November 1: On this Day In Music History

1953, David Whitfield was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Answer Me', (despite a partial ban by the BBC for the song's religious connotations). The song was also a No.1 for Frankie Laine the following week.

1955, R&B group The Famous Flames, lead by singer James Brown, cut their first demo of ‘Please, Please, Please’ at a radio station in Macon Georgia. It would lead to their signing with King Records.

1956, Elvis Presley bought a new Harley Davidson motorbike, Presley spent the day riding round Memphis on his new bike with actress Natalie Wood.

1962, The Beatles started a run of appearances over 14 nights at the star Club, Hamburg, Germany.

1963, The Beatles kicked off a UK tour performing two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Their repertoire for the tour was ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Boys’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Money’, and ‘Twist and Shout’. Supporting The Beatles were The Rhythm & Blues Quartet, The Vernons Girls, Frank Berry, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers, and The Kestrels. 1965, The Rolling Stones played at the War Memorial Auditorium, New York during the bands 4th North American tour. 1966, The Doors played the first night of a month long residency at the Ondine Discotheque, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. 1969, Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Suspicious Minds', his 18th US No.1 single. A No.2 hit in the UK. 1969, The Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 album with 'Abbey Road'. The final studio recordings from the group which featured two George Harrison songs; 'Something' and 'Here Comes The Sun' plus 'Come Together', 'Sun King' and 'Golden Slumbers.' The cover supposedly contained clues adding to the ‘Paul Is Dead’ phenomenon: Paul is barefoot and the car number plate ‘LMW 281F’ supposedly referred to the fact that McCartney would be 28 years old if he was still alive. ‘LMW’ was said to stand for ‘Linda McCartney Weeps.’ And the four Beatles, represent; the priest (John, dressed in white), the Undertaker (Ringo in a black suit), the Corpse (Paul, in a suit but barefoot), and the Gravedigger (George, in jeans and a denim work shirt). 1970, Matthews Southern Comfort were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Joni Mitchell song 'Woodstock.' The group's only UK No.1 hit. 1975, Elton John started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Island Girl', his 5th US No.1, a No.14 hit in the UK. 1975, Touring Australia for the first time Wings kicked an 11-date tour at The Entertainment Centre in Perth. 1979, Blue Oyster Cult kicked off an 11-date UK tour at Brighton Centre. Tickets £4.00. 1980, Bruce Springsteen scored his first No.1 US album with 'The River', featuring the US No.5 & UK No.44 single 'Hungry Heart.' 1983, Siouxsie and the Banshees appeared live at the Royal Albert Hall, London 1985, Dexy's Midnight Runners appeared live at The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1986, Boston started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Third Stage'. 1986, Ultravox kicked off a 14 date UK tour sponsored by Harp Larger at Glasgow Barrowlands, tickets £7 1987, The first of three shows at the Hammersmith Odeon featuring; LL Cool J, Eric B & Rankin and Public Enemy. Each night was marred by violence and crime. 1993, Flavor Flav from Public Enemy was arrested charged with attempted murder of his neighbour. Flav claimed he had sex with his girlfriend. 1996, U2 set up a video link to an internet site from their recording studio in Dublin so fans could watch them record their new album. 1997, Scandinavian dance-pop act Aqua started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Barbie Girl.' A massive world-wide hit the single has sold more than 8 million copies. 2000, All Saints came top of a poll to find the sexiest female act. 12,000 UK television viewers voted for the group, The Spice Girls came second and Atomic Kitten third. The 50's group The Beverley Sisters were voted into 11th place beating TLC. 2000, Robbie Williams offered to donate his bone marrow to save a fan's life after meeting leukaemia suffer Johanna MacVicar. Williams asked his fans to sign up as potential donors after being told of the desperate shortage of male donors. 2003, Organisers of the MTV Europe Awards 2003 recruited 500 'screamers' to attend this year's event. The music lovers were selected at an audition held in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. About 1,500 pop-mad teenagers and adults screamed themselves hoarse in a bid to get their hands on a ticket to the exclusive event. 2004, A man who allegedly stalked Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia, was deemed too mentally ill to be interviewed by police. The 44-year-old fan was arrested after turning up on the doorstep of the singer's £2m home in Berkshire after flying to London from Australia. 2005, Westlife were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'You Raise Me Up', the Irish group's 13th UK No.1 single. 2007, Winners at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards held in Munich, Germany included Avril Lavigne who was named best solo artist, and her song Girlfriend was voted most addictive track. Muse won two awards for best UK and Ireland act and best headline act, Linkin Park won the award for best band of 2007, and German band Tokio Hotel took the prize for best international act. Amy Winehouse won the Artist Choice prize, an award chosen by her fellow musicians and The ultimate urban prize went to R&B star Rihanna. 2008, Kenny Chesney went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Lucky Old Sun’ the country singers thirteenth studio album. November 1st: Born on this day 1940, Born on this day, Sgt Barry Sadler, (1966 US No.1 single 'The Ballad Of The Green Berets'). He died on 5th November 1989. 1944, Born on this day, Mike Burney, Wizzard, (1973 UK No.1 single 'See My Baby Jive'). 1946, Born on this day, Rick Grech, bass, Family, Traffic, (1970 US No.15 & UK No.11 album 'John Barleycorn Must die'). Blind Faith, (1969 UK & US No.1 album 'Blind Faith'). And member of Airforce. Grech died on 17th March 1990. 1949, Born on this day, David Foster, Canadian musician, producer, composer and arranger. Some of the artists Foster has worked with include: The Bee Gees, John Lennon, Michael Bublé, Clay Aiken, Céline Dion, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Faith Hill, The Corrs, George Harrison, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Brandy, Richard Marx, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Olivia Newton-John, Andrea Bocelli, Dolly Parton, Julio Iglesias, Gordon Lightfoot and, Madonna. 1950, Born on this day, Dan Peek, America, (1972 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Horse With No Name'). 1951, Born on this day, Ronald Bell, Kool & The Gang, (1981 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Celebration', 1984 UK No.2 single 'Joanna', and over 15 other Top 40 hits). 1954, Born on this day, Chris Morris, guitar, Paper Lace, (1974 UK No.1 single 'Billy Don't Be A Hero', 1974 US No.1 single 'The Night Chicago Died'). 1957, Born on this day, Lyle Lovett, Country singer, married actress Julia Roberts, supported Dire Straits on their 1990 world tour. 1959, Born on this day, Eddie Macdonald, bass, The Alarm, (1983 UK No.17 single '68 Guns') 1962, Born on this day, Anthony Kiedis, singer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, (1992 UK No.26 single 'Under The Bridge', 2002 UK No.1 album 'By The Way'). 1962, Born on this day, Mags Furuholmen, guitar, keyboards, A-Ha, (1985 US No.1 single 'Take On Me', 1986 UK No.1 single 'The Sun Always Shines On TV'). The first Norwegian group to score a UK and US No.1. 1963, Born on this day, Rick Allen, drums, Def Leppard, (1987 UK No.6 single 'Animal', and 1987 world wide No.1 album 'Hysteria', 1988 US No.1 single 'Love Bites'). Allen lost his left arm in an accident after crashing his Corvette Stingray on the A57 outside Sheffield in England in 1984. 1966, Born on this day, Mary Hanson, singer, Stereolab. Hanson died in a cycling accident in England on 9th December 2002. 1969, Born on this day, Darren Partington, 808 State, (1989 UK No.10 single 'Pacific State'). 1981, Born on this day, LaTavia Roberson, Destiny's Child, (2000 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Say My Name'). Quit the group in 2000. Died on this day 2004, 61 year old Terry Knight, the former manager of Grand Funk Railroad, was murdered at his home in Killeen, Texas. Knight was defending his daughter during a domestic disturbance, when he was stabbed by her boyfriend, 26 year old Donald Alan Fair. Knight began his music career by leading a Michigan band called Terry Knight and the Pack, who scored a Billboard top 50 hit with ‘I, Who Have Nothing’. 2008, US drummer and singer Jimmy Carl Black died. Was a member of The Keys, The Soul Giants, The Mothers Of Invention and Jimmy Carl Black And The Mannish Boys. Also worked with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Joe Cocker, Grateful Dead and The Turtles. 2008, Shakir Stewart shot himself dead in the bathroom of his home in Atlanta. Worked as a music promoter and was a vice-president of Def Jam Music Group, he signed Rick Ross, Karina Pasian, Ciara and Young Jeezy and worked with LL Cool J and Nas.