disturbed), 1978 – Dhani Harrison (son of George Harrison)



2015 – Cilla Black
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