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Christopher's Birthday

This Day in Music History

On November 20

1952 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "It's in the Book," Johnny Standley.

1967 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Incense and Peppermints," Strawberry Alarm Clock.

1979 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. The song is the fourth No. 1 for both women, including a duet Streisand had with Neil Diamond.

1998 A three-day World Conference on Music and Censorship begins in Copenhagen with aims to establish a support organization for musicians, similar to writers' free speech body, PEN.

1998 Alanis Morissette does an in-store performance for the opening of a Tower Records store in Buenos Aires. Proceeds from the sale of her album for the day are donated to a local children's hospital.

1999 Patty Loveless kicks off the holiday season by traveling aboard a CSX Transportation train bearing gifts to families along a route from Pikeville, KY, Loveless' hometown, to Kingsport, Tenn. The transportation system has distributed 15 tons of gifts annually to people living in Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee and Western Virginia.

1999 R&B superstar, Brandy, appears in her first television special. The hour-long program, billed as "Brandy In Concert: A Special For The Holidays," features songs taped at a recent concert at Chicago's Rosemont Theatre.

1952	No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "It's in the Book," Johnny Standley.
1967	No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Incense and Peppermints," Strawberry Alarm Clock.
1979	No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. The song is the fourth No. 1 for both women, including a duet Streisand had with Neil Diamond.
1998	A three-day World Conference on Music and Censorship begins in Copenhagen with aims to establish a support organization for musicians, similar to writers' free speech body, PEN.
1998	Alanis Morissette does an in-store performance for the opening of a Tower Records store in Buenos Aires. Proceeds from the sale of her album for the day are donated to a local children's hospital.
1999	Patty Loveless kicks off the holiday season by traveling aboard a CSX Transportation train bearing gifts to families along a route from Pikeville, KY, Loveless' hometown, to Kingsport, Tenn. The transportation system has distributed 15 tons of gifts annually to people living in Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee and Western Virginia.
1999	R&B superstar, Brandy, appears in her first television special. The hour-long program, billed as "Brandy In Concert: A Special For The Holidays," features songs taped at a recent concert at Chicago's Rosemont Theatre.