ON THIS DAY 1955, Rosemary Clooney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Mambo Italiano the singers second No.1. The song was banned by all ABC owned stations in the US because it did not reach standards of good taste. 1961, Bob Newhart went to No.1 on the US album chart with The Button Down Mind Strikes Back! 1963, Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated. 1973, Mick Jagger was refused a Japanese visa on an account of a 1969 drug conviction causing The Rolling Stones to cancel a forthcoming tour. 1976, Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Bohemian Rhapsody. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month. It reached No.1 again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercurys death, eventually becoming the UKs third best selling single of all time. 1981, Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers from The Specials were both fined £400 ($680) after being found guilty of using threatening words during a gig in Cambridge, England. 1988, Whitney Houston scored her sixth consecutive No.1 in the US with So Emotional. 2005, Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with Jailhouse Rock. The single sold just 21,262 copies to reach No.1, the lowest sales ever for a UK chart topper since data began in 1969. The single was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a previous Elvis chart topper was re-released each week. 2008, Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was named the worst dressed celebrity in an annual list of fashion disasters. Fashion critic Richard Blackwell, who had compiled the poll every year since 1960, said Beckham stepped out in one skinny-mini monstrosity after another. Amy Winehouses trademark beehive and tattoos helped earn her second place in the list. 2009, Dave Dee died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The UK singer had eight top 10 hits, with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich including a UK number one single in 1968 with The Legend of Xanadu, in which Dee famously cracked a whip. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960. 2014, Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti, 4. Bruce Springsteen - The River, 3. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street, 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall, and winning the poll was The Beatles - The White Album. BORN ON THIS DAY 1941, Joan Baez, US folk rock singer, songwriter 1943, Kenneth Kelley, vocals, The Manhattans 1943, Scott Engel, vocals, The Walker Brothers 1944, Jimmy Page, guitarist and producer, member of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. 1948, Tim Hart, guitar, vocals, Steeleye Span 1951, Born on this day, Crystal Gayle, singer, songwriter Somewhere in the 60’s – a certain Musicguru, a rumour in his own lifetime 1965, Born on this day, Haddaway, singer, (1993 UK No.2 What Is Love). 1967, Born in Johannesburg, Dave Matthews, guitar, vocals, Dave Matthews Band. IM INSANELY FOND OF THIS LADY (AND SONG) youtu.be/nnS9M03F-fA
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