On This Day, November 22 in Music History
EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 22 IN MUSIC HISTORY
On this day November 22 in 1957 – American singer Harry Belafonte started a seven-week stint at No.1 on the UK Singles chart with ‘Mary’s Boy Child’.
1963 – The Beatles released their second studio album ‘With the Beatles’ through Parlophone Records which went on to top the album charts in the UK and Germany.
1967 – With ‘Let the Heartaches Begin’, Long John Baldry went to number one on the UK Singles chart for the first of two weeks straight.
1968 – Five years later on the same date, The Beatles released another album, this time their eponymous ninth studio LP also known as the White Album. It was the band’s only double album and it reached No.1 in ten countries worldwide.
1975 – American singer Perry Como hit No.1 in the UK with his compilation album ’40 Greatest Hits’ for the first of five consecutive weeks.
1975 – Scottish folk singer and comedian Billy Connolly topped the UK Singles chart with ‘D.I.V.O.R.C.E.’.
1975 – KC and the Sunshine Band scored their second number one single of the year in the US with ‘That’s the Way (I Like It)’ which also hit No.1 in Canada and the Netherlands. They previously topped the Hot 100 chart with ‘Get Down Tonight’ on August 30.
1980 – Swedish pop group ABBA started a nine-week stint at number one on the UK Albums chart with ‘Super Trouper’, their seventh studio LP.
1986 – Synth-pop band The Human League topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with ‘Human’.
1988 – Singer and founding member of the female vocal quarter The Chordettes, Janet Ertel Bleyer died at the age of 75.
1997 – Co-founder and singer-songwriter of the rock band INXS, Michael Hutchence committed suicide, aged 37.
2003 – Pop punk band Busted scored their second No.1 single in the United Kingdom with ‘Crashed the Wedding’.
2003 – Country music singer and songwriter Toby Keith hit number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with his eighth studio album ‘Shock’n Y’all’.
2005 – Heavy metal band System of a Down released their fifth studio album ‘Hypnotize’ through Columbia Records. The album reached No.1 in North America, Finland, and New Zealand.
2008 – The number one album in the UK on this day was ‘The Promise’ by the classical crossover group Il Divo.
2008 – The soundtrack album to the romantic fantasy film ‘Twilight’ went to number one in America. The album also reached No.1 in Greece and New Zealand.
2008 – American songwriter Alan Gordon died at the age of 64. Best remembered for co-writing the hit songs ‘Happy Together’ for The Turtles and ‘Celebrate’ for Three Dog Night’s.
2014 – With their rendition of the Swedish DJ Avicii hit song ‘Wake Me Up’, Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir topped the UK Singles chart. The royalties were donated to the Children in Need charity.
2014 – Rock band Pink Floyd reached number one on the UK Albums chart with their fifteenth and last studio LP ‘The Endless River’.
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2018 – British rock band Muse scored their sixth consecutive domestic number one album with ‘Simulation Theory’.
BORN ON NOVEMBER 22 IN MUSIC HISTORY
1941 – Founding member and frontman of the rock band The Youngbloods, Perry Miller better known by his stage name Jesse Colin Young was born in Queens, New York.
1942 – Canadian drummer Floyd Sneed was born in Calgary, Alberta. He came to prominence as a member of the rock band Three Dog Night.
1946 – Reggae multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter Aston Francis Barret also known by the nicknames Family Man or Fams was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Best known for playing with Bob Marley & The Wailers and The Hippy Boys.
1946 – American singer Emmett Peter “Sonny” Geraci was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Best known as the lead singer of the bands Climax and The Outsiders.
1950 – Guitarist, singer, songwriter, and actor Steven Van Zandt was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, and for playing Silvio Dante in the popular crime drama TV series ‘The Sopranos’.
1950 – Bassist, singer, and co-founder of the new wave band Talking Heads, Martina “Tina” Weymouth was born in Coronado, California.
1965 – Cuban-American rapper and co-founder of the hip hop group Cypress Hill, Senen Reyes also known professionally as Sen Dog was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
1970 – American drummer and clarinetist Chris Fryar was born today in Gardendale, Alabama. He came to prominence as a member of the Zac Brown Band.
1978 – American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Karen Orzolek also known as Karen O was born in Busan, South Korea. Best known for fronting the indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
1979 – English singer Scott Robinson was born in Pitsea, Essex. Best known as a member of the boy band Five.
1981 – Singer-songwriter and founding member of the British-Norwegian boy band A1, Benjamin “Ben” Adams was born in Ascot, England.
1983 – American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Corey Beaulieu was born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Best known as a member of the heavy metal band Trivium.