1960 Lonnie Donegan at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’
1962 Connie Francis at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You’
1962 Dion at No.1 in Australia with ‘The Wanderer’
1973 Donny Osmond at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘The Twelfth Of Never’
1975 Skyhooks at No.1 in Australia with ‘Horror Movie’
1976 The Brotherhood Of Man at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Save Your Kisses For Me’
1984 Kenny Loggins at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Footloose’
1990 David Bowie at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Changes Bowie’
1990 Snap! at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘The Power.’
2002 Celine Dion at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘A New Day Has Come’
2010 Katy Perry at No.1 on the UK chart with ‘Part of Me’
Gig News.
1957 Elvis Presley played two shows at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan
1962 The Beatles played their first gig in the South of England at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, on the same bill as The Rebel Rousers,
1967 Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time appearing at The Astoria in London, England. It was the first night of a 24-date tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdink
1981 – Bruce Springsteen played Newcastle City Hall
1990 Cher performed at the Starplex Amphitheater in Dallas, Texas
Music News
1983 The Style Council make their debut on Top of the Pops with ‘Speak Like a Child’