February 15, 2004: Norah Jones had the Number 1 album in the UK, Feels Like Home.
Norah Jones’ debut Blue Note album Come Away With Me had been the archetypal word of mouth hit.
Feels Like Home made its chart debut at the very top of the American chart. Its first-week performance was breathtaking even by the standards of the time, with US sales alone in its first seven days of 1,047,000.
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February 15, 1969: Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" hit Number 1 for the first of four weeks.
Sly & The Family Stone were a great utopian experiment in pop music.
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This was a band born out of the cultural chaos of the late-’60s that reflected that chaos back on the world and turned it into something positive. The Family Stone had black members and white members, men and women, everyone playing different roles.
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February 15, 1974: "Rebel, Rebel" by David Bowie was released in the UK.
The first single from David Bowie’s eighth album Diamond Dogs, ‘Rebel Rebel’ was his valediction to the glam rock movement which he had helped lead since 1972.
The central riff, which loops throughout the song aside from the pre-chorus bridge and the line “Hot tramp, I love you so”, owes a clear debt to the Rolling Stones, whose guitarist Keith Richards spent time with Bowie during the recording of Diamond Dogs.
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February 15, 1975: Linda Ronstadt had her only Number 1 hit in America with "You're No Good."
“You’re No Good” was written by Clint Ballard Jr. and originally performed by soul singer Dee Dee Warwick in 1963. Although other covers charted, it was Linda Ronstadt’s version that took the top spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1974.
Linda Ronstadt Even before recording it, Ronstadt already incorporated “You’re No Good” into her setlist in early 1973 at the suggestion of band member Kenny Edwards. She even performed it on an episode of The Midnight Special which aired on December 1973.
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February 15, 1986: "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston moved to the top of the chat for a two-week stay.
“How Will I Know” only fell into Houston’s hands because Janet Jackson said no. The song came from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, a married couple from Seattle.
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Merill and Rubicam wrote “How Will I Know” specifically with Janet Jackson in mind, so when her managers turned it down, they were severely bummed.
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