11/3 This day in music.. 1962, The Crystals started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Hes A Rebel, it made No.19 on the UK chart. 1963, The Beatles, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, The Vernons Girls and The Kestrals all appeared at The Odeon, Leeds, England, tickets, 5/6. 1963, The last night of a 30 date UK tour featuring The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, Mickie Most and The Flintstones took place at The Hammersmith Odeon, London. All the acts had played two shows every night. 1964, During a Rolling Stones North American tour a 17 year-old Rolling Stones fan fell from the balcony during a gig in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mayor of Ohio banned all future pop concerts, saying; Such groups do not add to the communitys culture or entertainment. 1967, The filming for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour was completed finishing with a sequence at Ringos country house in Weybridge, Surrey, BBC television bought the rights to broadcast the film twice, the first broadcast, in black-and-white was scheduled for December 26, 1967. The second showing, on the color channel BBC2, was not yet available to all Britons, was set for January 5, 1968. 1972, James Taylor and Carly Simon were married by a judge in Simons Manhattan apartment, beginning their eleven year marriage. That evening, Simon joined him on stage at New Yorks Radio City Music Hall and announced their union to a cheering audience. 1973, Neil Young supported by The Eagles appeared at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, England. 1973, David Bowie scored his second UK No.1 album when Pinups started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The set contained Bowie covering his favourite 60s songs; his version of The Merseys Sorrow made No.3 on the UK singles chart. 1977, During a concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, Elton John announced his retirement from live performances. 1979, One hit wonder M went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Pop Muzik. M was Robin Scott who scored one other UK top 40 hit, Pop Muzik made No.2 in the UK. 1979, The Eagles started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with The Long Run, the groups fourth US No.1 album. 1983, RCA records signed Latin teen sensations Menudo for $30m. The line up of five young boys all had to sign a contract agreeing to leave the group when they reached 16, (when too old for the group). Ricky Martin was once a member. 1984, Billy Ocean started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Caribbean Queen. The song was originally called European Queen. 1984, Paul McCartney went to No.1 on the UK album chart with the film soundtrack to Give My Regards To Broad Street, featuring the UK No.2 single No More Lonely Nights. 1987, David Bowie played the first of eight sold out nights at The Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. The shows were part of the 1987-date Glass Spider world tour. 1990, 25 years after their version was recorded, The Righteous Brothers went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Unchained Melody. The track had been featured in the Patrick Swayze film Ghost. Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret, Unchained Melody is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages. Read the full story 1990, Ice Ice Baby, by Vanilla Ice became the first rap record to top the US singles chart, (and later also a UK No.1 single). The track was initially released as the B-side to the rappers cover of Play That Funky Music, and became the A-side after US DJs started playing the track. 1991, A free concert was held in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to honor the memory of promoter Bill Graham, who was killed in a helicopter crash the week before. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, The Grateful Dead, Journey and Joan Baez were the featured acts. 1992, Bon Jovi released their fifth studio album, Keep The Faith, which spent a total of 49 weeks on the US chart. The album produced three Top 40 hits: Keep The Faith, Bed of Roses and In These Arms. 1993, Russian inventor Leon Theremin died. Most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments. He first performed the theremin with the New York Philharmonic in 1928. 1995, Hootie and the Blowfish reached an out of court settlement with Bob Dylan for the groups unauthorized use of Dylans lyrics in their song Only Want To Be With You. 1997, Metallica came to a out of court agreement with a fan who claimed he lost his sense of smell after being dropped on his head by fans at one of their shows four years earlier. 1999, Britains first museum of pop music The National Centre for Popular Music was saved from bankruptcy after creditors agreed on a deal. The museum based in Sheffield had run up debts of over a £1 million. 2000, EMI Records announced they had dropped Simple Minds. The Scottish band had sold over 30m albums during the 1980s. 2000, Bon Jovi kicked of the North American leg of their Crush Tour at the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. 2002, Lonnie Donegan, died mid-way through a UK tour and shortly before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The Rolling Stones. He was aged 71. Donegan who launched the skiffle craze in the UK had the 1959 hit ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour’, the 1960 UK No.1 single My Old Mans A Dustman, Rock Island Line, plus over 30 other UK Top 40 singles. 2003, P Diddy ran in the New York City Marathon and raised $2,000,000 for the educational system for the children of New York. He finished the marathon in four hours and eighteen minutes. 2005, Winners at this years MTV Europe awards included Coldplay who won best UK act and best song for ‘Speed Of Sound’, Green Day won best rock act and best album, Alicia Keys was named best R&B act, System of a Down won best alternative act, The Black Eyed Peas won the best pop award and for the first time, the awards included a category for best African act, won by 2 Face. Madonna, in her first live TV performance since a riding accident, launched the show by emerging from a giant disco ball. Madonna also presented MTVs Free Your Mind humanitarian award to Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof. 2006, A man who had been stalking US singer, actress Hilary Duff was arrested for threatening to kill her. According to legal papers, Maksim Miakovsky had gone to the U.S. for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff. He was later sentenced to 117 days in jail and five years probation after pleading no contest to the charges.
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