This Day in Music History: September 8
September 8, 2016We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.
Today: September 8.
1968: The Beatles performed 'Hey Jude' on the UK television show 'Frost On Sunday' in front of an invited audience. The song was the first single from The Beatles' record label Apple Records and at over seven minutes in length, 'Hey Jude' was, at the time, the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks as No.1 in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles' single.
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1977: Guitarist Jimmy McCulloch left Wings in order to help re-form the Small Faces. McCulloch had played with Paul McCartney band on the Venus and Mars and Wings At the Speed of Sound albums, as well as on the Wings Over America tour. He died two years later at the age of 26. Drummer Joe English also left Wings at this time, and joined Sea Level.
1979: Led Zeppelin scored their eighth UK No.1 album when 'In Through The Out Door' reached the top of the charts for two weeks.
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1984: Stevie Wonder had his first UK No.1 with 'I Just Called To Say I Love You'. It was taken from the film 'The Woman In Red' and was 18 years after Wonder's chart debut in 1966. The song stayed at No.1 for six weeks.
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1990: Jon Bon Jovi reached the to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Blaze Of Glory', a No.2 in the UK. The track appeared in the motion picture Young Guns II, for which it was originally recorded.
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2002: Bruce Dickinson, singer of Iron Maiden started his new job as an airline pilot. The heavy metal singer qualified as a £35,000 - a year first officer with Gatwick based airline Astraeus who took holidaymakers to Portugal and Egypt.
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