THIS DAY IN MUSIC: MONDAY NOVEMBER 18 1963, The Beatles received silver LP discs for Please Please Me and With the Beatles at a ceremony held at EMI House in London. They also received a silver EP for Twist and Shout and a silver single for She Loves You. The band then attend a cocktail party and a formal lunch in the EMI boardroom with company executives and invited guests. 1975, Bruce Springsteen made his live debut in the UK at Londons Hammersmith Odeon. The set list included: Thunder Road, 10th Avenue Freeze-out, Born To Run, The E Street Shuffle, Jungleland, 4th of July, Asbury Park, Detroit Medley, For You and Quarter To Three. 1983, R.E.M. made their first appearance outside the US when they appeared on Channel 4 UK TV show The Tube. The following night they made their live UK debut when the played at Dingwalls, London. 2007, 22-year-old X Factor winner Leona Lewis set a British record for the fastest-selling debut album with Spirit. The singer sold more than 375,000 copies in seven days, 12,000 more than the Arctic Monkeys 2006 release Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not. Oasis still had the overall record for the fastest selling British album, selling 813,000 copies in 1997. BIRTHDAY FILE: 1941, Conleth (Con) Cluskey, Bachelors 1949, Herman Rarebell, The Scorpions 1950, Graham Parker, The Rumour 1954, John Parr 1954, Charles Williams, KC and the Sunshine Band 1960, Kim Wilde 1962, Kirk Hammett, Metallica 1972, Matt Knight, Toploader 1975, Anthony (Ant) McPartlin, Ant & Dec
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