1970- Johnny Cash was at No.1 on the Country album chart with Hello, I’m Johnny Cash, his 33rd album release. The album featured ‘If I Were a Carpenter’, the famous duet with his wife, June Carter Cash, which earned the couple a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1971.
1985- Wham! Became the first-ever Western pop act to have an album released in China.
1987- Aretha Franklin and George Michael started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with “I Knew You Were Waiting’ also a No.1 in the UK. Aretha Franklin set a record for the artist with the longest gap between US No.1 singles, it had been 19 years, 10 months from her last hit ‘Respect’ in June 1967.
1992- Def Leppard started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their fifth studio album ‘Adrenalize.’ The album was the first by the band following the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991.
1995- Oasis drummer Tony McCarrol was told by phone that he was being sacked from the group. McCarrol sued the Manchester group for millions in unpaid royalties and in 1996 Oasis agreed to pay him a one-off sum of $935,000.
