JAN 26
2002 - George Harrison's 'My Sweet Lord' became only the second single to top the UK charts twice (the first being Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody').
JAN 27
1996 - Babylon Zoo broke the record for sales in one week by a new act, when 'Spaceman' sold over 400,000.
JAN 28
1989 - Composer/conductor Henry 'Moon River' Mancini became the first popular music performer to amass 70 Grammy nominations.
JAN 29
1994 - For the first time there were three German acts in the UK Top 10: Culture Beat, Enigma and Haddaway.
JAN 30
1954 - There were three versions of the song 'Changing Partners' in the US Top 20: artists involved were Kay Starr, Patti Page and Bing Crosby.
FEB 1
1997 – Blur entered at No. 1 with ‘Beatlebum’ – the first chart topper to only spend two weeks in the Top 20.
FEB 2
2002 – Enrique Iglesias topped album chart with ‘Hero’, making him and his dad Julio the first father & son to accomplish this feat.
FEB 3
1990 – American Idol judge Paula Abdul topped the US album chart with ‘Forever Your Girl’ in its 81st chart week – a record.
FEB 17
1996 – British duo Everything But The Girl’s single ‘Missing’, which broke the record for slowest climb into the US Top 10, peaked at No. 2 there in its 28th chart week.
Feb 18
1989 – Debbie Gibson became the first teenage female singer since Brenda Lee in 1960 to score a second US Top 10 album.
FEB 19
1959 – For the only time in history there were three UK instrumental recordings in the US Top 20. Acts concerned were the bands of Chris Barber, Cyril Stapleton and Reg Owen.
FEB 20
1999 – For the only time there were three family groups in the UK Top 20, Kleshay, The Moffats and Next of Kin.
FEB 21
1953 – Just seven weeks after his died aged 29, there were four singles by Hank Williams in the US Country & Western Top 10 and a tribute record, ‘The Death of Hank Williams’ by Jack Cardwell.
FEB 22
1997- No Doubt became the first US rock group to make their UK Top 20 debut at No. 1. The single concerned was ‘Don’t Speak’.
Feb 23
2002 – Jennifer Lopez’s ‘J To Tha L-O!’ became the first remix album ever to top the US charts.
FEB 24
1990- The Happy Mondays had a record six different singles in the Indie Top 30.
FEB 25
1989 – L.A. Reid & Babyface produced five of the US Top 40 singles. Acts concerned were Sheena Easton, The Boys, Bobby Brown and Karyn White (who had two).
FEB 26
1999 – For the first time Irish acts outnumbered acts from the UK in the US Top 100. Ireland’s representatives were U2 and B*Witched, while the UK’s only entry was by the Spice Girls.
FEB 27
2002 – Alicia Keys tied the record for a female artist when she walked off with five Grammy awards.
FEB 28
1981 – Adam & The Ants had five singles and two albums on the UK charts.
FEB 29
1992 – A record 17 solo female singers appeared in the UK Top 75 album chart.