This Day in Music History: December 26

December 26, 2016

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

 

Today: December 26.

 

1964: The Beatles started a three week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'I Feel Fine'. It was the band's 6th No.1 of the year, a year where they had 30 entries on the chart, giving them a total of 18 weeks at the top of the charts.

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1968: Led Zeppelin started their first North American tour. They supported Vanilla Fudge and Spirit at Denver Auditorium, Colorado, with tickets for this Sunday night show costed $5.

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1970: George Harrison started a four week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'My Sweet Lord'. This made him the first Beatles member to score a No.1 US hit. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston.

 

1979: 'The Wall' by Pink Floyd topped the US album chart. (The album spent a total of 15 weeks at the No.1 spot during a 35-week stay on the chart). The album also spent a total of 5 weeks at the top of the UK chart.

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1981: AC/DC started a three-week run at the top of the US album chart with 'For Those About To Rock We Salute You', the follow-up to their highly successful album 'Back In Black'. The inspiration to the name of the album came from a book Angus Young read, entitled 'For Those About to Die, We Salute You', about Roman gladiators.

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