This Day in Music History: June 29
June 29, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: June 29.
1961: Del Shannon topped the UK singles chart with the song 'Runaway.' It was Shannon's only UK No.1 hit and the first of 14 UK Top 40 hits.
1968: The Small Faces started a six week run at the top of the UK album chart with Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. It was a concept album with a cover design that was round in order to look like a tobacco tin. The album features the hit song 'Lazy Sunday.'
1974: Charles Aznavour topped the UK singles chart with the song 'She', his only UK No.1. At the time, it made the singer the oldest living male to top the UK charts at the age of 50 years old.
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1975: American singer and songwriter Tim Buckley, died due to an overdose of heroin and morphine at the aged of 28. Buckley released nine albums including the 1972 release 'Greetings from L.A.' He was the father of singer and songwriter Jeff Buckley, who died as well in 1997 at the age of 30 after he drowned.
1985: David Bowie and Mick Jagger recorded their own version to the song 'Dancing In The Street'. It was a big hit in 1964 for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. The single became a No.1 UK hit. The original plan was to perform a track together live, as David Bowie was performing the song at Wembley Stadium and Mick Jagger at John F. Kennedy Stadium. Only when it was realized that the satellite link-up would cause a half-second delay, which would make it impossible to achieve, they dropped this plan. The only way it would have been possible to do, was if either David Bowie or Micker Jagger mimed their singing, but this was something neither of the two was willing to do.
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1991: Jason Donovan scored his third UK No.1 single with the song 'Any Dream Will Do'. The song was originally written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Jason was playing the lead role in a new London production of the musical.
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2003: Beyonce started a five week run at the top of the UK album chart with 'Dangerously In Love', which also topped the US chart.
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