What happened on October 26
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196561 yrs ago
The Beatles collect their MBEs at Buckingham Palace
Honouring a pop group stirred a political row, with some MPs questioning it while others praised the happiness and export value the band brought. John Lennon later sent his medal back.
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197056 yrs ago
Elton John's "Your Song" issued in the US
It first came out in America as the B-side of "Take Me to the Pilot" before becoming a Top 10 hit. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyric at the kitchen table of Elton's mother's flat, and Three Dog Night recorded it before Elton did.
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197452 yrs ago
Dionne Warwick and the Spinners hit No. 1 together
"Then Came You" was the first Hot 100 No. 1 for both acts. Thom Bell produced it in Philadelphia.
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198541 yrs ago
Whitney Houston scores her first Hot 100 No. 1
"Saving All My Love for You" displaced a-ha's "Take On Me" and launched a record streak of seven straight US chart-toppers. The song had first been cut by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978.
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1685341 yrs ago
Domenico Scarlatti, master of the keyboard sonata, is born
Born in Naples as the son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti, he wrote 555 keyboard sonatas, most of them while serving the Spanish royal court.
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1911115 yrs ago
Gospel queen Mahalia Jackson is born in New Orleans
Her 1947 "Move On Up a Little Higher" sold two million copies. At the 1963 March on Washington she reportedly urged Martin Luther King Jr. to "tell 'em about the dream."
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194284 yrs ago
Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento is born in Rio
He led the Clube da Esquina collective, and his appearance on Wayne Shorter's 1974 album Native Dancer brought him a global audience.
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196759 yrs ago
Country star Keith Urban is born in New Zealand
Born in Whangarei and raised in Queensland, Australia, he went on to 18 No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and four Grammys.
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196660 yrs ago
Alma Cogan, 'the girl with the giggle', dies at 34
The 1950s' highest-paid British female entertainer had a UK No. 1 with "Dreamboat". Paul McCartney played tambourine on one of her 1964 records.
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199927 yrs ago
Songwriter Hoyt Axton dies at 61
He wrote Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" and Steppenwolf's "The Pusher". His mother, Mae Boren Axton, co-wrote Elvis's "Heartbreak Hotel".
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