This Day in Music History: October 15

October 15, 2016

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

 

Today: October 15.

 

1960: The Beatles (minus Pete Best) and two members of Rory Storm's Hurricanes (Ringo Starr and Lou Walters) recorded a version of George Gershwin's ‘Summertime’ in a Hamburg recording studio. The track which was cut onto a 78-rpm disc marked the first session that included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo together.

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1965: Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract in the UK, where he would receive $1 and a 1% Royalty on all of his recordings.

 

1973: Keith Richards was found guilty of trafficking cannabis by a Court in Nice, France. The Rolling Stones band member was given a one-year suspended sentence and a 5,000 franc fine. He was also banned from entering France for two years.

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1979: ABBA played their first concert in North America when they appeared in Vancouver, Canada.

 

1988: Bon Jovi started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their 4th release, 'New Jersey.' The album produced five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album.

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1988: UB40 went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of Neil Diamond's song 'Red Red Wine', also a No.1 hit in the UK.

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2000: Radiohead went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Kid A', the band's 4th album that became the first Radiohead release to debut at No.1 in the US.

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2000: U2 reached the No.1 spot on the UK singles chart with 'Beautiful Day', the band's 4th UK No.1 single and taken from their album 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'.

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