This Day in Music History: November 12

November 12, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: November 12.

 

1965: Velvet Underground made their live debut when the band played at Summit High School, New Jersey, and were paid $75 for this show.

 

1966: The Monkees debut album began a 13-week run at the No.1 spot on the US album chart, selling more than 3 million copies in only three months.

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1977: The Sex Pistols topped the UK album chart with their debut album 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols'. It was the band's only No.1 album. This album was met by a hail of controversy upon its release. The first problems involved the allegedly 'obscene' name of the album, which resulted in the prosecution of the manager of the Nottingham Virgin record shop for having displayed it in a window. More outrage was sparked by the lyrics of the songs 'God Save the Queen' and 'Anarchy in the UK.'

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1983: Lionel Richie started a four week run at the No.1 spot on the US singles chart with his song 'All Night Long'. This song became Motown's biggest seller to date and made it to the No.2 spot in the UK.

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1983: Infidels album by Bob Dylan reached its highest position when it reached the No.9 spot in the UK chart. He co-produced the album with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, and had also approached Elvis Costello, David Bowie and Frank Zappa as possible producers.

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1988: U2 started a six-week run at the No.1 on spot the US album chart with their sixth studio album 'Rattle And Hum' which went on to sell more than 14 million copies.

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1997: The Spice Girls reached the No.1 spot on the UK album chart with their second album 'Spiceworld'. This album became a huge success worldwide, lengthening the so-called "Spicemania" fever at that time. It produced 4 singles, all of which saw commercial success and has now sold over 20 million worldwide.

 

 

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