This Day in Music History: April 24
April 24, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: April 24.
1959: Buddy Holly topped the UK singles chart with the song 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' by Paul Anka. It was a No.1 hit 6 weeks after Holly's death.
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1961: Del Shannon started a four week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Runaway', also a UK chart topper. Del was the first person that had a hit with a song by The Beatles in the US, with his version of 'From Me To You.'
1968: Louis Armstrong topped the UK singles chart with the song 'What A Wonderful World / Cabaret.' At 69 years of age, it made Louis Armstrong the oldest musician to ever score a UK No.1 hit.
1975: Peter Ham, British singer and songwriter of Badfinger, committed suicide by hanging himself in the garage of his Surrey home, st the age of 27. He co-wrote 'Without You', with band mate Tom Evans (who also committed suicide later). The song won an Ivor Novello award for Song Of The Year in 1973, and was a hit for Harry Nilson and Mariah Carey. He was a founder member of The Iveys, who became Badfinger, they were signed to the Beatles' Apple label and their first hit 'Come And Get It' was written by Paul McCartney.
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1995: Oasis released 'Some Might Say' which gave the band their first UK No.1 single. The planned promo video for the song was cancelled because Liam did not show up for the shoot. Instead, a makeshift video was created using footage from the 'Cigarettes & Alcohol', US 'Supersonic' and UK 'Whatever' videos.
2016: American soul singer Billy Paul died at his home in the Blackwood section of Gloucester Township, New Jersey. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer and died at the age of 81. Paul was best known for his 1972 hit 'Me and Mrs Jones', which won a Grammy award and topped the US charts.
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