November 8th: On this Day 1952, The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns. ‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks. 1958, The soundtrack to South Pacific went to No.1 on the UK album chart. It became the longest running No.1 album of all time spending a total of 115 weeks at the No.1 position. 1963, Dusty Springfield set out on her first UK solo tour, sharing the bill with The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers and Brian Poole & The Tremeloes. The first night was in Halifax. 1965, The Beatles worked on a new George Harrison song ‘Think For Yourself’ at Abbey Road for their forthcoming Rubber Soul album. After rehearsing the song, they recorded the basic instrumental track in one take. 1967, The Foundations were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Baby, Now That Ive Found You, the groups only UK No.1. 1968, The Who, Joe Cocker and The Grease Band, The Mindbenders and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown all appeared at The Walthamstow Granada Theatre, England. 1969, Something the first Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison entered the UK singles chart, it peaked at No.4 in the UK and went on to be a No.1 on the US chart. 1971, Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. With no title printed on the album, and generally referred to as Four Symbols, The Fourth Album or Led Zeppelin IV, it has gone on to sell over 37 million copies worldwide. The 19th century rustic oil painting on the front of the album was purchased by Robert Plant from an antique shop in Reading, Berkshire, England. The 20th century urban tower block on the back of the full gatefold LP cover is Butterfield Court in Eves Hill, Dudley, England. 1975, David Bowie made his US TV debut performing Fame, on the Cher CBS-TV show. 1980, KISS kicked off their 11 date Unmasked Tour of Australia and New Zealand laying two nights at Perth Entertainment Centre. 1986, Berlin started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Take Your Breath Away. The song which was featured in the film Top Gun, was written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986. 1998, Robbie Williams scored his second UK No.1 album with Ive Been Expecting You. The album which featured his UK No.1 hit Millennium, went on to become the UKs best selling album for that year with sales now over 2.5m. 2000, Spice Girl Mel C made a foul-mouthed attack on Westlife, calling them a useless bunch of talentless tossers and as hyped-up shit. Mel made the attack during The Spice Girls party to launch their new album Forever. 2001, Winners at the MTV Europe Awards included Robbie Williams who won Best male and Best song for Rock DJ, Craig David won Best R&B act and Best UK & Ireland act, Dido won Best new act and Anastacia won Best pop act. Gorillaz won Best song for ‘Clint Eastwood’ and Best Dance act and Eminem won the Best Hip Hop award. 2007, Four men were arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after Police raided a house in Camden, London belonging to singer Amy Winehouse. The arrests were in connection of a court case involving Ms Winehouses husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who faced charges of causing grievous bodily harm. 2008, AC/DC started a two-week run at #1 on the US album chart with Black Ice the bands fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008. Black Ice went to #1 in 29 countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US. 2009, Take That singer Mark Owen married his fiancee Emma Ferguson at Cawdor Parish Church, near Inverness, followed by a reception at Cawdor Castle. 2009, Former Smiths frontman Morrissey stopped a concert halfway through his second song after being hit by a beer bottle. The 50-year-old singer who was hit in the eye by a plastic bottle of beer, said goodnight to the 8,000 strong crowd in Liverpool, England before walking off. 2012, Reports surfaced that Jermaine Jackson had filed legal papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court asking to have the spelling of his surname altered to Jacksun for artistic reasons. The request would be granted in February, 2013.
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