2000Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, on the lam after escaping from a drug-rehabilitation center on October 17, is arrested at a Philadelphia McDonald's when a policewoman recognizes him in the drive-thru lane.
1991Freddie Mercury's funeral is held in London. Just a small group of friends and family, including Elton John and Mercury's Queenbandmates, are at the private service. At the singer's request, his longtime companion Mary Austin takes his ashes - she never discloses their location.
1982Lionel Richie, who has already topped the Hot 100 with his group Commodores("Three Times A Lady," "Still") and with Diana Ross ("Endless Love"), reaches the top spot on his own with his first single, "Truly."
1969The Rolling Stones record Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! at New York City's Madison Square Garden. In the audience is Jimi Hendrix, celebrating his 27th (and last) birthday.
2017Country singer Blake Shelton is named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." He's the second musician to receive the honor in the annual feature's 32-year run; the first was Adam Levine, his fellow coach on The Voice, in 2013.
2009Bess Lomax Hawes (of the Almanac Singers) dies of a stroke at age 88.
2009Pop singer Al Alberts (of The Four Aces) dies of complications from renal failure at age 87.
2007Songstress and author Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, undergoes brain surgery to relieve pressure on her brain stem from a malformation. The operation is successful, and Rosanne recovers.
2006Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman, longtime Pick of the Pops host in the UK, dies at age 79.
2000Having been found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Sandra Rosas, wife of Los Lobos' Cesar Rosas, Gabriel Gomez, the victim's half-brother, leads police to a shallow grave in a nearby canyon. Dental records are used to ID Rosas body.
1999Influential independent rock icons Pavement announce that they have broken up. During their show at London's Brixton Academy, bandmember Stephen Malkmus tells the crowd that the show will be the band's last.
1997Reba McEntire debuts her new song "What If" at halftime of the Cowboys-Oilers Thanksgiving Day football game at Texas Stadium. Proceeds from the song are donated to the Salvation Army.
1997Icelandic singer Björk is admitted to the hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a high fever. The singer is forced to cancel many upcoming performance dates due to a kidney infection.
1990MTV bans the video for Madonna's "Justify My Love," which is too racy for the network. The singer responds by releasing the video on VHS, which sells over a million copies.
1981Before Napster, there was the dual-cassette recorder. In an effort to stop people from making copies of tapes, ads run in the British press saying, "Home taping is wiping out music."
1973Jimmy Widener, known as Hank Snow's rhythm guitarist, is beaten, robbed, and fatally shot in a Nashville alley.
1970Skoob (of the hip-hop duo Das EFX) is born William Hines in Brooklyn, New York.
The Beatles Are #1 30 Years After Their Split
2000
The Beatles have the #1 album in America with a collection of their 27 chart-topping hits, appropriately titled 1, proving that their appeal spans generations.
Released on the 30th anniversary of the band's breakup, the hit list was compiled by producer George Martin and the last three surviving members of the Beatles - Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – and remastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Starting in the mop-top period of the early-'60s, the album opens with "Love Me Do" and works its way through the Beatlemania-inducing singles "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Can't Buy Me Love" before transitioning into the experimental studio sessions of Revolver, with "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine." After a Magical Mystery Tour through "Penny Lane" and "All You Need Is Love," the Apple Records era of "Hey Jude," "Get Back," and "Let It Be," winds down to the final track, "The Long and Winding Road."
The collection, adorned with a yellow number one against a red background, surpasses all expectations. It lands at #1 in over 30 countries, including a chart-topping debut in the US. Within a week, the Beatles are usurped by the Backstreet Boys, but the lads from Liverpool prove they've still got it, and take back the top spot the following week. Not only does the album sell 3.6 million copies in its first week, but it also becomes the best-selling album of the decade in the US (and worldwide) with over 31 million copies sold globally.
Hoping to mimic 1's success, several more albums dedicated to chart-toppers are released within the next few years, including Elvis Presley's Elv1s, Michael Jackson's Number Ones, and the Bee Gees' Number Ones.
In 2015, the album is reissued as 1+, a three-disc set that includes video footage and commentaries from Paul and Ringo.
Starting in the mop-top period of the early-'60s, the album opens with "Love Me Do" and works its way through the Beatlemania-inducing singles "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Can't Buy Me Love" before transitioning into the experimental studio sessions of Revolver, with "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine." After a Magical Mystery Tour through "Penny Lane" and "All You Need Is Love," the Apple Records era of "Hey Jude," "Get Back," and "Let It Be," winds down to the final track, "The Long and Winding Road."
The collection, adorned with a yellow number one against a red background, surpasses all expectations. It lands at #1 in over 30 countries, including a chart-topping debut in the US. Within a week, the Beatles are usurped by the Backstreet Boys, but the lads from Liverpool prove they've still got it, and take back the top spot the following week. Not only does the album sell 3.6 million copies in its first week, but it also becomes the best-selling album of the decade in the US (and worldwide) with over 31 million copies sold globally.
Hoping to mimic 1's success, several more albums dedicated to chart-toppers are released within the next few years, including Elvis Presley's Elv1s, Michael Jackson's Number Ones, and the Bee Gees' Number Ones.
In 2015, the album is reissued as 1+, a three-disc set that includes video footage and commentaries from Paul and Ringo.
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