This Day in Music History: August 26
August 26, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: August 26.
1965: Sonny & Cher were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I Got You Babe', the duo's only UK No.1. Sonny Bono was inspired to write this song to capitalize on the popularity of the term "babe," as heard in Bob Dylan's 'It Ain't Me Babe'.
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1973: 10cc made their live debut at the Palace Lido Isle of Man at the start of an UK tour. Comprising of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded together for some three years before assuming the 10cc name.
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1993: A double sided acetate of The Beatles performing live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool sold for £16,500 at Christies, London. It was also a world record price for a recording.
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1995: Blur scored their first UK No.1 single with 'Country House' and won a media battle with Oasis for the No.1 position. Both bands released their new singles on the same day, 'Country House' topped the chart, selling 270,000 copies, compared to 220,000 sold by 'Roll with It', seeing Oasis entering the chart at No.2.
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2003: Rolling Stone Magazine named Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist in Rock history. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ry Cooder also made the top 10 list, rightfully so.
2004: Singer Laura Branigan died of a brain aneurysm. two of her best known singles were a 1982 US No.2 & UK No.6 ‘Gloria’ and a 1984 US No.4 & UK No.5 ‘Self Control’. She had also played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis.
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