The number one single today in 1958:

The number one single today in 1975 …

… the day of this event commemorated in music:

The number one British album today in 1979 was Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InjF8xj93LU

The number one British album today in 1984 was Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Welcome to the Pleasure Dome”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2TLAxTY9Xs

The number one British album today in 1990 was “The Very Best of Elton John,” a title that needed the additional words “up to now”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTa8U0Wa0q8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJHL34DiBY

The number one album today in 2002 was the soundtrack to the movie “8 Mile”:

Just two birthdays of note today: Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKI0d6TMlhM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCniNYZoFg

… and Mario Cipollina of Huey Lewis & the News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKqBopU_jA