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Legacy Recordings Week in Music November 18th - November 24th
November 18 1978, Billy Joel gets his first No.1 on the US album chart with his sixth
studio album, '52nd Street'. Later, "52nd Street" became the first commercial album
to be released on compact disc.
November 19 1905, Born on this day, big band leader, Tommy Dorsey.
November 20 1961, Bob Dylan begins recording his debut album over two days at Columbia
Recording Studios in New York City.
November 21 1995, "The Ghost of Tom Joad," Bruce Springsteen's thirteenth album, was
released.
November 22 1986, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble begin the 49-date North American and
European tour "Live Alive " at the Towson Center in Towson, Maryland.
November 23 1956, While at the Commodore Perry Hotel in Toledo, Elvis was accosted by a young
man who shouted, 'My wife carries your picture but doesn't carry mine'.
Elvis was pummeling the man, Louis John Balint, when police broke up the free-for-all, and
Balint later pleaded guilty to creating a disturbance.
November 24 1978, Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer's "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"
goes to #1 on the US singles chart.