1 NOVEMBER
In Music History
1966 Willie D (of Geto Boys) is born Willie James Dennis in Houston, Texas.
1966 Elvis Presley's LPs Elvis Presley, Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2, and Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 are certified gold.
1964 Sophie B. Hawkins ("Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover") is born in New York City.
1964 The Dave Clark Five makes their US TV debut on Ed Sullivan Show, earning praise from the host, who declares them, "nice, neat boys."
1964 The Beach Boys begin their first UK tour with a show in London.
1963 The Beatles make their first appearance as a tour headliner at a show in Gloucestershire, England. On the set list: "I Saw Her Standing There," "From Me To You" and "All My Loving."
1963 Lorne Greene records "Ringo."
1963 Rick Allen (drummer for Def Leppard) is born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England.
1962 a-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen is born in Oslo, Norway.
1962 Anthony Kiedis (lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers) is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1960 The Everly Brothers record "Temptation."
1959 Ray Charles leaves his old label, Atlantic, for a better deal at ABC-Paramount Records.
1959 Elvis Presley's current stint in the Army means that for the first time in nearly five years, no Elvis single resides on the Billboard charts.
1957 Country singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett is born in Houston, Texas, and is raised in nearby Klein.
1955 James Brown's group The Famous Flames record "Please Please Please" at the radio station WIBB in Macon, Georgia.
RIAA Agrees To Label Offensive Albums
1985The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) agrees to some demands made by another initialed organization, the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). As a result, any album deemed to contain offensive lyrics must be issued with a warning label, or the lyrics must be printed on the sleeve. Most record companies go with the labels, which don't seem to hurt sales.
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1994 Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York album, taken from a performance a year earlier, is finally released. The album tops the charts in many countries, including the US, UK and Australia.
1994 Mariah Carey's album Merry Christmas is released. By the end of the year, it has sold over 3 million copies in America, becoming one of the most popular Christmas albums of all time.More
1992 Pearl Jam play Neil Young's Bridge School benefit concert for the first time. The event takes place at the Shoreline Amphitheater outside of San Francisco.
1988 Slick Rick releases his debut album, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, featuring the influential rap hit "Children's Story."More
1979 Bob Dylan debuts the songs from his new album, a Christian polemic called Slow Train Coming, on the first night of his new tour in San Francisco, California. A shocked audience boos the new material throughout the set.
1969 Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" hits #1 in America, giving him his first chart-topper since "Good Luck Charm" in 1962. It's his last #1 in the US.
1968 George Harrison releases Wonderwall Music, becoming the first member of The Beatles to release a solo album.
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