This Day October 28 In Music History
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79892)
Daytona Beach, Florida
October 28, 2021 6:37pm CST
In 1956 Elvis was on the US TV show The Ed Sullivan Show for the second time and was presented with a gold record for "Love Me Tender"
In 1967 Diana Ross and The Supremes were at number one on the US album chart with their Diana Ross and The Supremes Greatest Hits album
In 1972 Stevie Wonder came out with his 15th studio album Talking Book It included the number one hit "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" The song got Wonder his first Grammy Award. The album featured a guest appearance by Jeff Beck on the track "Superstition"
The same year The United States Council for World Affairs made the announcement that it was adopting the song "Join Together" by The Who as its official theme tune.
In 1973 David Cassidy was at number one on the UK singles chart with 'Daydreamer / The Puppy Song' 'The Puppy Song' was Cassidy's version of the Harry Nilsson song.
In 1974 Jamaican reggae artist Ken Boothe was at number one on the UK singles chart with "Everything I Own" a song by David Gates from the group Bread. Boy George was at number one with this song in 1987
in 1978 Nick Gilder was at number one on the US singles chart with "Hot Child In the City"
In 1989 Janet Jackson was at number one on the US album chart with Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 It was only one of three albums to produce seven Top Ten US singles. The other two were Thriller by Michael Jackson and Born In the USA by Bruce Springsteen
In 1995 Coolio was at number one on the UK singles chart with "Gangsta's Paradise" It was featured in the 1995 movie "Dangerous Minds" starring Michelle Pfeiffer
In 2007 X Factor winner Leona Lewis was at number one on the UK singles chart with the first track for her debut album Bleeding Love
In 2013 New Zealand singer Lorde was at number one on the UK singles chart with her debut single "Royals" At 16 she is the youngest solo artist to get a UK number one hit
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Oct 21
@CarolDM as soon as I wrote the name of the song You're the sunshine of my life I already could hear the song in my head,
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Oct 21
@RasmaSandra And Superstitious.
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@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 Oct 21
Not one of these is a bad song. Natural stars each one of them. Thanks Sandra good memories once again.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Oct 21
Glad it brought good memories @RebeccasFarm
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@thedevilinme (4128)
• Northampton, England
29 Oct 21
Stop posting interesting stuff.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Oct 21
Glad you find it interesting and why would I stop posting interesting stuff @thedevilinme
@t100068 (289)
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29 Oct 21
Lorde is an incredible singer, and her royals song is incredible. Lorde has produced several incredible music videos including team and yellow flicker beat. Which lorde song do you like the best? Thank you for posting incredible information about famous music. Who is your favorite singer from this list?
@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Oct 21
@1100068, not a Lorde fan have not heard her songs. Glad you found the information interesting, I was a big David Cassidy fan during my teen idol stage
@LindaOHio (178780)
• United States
29 Oct 21
Stevie Wonder is one of my favorites.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
29 Oct 21
so many interesting songs and artists on this day.
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