On This Date In Music
1970 - Three Dog Night started a two-week run at No. 1 in the US with their version of the Randy Newman song 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', which was also a No. 3 hit in the UK. The song was first covered by Eric Burdon on his first solo album in 1966.
1975 - Fleetwood Mac released their tenth studio album often referred to as The White Album, the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart over a year after entering the chart, spent 37 weeks within the top 10, and more than fifteen months within the top 40. It was the second biggest album of 1976 behind Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton.
1999 - Ricky Martin started a five week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Livin' La Vida Loca'.
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