What happened on November 3
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195670 yrs ago
"Love Me Tender" hits No. 1 for Elvis
Built on the Civil War tune "Aura Lea," it reached No. 1 and stayed there five weeks. Over a million advance orders made it gold before it was even in stores.
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197947 yrs ago
M's synth-pop "Pop Muzik" tops the US chart
Robin Scott's project had stalled at No. 2 in Britain, but in America the bouncy electronic single went all the way to No. 1.
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199135 yrs ago
300,000 fans honor Bill Graham in Golden Gate Park
The free "Laughter, Love and Music" show remembered the late promoter, with Santana, the Grateful Dead, John Fogerty and a reunited Journey all taking the stage.
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199234 yrs ago
Bob Dylan goes back to basics on Good as I Been to You
Just Dylan, guitar and harmonica: it was his first fully solo acoustic album since Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964.
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199828 yrs ago
Juvenile releases 400 Degreez
The Cash Money album went four times platinum and gave him his defining hit, "Back That Azz Up."
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1801225 yrs ago
Opera composer Vincenzo Bellini is born
The Sicilian master of bel canto wrote Norma, home of the aria "Casta diva," before his death at just 33.
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193393 yrs ago
Film composer John Barry is born in York
He scored eleven James Bond films, Goldfinger among them, and won five Oscars, including for Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves.
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194878 yrs ago
Scottish singer Lulu is born
She burst out with "Shout" in 1964, and her "To Sir with Love" spent five weeks at No. 1 in America in 1967.
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200224 yrs ago
"King of Skiffle" Lonnie Donegan dies at 71
His hit "Rock Island Line" helped spark Britain's skiffle boom. George Harrison put it simply: no Lonnie Donegan, no Beatles.
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20242 yrs ago
Quincy Jones dies at 91
Winner of 28 Grammys, he produced Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad, and steered the all-star charity record "We Are the World."
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