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3 December: This day in music history

2014 - Ian McLagan

The English keyboardist Ian McLagan died of a stroke at the age of 69. He was a member of the bands Small Faces and The Faces and worked with many other artists, including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, Billy Bragg, Jackson Browne, Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen.



2014 - Ed Sheeran

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the most streamed artist in the world by Spotify . The 23-year-old collected more than 860 million streams on the service, beating Eminem and Coldplay, who came in second and third place respectively. Katy Perry was the most-streamed artist of the year, followed by Ariana Grande in second place and Lana Del Rey in third.



2006 - Take That

The reformed band Take That topped the British singles and album charts simultaneously for the first time in their career. The single ‘Patience’ remained at number one for the second week and ‘Beautiful World’, the group's new album, entered at number one.



1977 - Paul McCartney

Wings started a nine-week run at number 1 in the UK with ‘Mull Of Kintyre’. It was the first single to sell over 2 million copies in the UK (co-written by Denny Laine, who sold his rights to the song when he went bankrupt).



1976 - Abba

An estimated three and a half million people signed up for the forthcoming ABBA concerts at the Albert Hall in the UK, with just over 11,000 tickets available.



1976 - Pink Floyd

A giant inflatable pig, 40 feet in diameter, floated over London, England, after it broke free from its moorings. The pig, nicknamed Algie, was photographed for the cover of the upcoming Pink Floyd album Animals . The Civil Aviation Authority warned all pilots that a flying pig was on the loose, and the pig eventually crashed into a barn in Godmersham, Kent, where the farmer complained that his cows had been frightened by the incident.



1969 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones recorded ‘Brown Sugar’ at Muscle Shoals Studios. The single became a number 1 hit in the UK and the USA. The song was written by Mick Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind; Hunt was Jagger's secret girlfriend and the mother of his first child Karis.



1965 - The Beatles

The Beatles' sixth studio album, Rubber Soul, was released. Rubber Soul is often referred to as a folk-rock album and contains a mixture of pop, soul and folk music styles. The title is derived from the colloquialism ‘plastic soul’, which refers to soul played by English musicians.



1955 - Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley's first release on RCA Victor Records was announced. The first two songs ‘Mystery Train’ and ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’ were bought by Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Elvis was described by his new record company as ‘the most talked about personality on the music scene in the last 10 years’.


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