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7 Oct 1995, Alanis Morissette went to No.1 on the US album chart with her third album Jagged Little Pill. The record produced six successful singles, including ‘You Oughta Know’, ‘Ironic’, ‘You Learn’, ‘Hand in My Pocket’, and ‘Head over Feet’ and went on to become the biggest selling album ever by a female artist […]
Happy 72nd birthday to American musician, singer, songwriter Lindsey Buckingham born 3 Oct 1949, from Fleetwood Mac who had the 1977 US No.1 single ‘Dreams’ from the world wide No.1 album Rumours. Buckingham was one half of the duo, Buckingham Nicks and aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo […]
On 29 September 1984, Prince and the Revolution started a two-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, his second US No.1, and a No.7 hit in the UK. The high-energy track opened both the album and the film, ‘Purple Rain’. https://youtu.be/aXJhDltzYVQ Prince & The Revolution – Let’s Go […]
25 Sept 1969, John Lennon recorded the track ‘Cold Turkey’, with Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman and Yoko. Lennon presented the song to Paul McCartney as a potential single by The Beatles, but was refused and released it as a Plastic Ono Band single with sole writing credits to him. https://youtu.be/WDp_FwPisKA COLD TURKEY. (Ultimate […]
22 Sept 1991, Bryan Adams made chart history when ‘(Everything I Do), I Do It For You’, had its twelfth consecutive week as the UK No.1 single. https://youtu.be/Y0pdQU87dc8 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Official Music Video) Read the full article at The Day InMusic!: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10166559640100167
20 Sept 1980, Kate Bush scored her first UK No.1 album with Never For Ever. It was the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at No.1. https://youtu.be/6xckBwPdo1c Kate Bush – […]
18 Sept 1976, One Hit Wonders Wild Cherry started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Play That Funky Music’. The song started life as a B-side. It was the group’s only hit in the UK which peaked at No.7. https://youtu.be/BHcYFxU4fMo Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music Read the […]
15 Spet 2019, Ric Ocasek the former lead singer with The Cars was found dead in his New York City apartment, he was 75. The Cars formed in Boston in the mid-1970s by Ocasek and band-mate Benjamin Orr after they met at high school. Their early hits included ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘My Best Friend’s […]
16 Sept 1985, Kate Bush released her fifth studio album Hounds of Love. The album’s lead single, ‘Running Up That Hill’, became one of Bush’s biggest hits and the album produced three further successful singles, ‘Cloudbusting’, ‘Hounds of Love’, and ‘The Big Sky’. NME placed Hounds of Love 48th on their “500 Greatest Albums of […]
Happy 51st birthday to singer, songwriter Richard Ashcroft, born 11 Sept 1971, from English rock band The Verve, who had the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK Chart history. The album features the hit singles ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ and ‘Lucky Man’ and spent over 100 weeks […]
