On This Day, November 29 in Music History
EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 29 IN MUSIC HISTORY
On this day November in 29 1963 – The Beatles released ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ which became their first No.1 single in the US. The song was also a chart-topper in eight other countries, including the UK.
1969 – The Beatles scored their second number one single of the year in the US with the double A-side ‘Come Together’/’Something’.
1975 – Silver Convention became the first German act to score a number one single in the US when ‘Fly, Robin, Fly’ took the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
1975 – With ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, rock band Queen hit number one on the UK Singles chart for the first of nine consecutive weeks.
1975 – American rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist, and piano player Ray Smith committed suicide, aged 45.
1975 – Rock band Jefferson Starship made a third and final comeback at number one on the US Billboard 200 with their second studio album ‘Red Octopus’.
1980 – Swedish pop group ABBA scored their ninth No.1 single in the United Kingdom with ‘Super Trouper’.
1986 – Hard rock band Bon Jovi scored their first number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 with ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’.
1986 – With their live album ‘Live 1975-85’, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band started a seven-week stint at No.1 in the US.
1997 – Barbra Streisand scored her eighth number one album in the US with her twenty-seventh studio release ‘Higher Ground’.
1997 – Celine Dion started a two-week run at the top spot of the UK Albums chart with ‘Let’s Talk About Love’.
1999 – American musician and singer Mont Curtis McNear died at age 70. Best remembered for his work with Jimi Hendrix and for fronting his own band The Squires.
2001 – Guitarist, singer-songwriter, and founding member of The Beatles, George Harrison died of lung cancer, aged 58.
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2003 – The greatest hits compilation ‘Number Ones’ by Michael Jackson reached number one in the United Kingdom.
2003 – With his eighth studio album ‘The Black Album’, rapper Jay-Z took the top spot on the US Billboard 200 chart.
2003 – Irish boy band Westlife topped the UK Singles chart with their rendition of the Scot English song ‘Mandy’, their eleventh No.1 on the chart.
2008 – Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift topped the Billboard 200 with her second studio album ‘Fearless’.
2008 – A year after she topped the UK Albums chart with her debut studio LP ‘Spirit’, Leona Lewis returned to No.1 on the chart with the same album.
2008 – American singer Beyonce scored her fourth chart-topping single in the UK with ‘If I Were a Boy’.
2013 – American actor and singer Richard “Dick” Dodd died at the age of 68. Best remembered for his work with the band The Standells.
2014 – The number one album in the UK on this day was ‘Four’ by the boy band One Direction.
2014 – After topping the US Singles chart for two weeks with ‘Shake It Off’, Taylor Swift started a seven-week run at No.1 on the Hot 100 with ‘Blank Space’.
2018 – With his tenth studio album ‘Love’, Canadian singer Michael Bublé reached number one in the United Kingdom.
BORN ON NOVEMBER 29 IN MUSIC HISTORY
1915 – American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist William “Billy” Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio. Best known for his longtime collaboration with Duke Ellington.
1917 – Country music singer Merle Travis was born in Rosewood, Kentucky. Best known for songs such as ‘Sixteen Tons’, ‘Dark as a Dungeon’, and ‘I am a Pilgrim’.
1933 – British musician and frontman of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Mayall was born in Macclesfield, England.
1939 – Record producer and musician Domenico “Meco” Monardo was born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania. Best known for his chart-topping space disco rendition of the ‘Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band’.
1940 – Jazz multi-instrumentalist Charles “Chuck” Mangione was born in Rochester, New York. Best known for his 1978 instrumental hit single ‘Feels So Good’ which topped the charts in North America.
1940 – Canadian singer and founding member of the group The Mamas and the Papas, Dennis “Denny” Doherty was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1940 – American jazz drummer and educator Billy Hart was born in Washington, D.C.
1941 – American country music singer Myrna Joy “Jody” Miller was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
1943 – Drummer, songwriter, singer, and co-founder of the Steve Miller Band, Timothy “Tim” Davis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1944 – Founder and frontman of the group The Young Rascals, Felix Cavaliere was born in Pelham, New York.
1947 – Influential rock guitarist Ronald “Ronnie” Montrose was born in San Francisco, California. Best known for founding and leading the bands Montrose and Gamma.
1951 – Founding member and guitarist of the rock band Boston, Barry Goudreau was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1951 – Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the band Zapp, Roger Troutman was born in Hamilton, Ohio.
1958 – British multi-instrumentalist and composer Michael Dempsey was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He rose to fame as a member of the bands The Cure and The Associates.
1962 – Swedish guitarist, producer, and songwriter Andy LaRocque was born Anders Allhage in Gothenburg, Sweden. Best known as a longtime member of the heavy metal band King Diamond.
1968 – Singer and founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block, Jonathan Knight was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1979 – American rapper, songwriter, and producer Jayceon Terrell Taylor better known by his stage name The Game was born in Compton, California.
1995 – American singer-songwriter Molly Kate Kestner was born in Freeborn County, Minnesota.