2017: Taylor Swift releases Reputation. Her sixth studio album, led by “Look What You Made Me Do,” sold more than a million copies in the US in its first week.
2007: Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride leads the album chart. Her second album sat at the top ahead of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand and Gary Allan's Living Hard. Raising Sand later won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
2006: R&B singer Gerald Levert dies at 40. The son of Eddie Levert of The O'Jays, he fronted the group LeVert before a long solo career. His death was ruled an accidental mix of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
2002: Eminem's 8 Mile tops the box office as “Lose Yourself” sits at No. 1. The semi-autobiographical film was set in his hometown of Detroit. “Lose Yourself” went on to become the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
1990: Vanilla Ice's To the Extreme knocks MC Hammer out of the No. 1 album spot. It replaced Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em at the top, powered by “Ice Ice Baby,” the first rap single to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100.
1986: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band release Live/1975–85. The five-record box set sold about a million copies on its first day and went to No. 1 on the album chart.
1983: Billy Idol releases Rebel Yell. Made with guitarist Steve Stevens, the album gave him the title-track hit and the ballad “Eyes Without a Face.”
1979: The Eagles hit No. 1 with “Heartache Tonight.” Co-written with Bob Seger and J.D. Souther, the single from The Long Run became the band's last chart-topper.
1979: “Rapper's Delight” becomes the first rap song on the Hot 100. The Sugarhill Gang's single entered the chart at No. 84, opening the door for hip hop on pop radio.
1975: The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in a Lake Superior storm. All 29 crew members were lost on the lake that borders Minnesota. Gordon Lightfoot's song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 the next year.
1973: Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road hits No. 1. The double album stayed at the top of the US chart for eight weeks and included “Bennie and the Jets” and “Candle in the Wind.”
1967: The Moody Blues release “Nights in White Satin.” Taken from the album Days of Future Passed, it became a bigger US hit years later, climbing to No. 2 in 1972.
1958: Conway Twitty's “It's Only Make Believe” reaches No. 1. The rock and roll ballad spent two weeks on top. Twitty later moved to country music and became one of its biggest stars.
1955: Elvis Presley hears the demo of “Heartbreak Hotel.” Songwriter Mae Axton played it for him in Nashville. It became his first single for RCA and his first No. 1 hit in 1956.
1938: Kate Smith first sings “God Bless America” on the radio. She introduced Irving Berlin's song on her broadcast on the eve of Armistice Day, and it became her signature and an enduring patriotic anthem.
Born on This Day
1983: Miranda Lambert, American country singer Turns 43. Known for “The House That Built Me,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and her work with Pistol Annies.
1978: Eve, American rapper Turns 48. Philadelphia rapper behind “Who's That Girl?” and the Gwen Stefani duet “Let Me Blow Ya Mind.”
1978: Diplo, American DJ and producer (Major Lazer) Turns 48. Producer behind dance hits with Major Lazer and Jack Ü, including “Lean On” and “Where Are Ü Now.”
1975: Jim Adkins, American singer and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World) Turns 51. Sings and plays guitar on the 2000s rock hit “The Middle.”
1971: Big Pun, American rapper The Bronx rapper scored with “Still Not a Player” and was the first Latino solo rapper to have a platinum album.
1970: Warren G, American rapper and producer Turns 56. Best known for the 1994 West Coast classic “Regulate” with Nate Dogg.
1970: U‑God, American rapper (Wu‑Tang Clan) Turns 56. A founding member of the Staten Island hip hop group.
1954: Mario Cipollina, American bassist (Huey Lewis & the News) Played bass on the band's 1980s hits, including “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug.”
1950: Ronnie Hammond, American singer (Atlanta Rhythm Section) Lead voice on the Southern rock band's soft-rock hits “So Into You” and “Imaginary Lover.”
1947: Greg Lake, English singer and bassist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) Also a founding member of King Crimson, he sang “Lucky Man” and the holiday favorite “I Believe in Father Christmas.”
1947: Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) Original lead guitarist of the Alice Cooper band and a co-writer of “School's Out.”
1947: Dave Loggins, American singer and songwriter Had a 1974 hit with “Please Come to Boston” and later wrote many country hits for other artists.
1945: Donna Fargo, American country singer Turns 81. Topped the country chart with “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.” and “Funny Face.”
1944: Tim Rice, English lyricist Turns 82. Wrote the words for Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and the songs of The Lion King.
1939: Tommy Facenda, American rock and roll singer Remembered for the 1959 hit “High School U.S.A.”
1929: Marilyn Bergman, American lyricist With her husband Alan Bergman, she wrote “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
1928: Ennio Morricone, Italian composer Scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and hundreds of other films, winning an Oscar for The Hateful Eight.
1916: Billy May, American bandleader and arranger Arranged classic Frank Sinatra albums such as Come Fly with Me.
1909: Johnny Marks, American songwriter Wrote the Christmas standards “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.”
1907: Jane Froman, American singer and actress A popular radio and stage singer of the 1930s and 1940s whose life story was told in the film With a Song in My Heart.
1891: Carl Stalling, American composer Wrote the music for the classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
