| December 2nd: On this Day |
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1963, The Beatles recorded an
appearance on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show. The
Beatles played ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’
and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie
Wise. The program was broadcast on April 18, 1964.
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| 1967, The Monkees album,
‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd’ went to number one on the US
album chart. It was their fourth album to sell over a million copies,
following ‘The Monkees’, ‘More Of The Monkees’ and ‘Headquarters’. |
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| 1969, Cindy Birdsong of the
Supremes was kidnapped at knifepoint by a maintenance man who worked in
the building she lived in. She later escaped unharmed by jumping out of
his car on the San Diego freeway. The kidnapper was arrested in Las Vegas
four days later. |
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1971, Led Zeppelin appeared at
The Royal Ballroom, Bournemouth, England.
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| 1976, Elvis Presley played the
first of an 11 night run at the Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas. |
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| 1978, Rod Stewart was at No.1
on the UK singles chart with 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy', the singers fifth UK
chart topper. A plagiarism lawsuit by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor
confirmed that the song had been derived from his composition 'Taj Mahal'.
Stewart agreed to donate all his royalties from the song to United Nations
Children's Fund. |
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| 1979, Neil Diamond and Barbra
Streisand's ‘You Don't Bring Me Flowers’ was at No.1 on the US singles
chart. A radio station engineer had spliced together Neil's version with
Barbra's version and got such good response, the station added it to their
play list. When Neil Diamond was told about it, he decided to re-record
the song with Streisand herself, and within weeks of its release, the
single went to No.1 in the US and No.5 in the UK. |
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| 1982, US folk singer David Blue
died of a heart attack aged 41 while jogging in New York's Washington
Square Park. Member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue during the late
70's. He wrote ‘Outlaw Man’ covered by The Eagles on their 1973 Desperado
album. |
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| 1983, MTV aired the full
14-minute version of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video for the first
time. |
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| 1986, Jerry Lee Lewis checked
into the Betty Ford Clinic to overcome his addiction to painkillers.
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1987, during a UK tour INXS
played at Newcastle City Hall, supported by Sinead O'Connor
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| 1988, The Stone Roses supported
by The Charlatans both appeared at The London School Of Economics, tickets
£2.50. |
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| 1995, Mariah Carey went to No.1
on the US singles chart with her duet with Boyz II Men 'One Sweet Day'. It
made Carey the first artist in history to have two consecutive single
debut at No.1, 'Fantasy' being her first. |
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| 1997, A man died after falling
from a balcony during a Rolling Stones concert at Pontiac Silverdome,
Michigan. |
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1999, It was reported that
Stevie Wonder was to undergo an operation to regain his sight. The
breakthrough by top eye specialists involved inserting a microchip in the
retina.
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1999, David Bowie played his
first UK show in over two years when he appeared at the Astoria Theatre in
London infront of 2,000 fans.
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| 2000, Thieves broke into the
London home Madonna shares with Guy Ritchie. The raiders forced their way
in through a basement door then took a set of car keys before loading up
Guy Ritchie's car with some of the couple's possessions and driving off.
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| 2000, The Smashing Pumpkins
played their final concert when they appeared at the Metro Club in
Chicago. |
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| 2001, Singer Valerie Jones died
aged 45. One-third of the sister group The Jones Girls, who sang back-up
vocals with Lou Reed, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Teddy
Pendergrass and Betty Everett. |
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| 2001, Creed started an
eight-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Weathered'. |
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| 2001, Daniel Bedingfield scored
his first UK No.1 single with 'Gotta Get Thru This', the single went back
to No.1 in January 2002. The track was recorded in Bedingfield's bedroom
with his PC and a microphone, using music software. |
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2002, Oasis singer Liam
Gallagher was arrested and charged with assault after he Kung-Fu kicked a
police officer. The incident happened at the Bayerischer hotel in Munich,
the singer lost his two front teeth in the brawl and an Oasis minder was
knocked out cold.
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| 2003, Darkness singer Justin
Hawkins was held for two hours at JFK Airport, New York after police
mistook him for a wanted man with the same name and looks. The police only
agreed to let him go after Justin's fiance and manager Sue Whitehouse
produced a tour schedule to prove that he was in England on July 4th when
the crime was committed. |
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| 2006, David Mount the drummer
with Mud died in London. They had the 1974 UK No.1 single 'Tiger Feet'
(best-selling single of 1974). Plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles. |
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2006, 25 year old singer and
actress Beyonce was set to earn more money than any other black actress
for her performance in her latest film ‘Dreamgirls.’ The musical based on
the history of Diana Ross and the Supremes would earn the singer a £5m
fee.
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| 2006, The Game was at No.1 on
the US album chart with his second album ‘Doctor's Advocate.’ |
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| 2006, Dutch singer Mariska
Veres from Shocking Blue died of cancer at the age of 59. Had the 1970 US
No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Venus', (later covered by girl group of
Bananarama). |
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| 2007, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne
made more than $800,000 (£389,032) for charity after they sold off some of
their possessions from their former US home. Items sold included the
family's custom pool table for $11,250 (£5,470) and a pair of Ozzy's
trademark round glasses went for $5,250 (£2,553). The beaded wire model of
the Eiffel Tower that adorned the kitchen fetched $10,000 (£4,862), while
skull-adorned trainers worn by Ozzy sold for $2,625 (£1,276). |
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| December 2nd: Born on this day |
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1906, Born on this day, Dr
Peter Carl Goldmark, invented the long-playing microgroove record in 1945.
The invention went on to revolutionise the way people listened to music.
Goldmark was Killed in a car crash on 7th December 1977.
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| 1941, Born on this day, Tom
McGuinness, guitar, vocals, Manfred Mann, (1964 UK & US No.1 single
'Do Wah Diddy Diddy'). McGiness Flint (1970 UK No.2 single 'When I'm Dead
And Gone'). Also a member of The Blues Band. |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Ted
Bluechel Jr, drums, vocals, The Association, (1967 US No.1 single
'Windy'). |
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| 1960, Born on this day, Rick
Savage, bass player, Def Leppard, (1987 UK No.6 single 'Animal' 1987 world
wide No.1 album 'Hysteria', 1988 US No.1 single 'Love Bites'). |
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| 1960, Born on this day, Sydney
Youngblood, singer, (1989 UK No.3 single 'If Only I Could'). |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Nate
Mendel, bass, Foo Fighters, (1995 UK No.5 single 'This Is A Call', 2003 US
No.5 single 'All My Life'). |
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| 1971, Born on this day, Donna
Matthews, guitar, Elastica, (1995 UK No.13 single 'Waking Up'). |
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| 1978, Born on this day, Nelly
Furtado, singer, (2001 UK No. 5 single 'I'm Like A Bird'). |
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| 1978, Born on this day, Brian
Chase, drummer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, (2006 UK No. 18 single ‘Gold Lion’).
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1981, Born on this day, Britney
Spears, US singer, (1999 US & UK No.1 single ''Baby One More Time',
1999 album 'Baby One More Time', spent 82 weeks on the UK chart. Biggest
selling teenage act in the world with album sales over 40m).
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