What happened on November 29
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196363 yrs ago
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" comes out in the UK
Over a million copies were ordered before it even hit shops. By February 1964 it was No. 1 in America, where it stayed for seven weeks.
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198244 yrs ago
Michael Jackson releases Thriller
With around 70 million copies sold, no album in history has outsold it. It also took a record eight Grammys, including Album of the Year.
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199432 yrs ago
Mary J. Blige releases My Life
Her second album spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the R&B albums chart and was added to the National Recording Registry in 2025.
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201016 yrs ago
Adele releases "Rolling in the Deep"
The lead single from 21 spent seven weeks at No. 1 in the US and swept Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video.
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1915111 yrs ago
Composer Billy Strayhorn is born
Duke Ellington's closest musical partner wrote the band's signature tune, "Take the 'A' Train," and the haunting ballad "Lush Life."
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1917109 yrs ago
Guitar innovator Merle Travis is born
His thumb-and-finger style is still called Travis picking. He also wrote "Sixteen Tons," a country No. 1 for Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955.
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194680 yrs ago
Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodríguez is born
The leader of Cuba's Nueva Trova movement wrote poetic songs like "Ojalá" and "Unicornio" that became standards across Latin America.
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195175 yrs ago
Talk box funk master Roger Troutman is born
His band Zapp made funk that West Coast rappers sampled heavily. He also featured with Dr. Dre on 2Pac's "California Love," a Hot 100 No. 1.
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1924102 yrs ago
Opera composer Giacomo Puccini dies in Brussels
He left Turandot unfinished; Franco Alfano completed the last two scenes from his sketches. The opera includes "Nessun dorma," one of several memorable arias that work as stand-alone pieces.
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200125 yrs ago
George Harrison dies at 58
The Beatles' quiet guitarist wrote "Something," which Frank Sinatra called the greatest love song of the past fifty years.
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