Looking Back At February 16 1964, The Beatles made their second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, exactly one week after the first. Before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, The Beatles performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’. 1967, Petula Clark was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Charlie Chaplin penned This Is My Song, the singers second and last UK No.1. 1972, Led Zeppelin made their Australian live debut when they kicked off a six-date tour at the Subiaco Oval, Perth. Police battled with over 500 fans who rammed locked gates trying to get into the concert. Over 4,000 fans stood outside the venue without tickets and local residents jammed police phone lines to complain about the noise. 1974, Bob Dylan started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Planet Waves, his first US No.1. The album was originally set to be titled Ceremonies Of The Horsemen, a reference to the song Love Minus Zero / No Limit, from the 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. When Dylan decided to change the title at the last minute, the release was delayed for two weeks. 1982, The Jam were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with A Town Called Malice, & Precious, their third No.1 spent three weeks at the top of the chart. 1985, Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with Born In The USA, his first UK No.1 album. The singers seventh studio album, was the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States (and also Springsteens most successful album ever). The album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles. 1985, Careless Whisper, started a three-week run at No.1 in the US charts, credited to Wham! Featuring George Michael, this was the duos second US No.1. 1991, The Simpsons were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Do The Bartman. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Lorenand, The Simpsons became the first cartoon characters to make No.1 since the Archies hit Sugar Sugar in 1969. Jackson was a massive fan of The Simpsons and had called the producers one night offering to write Bart a number one single and do a guest spot on the show. More One Hit Wonders 1999, Robbie Williams won three awards at this years Brits. The singer won Best British solo artist, Best Single for Angels and Best Video for Millennium. Manic Street Preachers won Best British Group, Natalie Imbruglia won Best International Female artist and Best Newcomer, Best International Group went to The Corrs. 2003, 50 Cent was at No.1 on the US album chart with his debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin, a No.2 hit in the UK. 2004, US singer Doris Troy died. She had been a session singer with Dionne Warwick, sang on Pink Floyds Dark Side Of The Moon and released an album on The Beatles Apple label. She had also had a 1964 UK No.37 single with Whatcha Gonna Do About It and a 1963 US No. 10 hit Just One Look. 2007, Chris Cornell leaves Audioslave stating that Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors. As the other three members were busy with the Rage Against the Machine reunion with de la Rocha coming back, and Morello and Cornell had each released solo albums in 2007, Audioslave officially disbanded.
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