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#OnThisDay in 1950, Chess Records landed its first hit record with Gene Ammons’ “My Foolish Heart.” Remembering Chess Records First Hit: Gene Ammons’ ‘My Foolish Heart’ Read the full article at The Day InMusic!: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10166408000545167
#OnThisDay in 1975, The Carpenters’ sixth studio album “Horizon” was starting a second spell at No.1 in the UK. ‘Horizon’: Another Hit Album Comes Into View For The Carpenters Read the full article at The Day InMusic!: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10166400341295167
19 Oct A-Ha went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Take On Me’, making them the first Norwegian group to score a US No.1. The video for the song featured the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action which won six awards and was nominated for two others […]
8 Sept 1952, After Atlantic Records bought Ray Charles’ contract from Swingtime, Charles recorded his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs. Over the next seven years, he would record such classics as ‘Mess Around,’ ‘I Got a Woman,’ ‘Hallelujah, I Love Her So’ and ‘What’d I Say.’ https://youtu.be/0rEsVp5tiDQ Ray Charles – Hit The Road […]
12 May 1942, born on this day, English rock and roll singer-songwriter and actor Ian Dury. His 1977 UK No.5 album New Boots And Panties!! spent 90 weeks on the UK chart and he scored the 1979 UK No.1 single ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’. He was also a member of of Kilburn and […]