Nov 28th in Pop History
On this day, November 28th, in…
• 1992 (29 years ago today)
Michael Bolton hit # 1 on the Billboard AC countdown, for a third straight week. The song was originally by the Bee Gees — To Love Somebody, a very good song before, but it was Bolton's remake that made it great and took it to the top of the charts.
Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. He once opened for heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne on tour. He later became better known for his series of pop rock ballads, recorded after a stylistic change in the late 1980s.
Bolton's achievements include selling more than 75 million records, recording eight top 10 albums and two number-one singles on the Billboard charts, as well as winning six American Music Awards and two Grammys.
Bolton achieved his greatest success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a singer on the adult contemporary/easy listening charts. One of his first major hits was his 1987 version of the Otis Redding classic Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay. Redding's widow, Zelma Redding, said she was so moved by Bolton's performance "that it brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me so much of my husband that I know if he heard it, he would feel the same."
Always interested in soul and Motown classics, Bolton's success with that song encouraged him to tackle the standard Georgia on My Mind, with which he had another hit. In 1991, Bolton released the album Time, Love & Tenderness which featured the Grammy Award winning cover version of When a Man Loves a Woman.
Bolton's last Top 40 single in the US in his own right was the 1997 hit Go the Distance featured in the Disney animated motion picture Hercules, which peaked at No. 1 on the US adult contemporary chart.
Here is some of his work to check out...
Michael Bolton on Spotify:
To Love Somebody
The Very Best of Michael Bolton
Now a couple of great videos:
Here is Bolton doing a live performance of the song To Love Somebody:
Here is Michael Bolton’s video of the smash hit song Go The Distance from the Disney movie Hercules:
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Also, on this day, November 28th, in…
• 1960 - Elvis Presley had his 43rd hit and 15th # 1 in four years, Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
• 1970 - The great album Abraxas by Santana moved into the # 1 position on this date
Oye Como Va
• 1974 - Elton John and John Lennon sang duets of I Saw Her Standing There, Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was November 28th, and would be Lennon's final stage appearance
I Saw Her Standing There
• 1979 - Ringo Starr's home in Los Angeles burned down on Nov. 28th that year. All of his mementoes from his days with The Beatles were destroyed when his home in Hollywood Hills burned to the ground
• 1987 - Jennifer Warnes achieved her first career # 1 and Bill Medley had his first # 1 in 21 years (since back when the Righteous Brothers had "(You're My) Soul And My Inspiration") as together their song (I've Had) The Time of My Life reached the top
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
• 1992 - Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first week at # 1, where it will stay unchallenged until next March. The record moved from # 12 to # 1 on this date, the third-highest leap to the top in the Rock Era. The song was originally written by Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You
