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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.