This Day in Music History: November 2
November 2, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: November 2.
1967: The Beatles finished the recordings of their next single ‘Hello Goodbye’ at Abbey Road studios London with a second Paul McCartney bass line. The song of Paul McCartney, had been selected for the A-side for The Beatles next single, when the flip side was chosen to be John Lennon’s song ‘I Am the Walrus’.
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1974: Stevie Wonder topped the US singles chart with his song 'You Haven't Done Nothin'. It was his fourth US No.1, and this song also featured The Jackson Five on backing vocals.
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1979: AC/DC played the second of three nights which were all sold out, at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England. Def Leppard supported their act.
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1991: U2 scored their second UK No.1 single with 'The Fly'. The song features on their album 'Achtung Baby', and was also a showcase for a persona Bono had invented called "The Fly".
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1999: Foo Fighters released 'There Is Nothing Left to Lose', their third studio album. This album marks the first appearance of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Early pressings of the disc included a temporary tattoo, similar to the one featured on the album cover.
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2007: Ozzy Osbourne claimed that his reputation had been tarnished after a party supposedly involving him was organised by US police officers in order to round up missing criminal suspects. Over 500 people in North Dakota with outstanding arrest warrants were sent invitations and more than 30 suspects turned up. Ozzy said it was "insulting" that his name had been even used, yet police argued it was a "creative" way to fight crime. Ozzy Osbourne was the person that police selected because he was due to play a gig in a nearby arena, which was used to explain why he would supposedly have attended the party.
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