This Day in Music History: November 25
November 25, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: November 25.
1965: Harrods department store in London, England, closed to the public in order for the band members of The Beatles to do their Christmas shopping in private.
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1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their UK live debut at the Bag O'Nails Club, London. They played using the club's DJ booth. Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, The Hollies, and the Small Faces would all hang out at the club and be part of it.
1974: UK singer and songwriter, Nick Drake, died in his sleep at the age of 26 of an overdose of tryptasol, an anti-depressant drug. Drake signed to Island Records when he was 20 years old and recorded the classic 1972 album 'Pink Moon'. In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month, Drake had sold more records than he had in the previous 30 years.
1976: The Band made their final performance, 'The Last Waltz', which was held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The concert also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton and others. The show was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978.
2000: A burglar broke into the home of Alice Cooper and got away with over $6000 worth of clothes, shoes and cameras belonging to Cooper's daughter. The goods were all lifted from Cooper's house in Paradise Valley, along with four of the singer's gold discs.
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2001: Robbie Williams began an eight-week run at the No.1 spot on the UK album chart with 'Swing When You're Winning'. The album spent 57 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, certified 7x Platinum, and became the 49th best-selling album of all-time in the UK.
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2003: Meat Loaf underwent heart surgery in a London hospital, after being diagnosed with a condition that causes an irregular heartbeat. The 52-year-old singer had collapsed on November 17th during his performance at London's Wembley Arena.
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