This Day in Music History: September 28
September 28, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 28.
1968: The Beatles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Hey Jude'. Paul McCartney's song that was written about Lennon's son Julian, gave the group their 16th US No.1 and the biggest selling single of 1968. In 1996, Julian paid £25,000 for the recording notes to the song at an auction.
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1976: Stevie Wonder released his 18th studio album 'Songs in the Key of Life', an ambitious double LP with a four-song bonus EP. It debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Chart on October 8, 1976, and thus became only the third album in history to achieve that feat and the first by an American artist.
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1980: The Police were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Don't Stand So Close To Me', the group's third No.1. It is taken from their album 'Zenyatta Mondatta' and was also the best selling single of 1980.
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1985: Kate Bush scored her second UK No.1 album with 'Hounds Of Love'. It was her second No.1 album and featured the songs 'Running Up That Hill', 'Cloudbusting', 'Hounds of Love' and 'The Big Sky'.
1991: American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis died of a stroke and pneumonia. His 1959 album 'Kind of Blue', is a major influence on jazz music. He is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
2002: Madonna was voted the greatest female singer of all-time by 75,0000 music fans in a VH1 poll. However, critics and music fans were unhappy with the position of Kylie Minogue, who was voted into second place beating Diana Ross, (12th) and Annie Lennox, (14th). The highest placed UK act was Kate Bush who was voted No. 10.
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