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 Singles chart with ‘Here in My Heart’. The song was at…
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 No.1 on the Singles chart with his rendition of ‘Answer Me’,…
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 his first and only number one single on the US…
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 rendition of ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’. 1965 – The Beatles finished recording their sixth studio album ‘Rubber…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 10 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 10 in 1956 – With his debut self-titled studio album also known as ‘Rock n’ Roll’, Elvis Presley topped the UK Albums chart. 1958 – Conway Twitty went to number…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 9 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 9 1958 – Elvis Presley‘s hit single ‘Hound Dog’ became the third song to sell over 1 million copies. The other two million-selling songs at the…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 8 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 8 in 1939 – Frank Sinatra recorded his the last two songs with the Harry James band – ‘Ciribiribin’ and ‘Every Day Of My Life’.…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 7 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 7 1958 – With his rendition of ‘It’s All in the Game’, Tommy Edwards started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK Singles chart. Also a chart-topper in…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 6 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 6 1953 – With the English rendition of the German song ‘Mütterlein’ – ‘Answer Me’, David Whitfield topped the UK Singles chart. Interestingly, Frankie Laine also went to No.1 the next week…
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY NOVEMBER 5 IN MUSIC HISTORY On this day November 5 1954 – Vera Lynn was at number one on the UK Singles chart with ‘My Son, My Son’. 1960 – American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Horton died in a car…