1963: The Rolling Stones played at the Station Hotel in Richmond , Surrey , England
1964: Peter and Gordon topped the UK
1965: The Rolling Stones opened their North American tour at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal , Canada
1966: Going Places by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass remained at #1 for the second of five weeks at the top of the album chart with Going Places.
1966: The Righteous Brothers landed their second #1 with "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration. "Daydream" by the Lovin' Spoonful was #2 with Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" coming in at #3. The rest of the Top Ten: Johnny Rivers moved to #4 with "Secret Agent Man", the Outsiders' great song "Time Won't Let Me" jumped from 11-5, the Stones fell to #6 with "19th Nervous Breakdown", Ssgt. Barry Sadler had #7 with "The Ballad of the Green Berets", B.J. Thomas remained at #8 with "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", the Young Rascals climbed from 16-9 with "Good Lovin'" and Paul Revere & the Raiders jumped from 18-10 with their classic "Kicks".
1969: The Beatles were #1 on the UK
1970: Fairport Convention, Fotheringay and Matthews Southern Comfort were at the Roundhouse in London
1971: The Rolling Stones released the album Sticky Fingers.
1975: Pink Floyd played the first of five sold out performances at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
1976: The Ramones released their debut album.
1976: Bob Marley and the Wailers began their 42-date tour at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby , Pennsylvania
1977: Joan Jett and Blondie performed at the Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles
1977: After 19 weeks on the charts, Thelma Houston culminated her ascension at #1 with "Don't Leave Me This Way", which is the 10th longest time for a song to reach #1 in rock history. She was followed by Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights". The Eagles were climbing fast with "Hotel California" while David Soul's displaced #1 "Don't Give Up On Us" fell to #4. The remainder of the Top Ten: 10cc were at #5 with "The Things We Do For Love", Natalie Cole edged up one with "I've Got Love On My Mind", Barbra Streisand's former #1 "Evergreen" moved back up to #7, the Atlanta Rhythm Section held #8 with "So In To You", Leo Sayer had a big hit with "When I Need You" at #9 and Jennifer Warnes scored her first top ten with "Right Time of the Night".
1977: Leo Sayer topped the Adult Contemporary chart with "When I Need You".
1977: Hotel California by the Eagles topped Fleetwood Mac's Rumours on the album chart as those two would occupy either #1 or #2 or both spots on the chart for 18 consecutive weeks. The Soundtrack to 'A Star Is Born'" would have to settle for #3 with Stevie Wonder's classic Songs in the Key of Life at #4. The rest of the Top Ten: Left Overture from Kansas, This One's For You by Barry Manilow at #6, Boston's great debut at #7, Unpredictable from Natalie Cole at #8, Steve Miller's Fly Like An Eagle and George Benson's In Flight at #10.
1978: The Police performed at the Roundhouse in London
1983: Stephen Bishop was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "It Might Be You".
1983: U2 began their War tour at the Carolina Concert For Children benefit in Chapel Hill , North Carolina
1983: Thriller spent another week at #1 with Journey's Frontiers at #2 and H2O from Hal & Oates remaining at 3. The rest of the Top Ten: Business As Usual from Men At Work, Kilroy Was Here at #5 for Styx, Rio remaining at #6 for Duran Duran, Lionel Richie's debut at #7, Pyromania from Def Leppard at #8, The Final Cut from Pink Floyd moving up to 9 and Toto's classic album IV at #10.
Dexy's Midnight Runners surprised the world with a #1 song
1983: Dexy's Midnight Runners had the new #1 song with "Come On Eileen". Michael Jackson was moving up with "Beat It", Styx remained at #3 with "Mr. Roboto" and the Greg Kihn Band's "Jeopardy" was at #4. The rest of the Top Ten: "Der Kommissar" from After the Fire moved up to #6, Hall & Oates had #7 with "One On One", Journey remained a #8 with "Separate Ways", David Bowie moved into the top ten with "Let's Dance" and Thomas Dolby was at #10 with "She Blinded Me With Science".
1988: Iron Maiden topped the UK
1988: The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack was at #1 on the U.S. album chart with Bad from Michael Jackson #2, More Dirty Dancing from the movie at #3, George Michael's Faith at #4 and Kick from INXS #5.
1988: Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine moved into the #1 slot on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Anything For You".
1988: Whitney Houston broke a record held by the Beatles and Bee Gees when she recorded her seventh straight #1 song with “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”. "Devil Inside" from INXS was #2, followed by the former #1 "Get Outta' My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean, "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby and "Girlfriend" by Pebbles at #5.
1989: Kylie Minogue appeared on British television in the Australian soap opera “The Henderson Kids”.
1992:
1993: Guns N’ Roses played the first of two shows at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City , Mexico
2001: Coldplay performed at the Music Hall, Aberdeen in Scotland
Born This Day:
1936: Roy Orbison; died December 6, 1988
1939: Ray Peterson ("Tell Laura I Love Her")
1949: John Miles ("Music"); worked with Jimmy Page, Tina Turner, Alan Parsons and Joe Cocker
1960: David Gedge, vocalist and guitarist for the Wedding Present
1960: Steve Clark of Def Leppard; died January 8, 1991 due to heavy alcohol consumption
1964: Simon Matthews, drummer with Jesus Jones ("Right Here, Right Now")
1968: Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray
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