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Music on the 26th of November in history

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26 Nov 1925 birth Michael Holliday, singer, 1958 UK No.1 'The Story Of My Life'. The song gave the writers Bacharach and David their first UK No.1 hit. Holliday died on 29th Oct 1963
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26 Nov 1939 birth Tina Turner, (Annie Mae Bullock), Ike & Tina Turner, (1966 UK No.3 single 'River Deep Mountain High', 1971 US No.4 single 'Proud Mary'), solo, (1984 UK No.3 and US No.1 single 'What's Love Got To Do With It', plus over 25 other UK Top 40 singles).
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26 Nov 1944 birth Jean Terrell, vocals, The Supremes, joined in 1969. (1970 US No.10 & UK No.6 single 'Up The Ladder To The Roof').
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26 Nov 1944 birth Alan Henderson, Them, (1965 UK No.2 & US No.24 single 'Here Comes The Night').
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26 Nov 1945 birth John McVie, Fleetwood Mac, (1987 UK No.5 single 'Little Lies', and 1977 US No.1 single 'Dreams', from worldwide No.1 album 'Rumours').
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26 Nov 1946 birth Burt Reiter, bass, Focus, (1973 UK No.4 single 'Sylvia', 1973 US No.9 single 'Hocus Pocus').
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26 Nov 1948 birth John Rossall, The Glitter Band, (1974 UK No.4 single 'Angel Face').
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26 Nov 1949 birth Martin Lee, Brotherhood Of Man, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Save Your Kisses For Me').
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26 Nov 1958 Johnny Cash, made his debut on the US country chart when ‘Cry! Cry! Cry!’ made it to number 14. His next seven singles would all make the country top 10, with ‘I Walk the Line’ and ‘There You Go’ both hitting number 1.
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26 Nov 1962 The Beatles recorded their second single ‘Please Please Me’ in 18 takes and ‘Ask Me Why’ for the flip side at EMI studio’s London. When released in the US on the Vee-Jay label, the first pressings featured a typographical error: The band's name was spelled "The Beattles".
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26 Nov 1962 listen to ‘This Day in Music Nov 26th’ on Audioboo
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26 Nov 1964 birth Adam Gaynor, guitar, Matchbox 20, (1998 UK No.38 single 'Push', 2000 US No.1 single 'Bent').
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26 Nov 1966 Mark Gillespie, Big Fun, (1989 UK No.4 single 'Blame It On The Boogie').
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26 Nov 1967 The promotional film of The Beatles 'Hello, Goodbye' was aired on The Ed Sullivan show in the US. It was never shown at the time in the UK due to a musician's union ban on miming.
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26 Nov 1967 This was the 10th date on a 16-date UK package tour that Pink Floyd played alongside The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Nice, The Eire Apparent, The Outer Limits and Amen Corner. Tonight's date was at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and as with all of the dates, there were two shows per night.
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26 Nov 1967 birth John Stirratt, bass, songwriter, Wilco, (2004 album 'A Ghost Is Born').
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26 Nov 1968 Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill were Yes and Taste. The concert was filmed and released as Cream's Farewell Concert which has often been criticized for both its mediocre sound and visual effects: during Ginger Baker's drum solo, he seems to change clothes at lightning speed due to careless post-editing.
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26 Nov 1970 birth Ron Jones, guitar, Flaming Lips, (2002 UK No. 32 single ‘Do You Realize’).
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26 Nov 1973 John Rostill former bassist with The Shadows died after being electrocuted at his home recording studio. A local newspaper ran the headline, 'Pop musician dies, guitar apparent cause'. After the break up of The Shadows Rostill worked with Tom Jones and wrote songs covered by Elvis Presley and Olivia Newton-John.
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26 Nov 1973 The New York Dolls made their live UK debut at Biba's Rainbow Room, London. The American band who formed in New York in 1971 influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups.
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26 Nov 1976 Kevin Godley and Lol Creme left 10cc to work as a duo and concentrate on other projects including developing 'The Gizmo', a device used to make neo- orchestral sounds on a guitar.
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26 Nov 1976 The Sex Pistols released the single 'Anarchy In The UK'. Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached No.38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on 6 January 1977.
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26 Nov 1981 birth Natash Bedingfield, singer, (2004 UK No.1 single 'These Words').
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26 Nov 1984 birth Benjamin Wysocki, drummer, The Fray. 2009 US No.1 self titled album.
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26 Nov 1988 Russian cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 took into space a cassette copy (minus the cassette box for weight reasons) of the latest Pink Floyd album Delicate Sound Of Thunder and played it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attended the launch of the spacecraft.
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26 Nov 1989 The Rolling Stones played a concert at Death Valley Stadium in Clenson, South Carolina to help raise money for the victims of Hurricane Hugo.
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26 Nov 1990 The inaugural Billboard Music Awards were held in Santa Monica, California. Janet Jackson was the main winner of the night, winning in eight categories, including Top Pop Album, Top R&B Album and Top R&B Artist.
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26 Nov 1990 birth British singer-songwriter and actress, Rita Ora. Her debut studio album Ora (2012) debuted at No.1 in the UK, and spawned the No.1 singles 'R.I.P.' and 'How We Do (Party)'.
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26 Nov 1991 US Country singer Garth Brooks asked fans to bring 10 cans of food to a grocery store in exchange for a lottery envelope, some of which contained tickets to see Garth at a forthcoming show. Over 10,000 cans were donated to charity.
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26 Nov 1994 Boyz II Men started their 14th and final week at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Make Love To You' giving them the longest run in chart history along with 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston.
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26 Nov 1994 The Eagles started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hell Freezes Over.' The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980; he commented that the band would play together again "when Hell freezes over."
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26 Nov 2000 Manchester club the Hacienda was auctioned off raising £18,000 for charity. Madonna made her UK TV debut at the club when C4 music show The Tube was broadcast live from the venue. Oasis, Happy Mondays, U2, New Order, Stone Roses, The Smiths and James all played at the club.
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26 Nov 2000 The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 1.' The album features virtually every number-one single released from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on one CD. The world's best-selling album of the 21st century, 1 has sold over 31 million copies.
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26 Nov 2003 Rapper Soulja Slim was shot to death in front of his home in New Orleans aged 25. The rapper was featured on Juvenile's 2004 US No.1 single 'Slow Motion.'
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26 Nov 2008 The parents of missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards were granted a court order for him to be declared presumed dead, after he disappeared nearly 14 years ago. Despite alleged sightings all over the world many believed to be Edwards, whose car was found near the Severn Bridge, where he was thought to have taken his own life at the age of 27.
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