On This Date In Music

1969 - Marvin Gaye was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart, with 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'. The song was first recorded by The Miracles and had also been a million seller in 1967 for Gladys Knight and the Pips.

1977 - Hall and Oates started a three week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with 'Rich Girl', the duo's first US No. 1. Hall and Oates have sold an estimated 40 million records, making them the third-bestselling music duo of all time.

2006 - Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven' as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The 1971 track was voted ahead of tracks by Van Halen, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and the Eagles. On the 20th anniversary of the original release of the song, it was announced via US radio sources that the song had logged up an estimated 2,874,000 radio plays, that if played back to back, would run for 44 years.