What happened on November 6
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196561 yrs ago
The Rolling Stones hit No. 1 with "Get Off of My Cloud"
Their follow-up to "Satisfaction" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks.
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197056 yrs ago
Aerosmith play their very first show, at a high school
The band, formed in Boston that year, made its live debut at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts.
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197551 yrs ago
The Sex Pistols play their first gig at a London art school
They were the support act for pub rockers Bazooka Joe at Saint Martin's School of Art. A band now widely seen as hugely influential started out as somebody else's warm-up.
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198244 yrs ago
"Up Where We Belong" climbs to No. 1 in the US
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes's duet began a three-week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
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199036 yrs ago
Madonna releases "Justify My Love" in the US
Built on spoken-word vocals, the single climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, her ninth No. 1 there.
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1854172 yrs ago
John Philip Sousa, the March King, is born
Born in Washington, D.C., he wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever", which Congress made America's official national march in 1987.
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194185 yrs ago
Texas songwriter Guy Clark is born
His songs became hits for others: Ricky Skaggs took "Heartbroke" to No. 1, and The Highwaymen recorded "Desperados Waiting for a Train".
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194878 yrs ago
Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey is born in Detroit
He sang lead on Eagles favorites like "Take It Easy", "Tequila Sunrise", "Lyin' Eyes" and "Heartache Tonight".
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194977 yrs ago
Cuban trumpet star Arturo Sandoval is born
Dizzy Gillespie took him under his wing, and in 1989, during a tour with Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, helped him defect from Cuba. He has since won four Grammy Awards.
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1893133 yrs ago
Tchaikovsky dies at 53 in Saint Petersburg
The composer of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and the 1812 Overture died in Saint Petersburg. That November his Piano Trio in A minor, written in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein, was played in his honor at memorial concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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197056 yrs ago
Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara dies at 73
His songs "Granada" and "Solamente una vez" won fans across Latin America and Spain, and international stars such as Mario Lanza and José Carreras took them to wider audiences.
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