Music
Throwback Thursday: This Day in Music
1961
Elvis Presley’s GI Blues started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart. Presley was also promoted to Acting-Sergeant in the US Army, receiving a pay increase of $22.94 per month.
1964
The Beatles – minus Ringo Starr who was fog-bound in Liverpool – departed from Liverpool for Paris, France for an 18-day run at the Olympia Theatre. Ringo joined the group in Paris the following day.
1970
Diana Ross made her last appearance with The Supremes at The Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross announced her replacement, Jean Terrell, during the show. Terrell would subsequently lead the group to seven more Top 40 hits, including the Top 10 entries “Up The Ladder To The Roof” and “Stoned Love” later that year.
1978
The Sex Pistols played their last live performance at Winterland, San Francisco. The group got back together in 1996 for a reunion (Sid Vicious was deceased by then).
1984
Madonna makes her first appearance on American Bandstand. When asked by Dick Clark about her ambitions for the rest of her profession, the singer replied: “To rule the world.”
1989
Bobby Brown went to No.1 on the US singles chart with “My Prerogative.”
1997
The Spice Girls’ debut single “Wannabe” was released in the United States. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and was the group’s only number-one single in US.
1999
Garth Brooks appeared on The Sesame Street. He sang the song called “Together We Make Music” with the beloved Muppets.
2001
Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No. 1 single with “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” from her album J.Lo.
2007
Amy Winehouse started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Back to Black. The album, with singles like “Rehab”, “You Know I’m No Good”, “Back to Black” and “Tears Dry on Their Own”, has sold over 3.58 million copies in the UK alone, becoming the UK’s second best-selling album of the 21st century. Worldwide, the album has sold over 20 million copies.