This Day in Music History: May 13
May 13, 2017We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: May 13.
1967: 'More Of The Monkees', the second album by The Monkees, topped the UK charts. In 1967, only four albums topped the charts: 'The Sound Of Music' which spent 17 weeks at the top, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper which spent 25 weeks at the top and The Monkees first and second albums which spent 9 weeks at the top of the charts.
Compare ticket prices to The Monkees concerts
1967: The Supremes scored their 10th US No.1 single with 'The Happening', which also reached the No.6 spot in the UK. The song was the last single that was released as the Supremes, as from now on the girls were known as Diana Ross and the Supremes.
Compare ticket prices to Diana Ross concerts
1969: Led Zeppelin became one of the first major British rock group that appeared in Hawaii, when they performed at The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu. A review in the Honolulu Advertiser stated that the showmanship exceeded any rock performance in Hawaii to that day. The reporter wondered before the concert if they could sound as good as their Atlantic album, and stated that they actually sounded ever better.
Compare ticket prices to Robert Plant concerts
1970: The world premiere of 'Let It Be', a film by The Beatles, took place in New York City. The film was originally planned as a television documentary and features an unannounced rooftop concert by the band, whic was the last performance of The Beatles in public. It was released shortly after the release of the album and was the final original Beatles release.
Compare ticket prices to Paul McCartney concerts
Compare ticket prices to Ringo Starr concerts
1978: Boney M. topped the UK singles chart with the song 'Rivers of Babylon', and went to spend five weeks at the top of the charts. The song was originally by the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians, and their version of the song appeared in the soundtrack to the movie The Harder They Come from 1972.
Compare ticket prices to Boney M. concerts
1988: Fairground Attraction topped the UK singles charts with the song 'Perfect'. The band featured Eddi Reader who had worked before as a backing singer with the Eurythmics and Sandie Shaw. The song won the award for Best Single at the 1989 BRIT Awards.
1989: Kylie Minogue topped the UK singles chart with her second solo No.1 hit, 'Hand On Your Heart.' The song was written and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
Compare ticket prices to Kylie Minogue concerts
1989: Simple Minds topped the UK album chart with 'Street Fighting Years', the band's fourth No.1 album. It features the songs 'Belfast Child', 'Mandela Day' and 'Biko'.
Compare ticket prices to Simple Minds concerts
Think we left some interesting fact out? You have anything to add? Is there anything else worth mentioning that happened on this day in music history? Write us in the comments below.
Back to TixSearcher.com's Blog
