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From: michael bertrand <bertrand@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
List Editor: michael bertrand <bertrand@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: This Day in Music, November 4
Author's Subject: This Day in Music, November 4
Date Written: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:40:30 -0500
Date Posted: Thu, 04 Nov 2009 08:40:30 -0500

_Billboard_

November 4

1998  Amazon.com forms a program, "Advantage For Music," which allows
unsigned artists and independent labels to sell music online.

1996  The king of pop - Michael Jackson - announces that he and a friend,
Debbie Rowe, are expecting a child, but denies a tabloid report that the
couple had used artificial insemination and that Rowe had been paid to
carry the baby.

1995  Michael Jackson premieres his new single ``Earth Song'' on the
German celebrity game show ``Wanna Bet?''

1987  Bobby Nunn of the Coasters dies of a heart attack at age 61. The
group's biggest hit is the No. 1 song ``Yakety Yak'' in 1958.

1978  Boston plays in the city of Boston for the first time, a sold-out
show at the Boston Garden.

1963  The Beatles appear on London's U.K. Royal Variety Show, which is
attended by the Queen Mother.

1958  No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``It's Only Make Believe,'' Conway Twitty.

1954  Singer, musician Chris Difford of the rock group Squeeze is born.

1954  Pianist, Yanni is born.

1943  No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Paper Doll,'' The Mills Brothers.

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