1964, 21 year-old former hairdresser and cloakroom attendant at The Cavern club Cilla Black was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart.’ Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
1980, Winners at the Grammy Awards included: song of the year, ‘What A Fool Believes’, The Doobie Brothers, album of the year, Billy Joel’s ’52nd St’, best new artist, Rickie Lee Jones, best disco record, ‘I Will Survive’ Gloria Gaynor.
1993, After 14 weeks at No.1 on the US singles chart, ‘I Will Always Love
You’, gave Whitney Houston the longest ever US chart topper, and became the second biggest
selling single in the US.
Born on this day
1927, Guy Mitchell, US singer – 1957 UK & US No.1 single ‘Singing The Blues
1951, Steve Harley, singer, with English group Cockney Rebel
1954, Neal Schon, guitarist from Journey
1955, Gary Christian, from English group The Christians
1964, Ewan Venal, from Scottish group Deacon Blue
1973, Peter Andre, singer and former actor and reality TV star
1981, Josh Groban, US singer
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