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While you’re busy checking out all the new music that dropped today, it never hurts to take a peek back at what happened this week in year’s past. Say, for instance, did you know that this week in 1990, Vanilla Ice (pictured above) scored the first rap Number One single with “Ice Ice Baby” ? Or that this week in 1970, Sean “Diddy” Combs was born? Take a trip back in time and revisit all (good and bad) that’s happened in music during this week.
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Current Top Five Billboard Hot 100 Singles
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1. Adele- Someone Like You
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2. Rihanna ‘We Found Love”
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We Found Love – Explicit

Rihanna | Myspace Video
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3. Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera- Moves Like Jagger
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Moves Like Jagger

Maroon | Myspace Video
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4. LMFAO- Sexy And I Know It
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5. Foster The People- Pumped Up Kicks
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(1995)
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1. Mariah Carey- “Fantasy
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Fantasy

Mariah Carey | Myspace Video
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2. Coolio- Gangsta’s Paradise
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3. Janet Jackson- “Runaway”
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4. Seal- “Kiss From A Rose”
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5. Michael Jackson- “You Are Not Alone”
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You Are Not Alone

Michael Jackson | Myspace Video
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This Week in Music History (November 1-7)
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November 5, 1931- Soul singer Ike Turner is born.
November 5, 1941- Classic rock icon Art Garfunkel is born.
November 7, 1943- Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell is born.
November 5, 1946- The Byrd’s Gram Parsons is born.
November 6, 1948- Eagles’ guitarist Glenn Frey is born.
November 7, 1951- Frank Sinatra marries his second wife actress Ava Gardner. The couple split up in 1953 and divorced in 1957.
November 3, 1957- Sun Records release ‘Great Balls Of Fire’, by Jerry Lee Lewis.
November 5, 1959- Guitarist Bryan Adams is born.
November 1, 1962- Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis is born.
November 6, 1965- The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane play the opening night of San Francisco’s Fillmore West.
November 1, 1968- George Harrison releases his first solo album, ‘Wonderwall Music’ on the Apple label.
November 4, 1968- Cream play their final US show in Long Island.
November 1, 1969- The Beatles score their 13th No.1 album with ‘Abbey Road’.
November 4, 1970- Rapper/music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is born.
November 6, 1970- Aerosmith perform their first ever gig when they play at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts.
November 5, 1971- Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is born.
November 3, 1972- James Taylor and Carly Simon are married by a judge in Simon’s Manhattan apartment, beginning their eleven year marriage.
November 5, 1974- Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams is born.
November 2, 1975- Death Cab For Cutie guitarist Chris Walla is born.
November 4, 1977- The Last Waltz, the movie of The Bands’ final concert premieres in New York.
Novmber 2, 1979- Rapper Nelly is born.
November 5, 1982- Brian Wilson is fired from The Beach Boys by his former colleagues.
November 3, 1983- RCA records sign Latin teen sensations Menudo for $30 million.
November 5. 1987- Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers is born.
November 3, 1990- “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice becomes the first rap record to top the singles chart.
November 5, 1993- Pearl Jeam go to Number One with their album “Vs.”
November 5, 2002- The funeral of Jam Master Jay, (Jason Mizell) from Run-DMC who was murdered by an assassin’s single bullet on 30th October 2002 takes place.