Nostalgic News For Sunday, May 14

• 1988 – Led Zeppelin reunited for the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary party at Madison Square Garden, New York, appearing with Jason Bonham the son of John Bonham on drums. Other acts performing included Foreigner, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Wilson Pickett and Ben E. King.
• 1992 – KISS released the album “Revenge.”
• 1993 – During an auction at Christies in London the acoustic guitar that Elvis Presley used to make his first recordings in 1954, ‘That’s All Right Mama’ and ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky’, sold for $152,000.
• 1994 – Scottish band Stiltskin were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Inside’. The song had been used on a Levi’s TV Jeans commercial. The bands only No.1 and only Top 30 hit.

• 1998 – After four weeks at #1 and four weeks at #2, “The Sign” by Ace of Base had now climbed back up to the top and remained there for another week.
• 2000 – Madison Avenue went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with, ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’. They were the first Australian group to have a UK No.1 since Men At Work in 1983.
• 2000 – Tom Jones was at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Reload’ making the singer the oldest artist to score a UK No.1 album with new material.

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