DJ Fred’s Rock N’ Roll Factoids For November 16th [VIDEOS]

The album that included the biggest hit song that Jimi Hendrix ever had hit #1 on this day in 1968.

Electric Ladyland, the double album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience featured Voodoo Chile and All Along the Watchtower, his highest charting song, which was written by Bob Dylan.  Two years later the man born Johnny Allen Hendrix in Seattle would die in London.

In 1971, a John Lennon song that featured Elton John hit #1. John Lennon invited Elton John to the recording session and Elton accepted on one condition; That if the song hit #1, Lennon would have to appear onstage with him.  It did, and the two performed live together on Thanksgiving Night in New York in 1974.  They played three songs together, I Saw Her Standing There, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and Whatever Gets You Through the Night!

In 1985, Starship hit #1 with We Built This City, and it turned out to be the #1 song of the year.  Starship, featured members from the Jefferson Airplane including Grace Slick, who shared vocals with Mickey Thomas, who sang the Elvin Bishop classic Fooled Around And Fell In Love.  What to know anything else?

In 1988, the former manager of the Beach Boys was sentenced to five years probation for stealing $1 million from the band.  Stephen Love was the band's manager for most of the seventies and  a younger brother of Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love, and a cousin of group members Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson.  Yes, dysfunction runs amok in the sand and surf.

In was on this date in 2014 that U2 singer Bono fell off his bike while hauling ass through New York City.  After five hours of surgery on his hand, the band had to postpone a week long residency on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.