10 NOVEMBER
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2007 For the first time, country(ish) artists occupy the top three spots on the US albums chart: 1) Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 2) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 3) Gary Allan - Living Hard
2002 Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, and Brian Setzer guest star on The Simpsons in an episode where they run a rock and roll fantasy camp. The first rule of the camp: There are no rules! Second rule: No outside food.More
1992 Ween's major-label debut, Pure Guava, is released on Elektra records. The album features the single "Push th' Little Daisies," which gets them attention on MTV after being featured on the channel's animated series Beavis and Butt-head. During the clip, Butt-head quips, "These guys have no future."More
1988 After a 6-year hiatus where he waits out the '80s, Steve Miller starts touring again, kicking off with a show in Burlington, Vermont.
1979 "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang becomes first rap song to hit the Billboard Hot 100, entering the chart at #84.More
1938 On her radio show, Kate Smith sings the Irving Berlin song "God Bless America" for the first time, introducing it to the country. Berlin composed the song for a 1918 musical he wrote, but decided not to use it.More
10 NOVEMBER
In Music History
2020 Through her lawyer, Britney Spears tells a court she is afraid of her father and will not perform again if he is in charge of her career. Since 2008, she has been under conservatorship, with her father in charge of her health and finances.
2019 In Houston, Joe Walsh stages the first annual VetsAid concert to assist veterans. He's joined on the bill by ZZ Top, Sheryl Crow and The Doobie Brothers.
2017 Outsider her home in Nashville, Carrie Underwood takes a nasty fall, breaking her wrist and mangling her face. She doesn't appear in public again until April 15, 2018, when she performs "Cry Pretty" - a song partly inspired by the incident - at the ACM Awards.
2017 Following a publicity campaign where she purges her social media accounts and posts video of a hissing snake, Taylor Swift releases her sixth album, Reputation.More
2013 At the MTV Europe Awards, Miley Cyrus smokes a joint while accepting her Best Video award for "Wrecking Ball." The ceremony is held in Amsterdam, so it's legal.
2012 No longer an item: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The pair announce their breakup after dating for about a year. Bieber plays an acoustic version of "Cry Me A River" at his show in Boston. A decade earlier, Justin Timberlake wrote the song about his split with Britney Spears.
2006 R&B singer-songwriter Gerald Levert, age 40, dies of acute intoxication after taking various prescription painkillers combined with Xanax and antihistamines. The death is ruled accidental.
2003 David Bowie is forced to cancel the remainder of his gig in Nice, France, when laryngitis causes his voice to give out in the middle of "Ziggy Stardust." Doctors assign Bowie three days rest.
2003 An emotional tribute to the recently deceased Johnny Cash is held at Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium, featuring classic Cash songs performed by Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, and Steve Earle, among others.
2003 The paperback version of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain's Journals is released, sparking renewed interest in the dead rock star. A disorganized collection of his writings and drawings, the front cover warns, "if you read, you'll judge."
2002 Johnny Griffith dies of a heart attack at age 66. As a keyboardist for Motown's in-house band, The Funk Brothers, he played on several of the label's hits, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Stop! In the Name of Love."
2002 8 Mile, starring Eminem, tops the box office while his song from the film, "Lose Yourself," sits at #1, making him the first performer since Prince (Purple Rain and "When Doves Cry") in 1984 with a song and movie simultaneously at #1.
2001 Country singer Chalee Tennison and guitarist Mark Gillespie marry following a three-year courtship. The marriage is Tennison's fourth and Gillespie's first.
2000 Singer-songwriter Billy Yates makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, performing his single "What Do You Want From Me Now."
1998 On their way to perform at the 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards at Milan's Fila Forum, British girl group All Saints are held up for six hours in London by a walkout of Milan airport employees.
Sesame Street Debuts
1969Sesame Street debuts on American public television. Many of the lessons are taught with songs, and in later seasons, musicians drop by to help out: Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Dixie Chicks and Alicia Keys are among the many to appear on the show. The two big names that turn down offers: Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand.
The first episode rolls out to the iconic theme song "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street," a jaunty tune featuring jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans with sunny lyrics sung by a children's choir. Written by composer Joe Raposo along with lyricist Bruce Hart and show producer Jon Stone, the theme is the first of many classic songs from the program. Sesame Street is a magical destination for children and adults alike, where a diverse cast of friendly humans and colorful Muppets meet to share life lessons, often through music. Kermit the Frog learns to accept his greenness even though "It's Not Easy Bein' Green." The Cookie Monster embraces the alphabet with "C Is For Cookie." Ernie, Bert's Pal, makes bath time fun with "Rubber Duckie" - and splashes onto the Hot 100 at #16. In this debut episode, we learn all about dairy farms with "Hey Cow, I See You Now." Bob Johnson, played by Bob McGrath, is the Street's resident music teacher, who invites many real-life performers to join in the fun. Starting in 1970 Buffy Sainte-Marie, an Aboriginal Canadian folk singer, teaches kids about her culture, namely that "Indians exist, present tense, and we're not all stuck in museums like the dinosaurs, which is what I grew up with." She's also the first person to ever breastfeed on television, in a segment demonstrating sibling rivalry, as Big Bird is jealous over the attention pal Buffy is giving to her new baby. Over the years, guests sing their hit songs tweaked for a preschool audience: Stevie Wonder sings "Superstition" and teaches Grover how to scat, Billy Joel sings "Just The Way You Are" to Oscar the Grouch, and Hootie & The Blowfish turn "Hold My Hand" into a lesson about crossing the street safely. Sesame Street, created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, is the first program to use laboratory and formative research to create curriculum-based content aimed at children. Disadvantaged kids are a primary concern from the beginning, and the fictional street is modeled after a gritty inner-city stretch lined with rowhouses and littered with garbage cans – as gritty as a kids show can realistically muster. By the '70s, one-third of all American toddlers watch the program. By 1996, 95% of the nation's preschoolers tune in by the time they turn three, and the show's star Muppet, Elmo, incites a nationwide craze with the release of the Tickle Me Elmo doll. A 2015 study by the University of Maryland suggests that watching Sesame Street can be just as beneficial as attending preschool. Musically, the show takes home eight Grammy Awards by 2014, a record number for a children's show. photo: Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop
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