This Day in Music History: November 5

November 5, 2016

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

 

Today: November 5.

 

1966: The Monkees topped the Billboard singles chart with ‘Last Train To Clarksville’, the band’s first No. 1 hit. Bobby Hart who co-wrote the song got the idea for the lyrics of the song when he turned on the radio and heard the end of The Beatles' 'Paperback Writer'. He thought Paul McCartney was singing "Take the last train", and decided to use the line when he found out McCartney was actually singing 'Paperback Writer'.

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1967: Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, was a passenger on a train which crashed in South East London in England. 49 were killed and 78 injured in that crash. He was treated for shock after the accident.

 

1983: Billy Joel reached the No.1 spot on the UK singles chart with 'Uptown Girl'. It stayed at the top of the chars for 5 weeks. The song was initially written about his relationship with his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife Christie Brinkley (both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s).

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1988: The Beach Boys were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Kokomo', which also reached the No.25 spot in the UK. The song had been featured in the 1988 film 'Cocktail' staring Tom Cruise and Elisabeth Shue.

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1994: Sheryl Crow scored her first UK Top 10 single when her song 'All I Wanna Do' entered the charts at No.4. Sheryl Crow went on to become the first US female that scored six UK hits off her debut album 'Tuesday Night Music Club'.

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2000: U2 topped the UK album chart with 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'. It was the band's 8th UK No.1 album. Creed were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'With Arms Wide Open'.

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