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Today In Music History: Great Balls of Fire!

Posted at 6:20 AM on November 3, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

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Singer Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) is 55.

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1961 - Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose became the first people to be elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1977 - Elton John announced at a London performance that he was retiring from concerts. However, he started performing again in 1979.
1990 - "Ice Ice Baby", by Vanilla Ice became the first rap record to top the US singles chart, it was also a UK No.1 single. The track was initially released as the B-side to the rapper's cover of "Play That Funky Music", and became the A-side after US DJ's started playing the track.
2002 - Eminem started a 12 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "Lose Yourself."

Today's music history highlight: It was today in 1957 that Sun Records released "Great Balls Of Fire", by Jerry Lee Lewis. The single went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, a No.1 in the UK & No.2 in the US.

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