On This Day

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 19 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 19 in 1964 – Vocal group The Supremes started a two-week run at number one on the UK…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 18 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 18 in 1971 – American blues singer, songwriter, and harmonica player Herman “Junior” Parker died at the…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 17 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November in 17 1958 – With their rendition of the North Carolina folk song ‘Tom Dooley’, The Kingston Trio topped…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 16 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 16 in 1956 – With his rendition of ‘Just Walking’ in the Rain’, Johnnie Ray started a seven-week…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 15 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 15 in 1971 – Rock group Grand Funk Railroad released their fifth studio album ‘E Pluribus Funk’…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 14 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 14 1952 – American singer Al Martino became the first artist to top the newly formed official UK…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 13 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 13 in 1953 – A unique situation happened in the UK when Frankie Laine replaced  David Whitfield at…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 12 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 12 1964 – Roy Orbison returned to number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’. 1966 – Johnny Rivers scored…

EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 11 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 11 1955 – Vocal group The Johnston Brothers was at No.1 on the UK Singles chart with their…