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Happy borthday to English musician Steve Winwood, born 12 May 1948, who with the Spencer Davis Group had the 1966 UK No.1 single ‘Keep On Running’, with Traffic the 1967 UK No.2 single ‘Hole In My Shoe’, Blind Faith, (with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech), 1969 UK & US No.1 album. Winwood played […]
9 May 1987, Starship started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with a song co-written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.’ At 48, it made lead singer Grace Slick the oldest female to reach No.1 on the UK chart, (later broken by Cher’s ‘Believe’ in 1999). […]
8 May 1970, The Beatles twelfth and final album, Let It Be was released, (it was recorded before the Abbey Road album, and was originally to be called ‘Get Back’). The album came in a deluxe-boxed edition with a ‘Get Back’ book. https://youtu.be/1LMSOfs10mA The Beatles – Let It Be (Official Music Video) Read the full […]
8 May 1970, The Beatles twelfth and final album, Let It Be was released, (it was recorded before the Abbey Road album, and was originally to be called ‘Get Back’). The album came in a deluxe-boxed edition with a ‘Get Back’ book. https://youtu.be/1LMSOfs10mA The Beatles – Let It Be (Official Music Video) Read the full […]
8 May 1976, ABBA scored their third UK No.1 single with ‘Fernando’, the song went on to become ABBA’s biggest selling single, with sales over 10 million. And also on this day Abba started a nine-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with their ‘Greatest Hits’ album. https://youtu.be/dQsjAbZDx-4 ABBA – Fernando (Official Music […]