What happened on November 4
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197254 yrs ago
Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" reaches No. 1
Shaped by reggae and by his time working with Bob Marley, the sunny single jumped from No. 5 to the top of the Hot 100 and held on for four weeks.
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199135 yrs ago
My Bloody Valentine release Loveless
Kevin Shields spent over two years and nineteen studios layering its blurry, dreamlike walls of guitar with samples and endless overdubs.
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199630 yrs ago
Spice Girls release their debut album Spice in the UK
Powered by "Wannabe," it sold 23 million copies, the most for any girl group.
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199630 yrs ago
Aphex Twin releases the Richard D. James Album in the UK
Issued on Warp Records, it set rapid, jungle-inspired breakbeats and dense drum programming against lush strings and ambient melodies.
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199729 yrs ago
Shania Twain releases Come On Over in North America
With 40 million copies sold, it is the best-selling country album and the best-selling studio album by a woman.
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193294 yrs ago
Irish folk singer Tommy Makem is born
He found fame with the Clancy Brothers, and his song "Four Green Fields" became so familiar that some took it for a traditional folk song.
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194086 yrs ago
Delbert McClinton is born in Lubbock
His harmonica rang out on Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby," and on tour in England he taught John Lennon some blues harp tricks. He went on to win four Grammys.
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197155 yrs ago
Jazz singer Gregory Porter is born
His rich baritone won two Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and Liquid Spirit reached the UK top 10, rare for a jazz record.
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1847179 yrs ago
Felix Mendelssohn dies at 38
The composer of the "Wedding March" also staged Bach's St Matthew Passion in Berlin in 1829, a performance at the heart of Bach's revival in Germany and later across Europe.
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1924102 yrs ago
French composer Gabriel Fauré dies
Remembered for his Requiem and the graceful Pavane, he also led the Paris Conservatoire from 1905 and modernized how it ran.
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