This Day in Music History: October 14th

1957 – The Everly Brothers had their first No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Wake Up Little Susie.’

1965 – The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, Unit 4 Plus 2, The Checkmates, The Habit, The End, and Charlie Dickins all appeared at The Odeon, Birmingham during a UK tour.

1966 – Pink Floyd played their first-ever “underground” set when they appeared at All Saints Hall, Notting Hill, London, UK.

1968- The Jackson Five make their national TV debut on ‘ABC TV’s Hollywood Palace.

1969 – Police in New Jersey issued a warrant for the arrest of Frank Sinatra in relation to his connections with the Mafia.

1972 – Michael Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Ben’, his first solo No.1. 

1977 – David Bowie released his twelfth studio album Heroes, which was later named NME Album of the Year.

1988 – Def Leppard became the first act in chart history to sell seven million copies of two consecutive LPs, with Pyromania and Hysteria.

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