What happened on November 12
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198343 yrs ago
"All Night Long" takes over the Hot 100
Lionel Richie's party anthem reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart dated November 12, 1983.
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198442 yrs ago
Madonna releases Like a Virgin
All four of its US singles went top five, the title track became her first No. 1, and it was the first album by a woman to sell over 5 million US copies.
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200224 yrs ago
Missy Elliott releases Under Construction
Built on Timbaland's stark beats and led by "Work It", it went double platinum and earned an Album of the Year nomination.
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201016 yrs ago
Rihanna releases Loud
Three of its singles hit No. 1 on the Hot 100: "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?" and "S&M".
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20215 yrs ago
Silk Sonic release An Evening with Silk Sonic
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak went back to '60s and '70s soul, and "Leave the Door Open" won four Grammys, including Record and Song of the Year.
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1833193 yrs ago
Composer and chemist Alexander Borodin is born
A working chemist who composed in his spare time, he wrote Prince Igor with its Polovtsian Dances, later turned into songs for the musical Kismet.
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194482 yrs ago
Booker T. Jones is born in Memphis
While still in high school he co-wrote the organ classic "Green Onions" and led Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and he played on many Stax sessions for the label's other artists.
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194581 yrs ago
Neil Young is born in Toronto
"Heart of Gold" was his only No. 1, and he later said it put him in the middle of the road, so he headed for the ditch. He's in the Rock Hall twice.
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200818 yrs ago
Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell dies at 62
He won his place in the Jimi Hendrix Experience on a coin toss and drummed on Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland.
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201016 yrs ago
Polish composer Henryk Górecki dies at 76
A 1992 recording of his Symphony No. 3, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, sold over a million copies, far beyond what modern symphonic music usually sells.
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