This Day in Music History: October 10
October 10, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: October 10.
1902: The Gibson Mandolin guitar company was formed. The first electric guitar by Gibson the ES-150, was produced in 1936, and in 1946 Gibson introduced the P-90 single coil pickup, which was eventually used on the first Les Paul model made in 1952.
1970: The Carpenters reached the No.2 spot on the US singles chart with 'We've Only Just Begun.' The song was originally written for a TV commercial advertising a bank.
1970: Black Sabbath topped the UK chart with their second album 'Paranoid.' The album which contains some of the band's best-known signature songs, including the title track, 'Iron Man' and 'War Pigs' is now regarded as one of the classic Heavy Metal albums of all-time.
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1970: Neil Diamond went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Cracklin' Rosie', his first No.1 as an artist. Diamond spent his early career as a songwriter in the Brill Building, wrote the 1966 No.1 hit 'I'm A Believer' for The Monkees.
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1978: Steve Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith were injured after a cherry bomb was thrown on stage during a show in Philadelphia. The band performed behind a safety fence for the rest of the tour.
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1981: The Police went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Ghost In The Machine', the band's third No.1 LP.
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1987: Whitesnake went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Here I Go Again', a No.9 hit in the UK in 1987.
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1992: R.E.M. scored their second UK No.1 album with 'Automatic For The People', which featured the singles 'Drive', 'Everybody Hurts', 'Man On The Moon' and 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight.'
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