It’s Throwback Thursday! Here’s what happened this week in Boss rock n’ roll history.

November 1st

2015: Taylor Swift was being sued for $42m for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song “Shake It Off,” which topped music charts around the world. Born today in 1940 was soldier, singer, songwriter and author Sgt Barry Sadler, best known for his 1966 No. 1 hit, “Ballad of the Green Berets.”

November 2nd

1958: Tommy Edwards was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “It’s All in The Game,” written by Charles Dawes, later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. 2002: Armed police arrested an international gang who were planning to kidnap former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her two young children and ransom Victoria for £5m.

November 3rd

1958: Elvis Presley went on maneuvers for the first time with the U.S. Army’s 32^nd Tank Regiment near the German, Czech border. In 1990, 25 years after their version was recorded, The Righteous Brothers went to No. 1 on the UK singles chart with “Unchained Melody.” It’s one of the most recorded songs ever, with over 500 versions in hundreds of languages.

November 4th

1966: The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” entered the UK chart and went on to be a UK and U.S. No. 1 hit single.

November 5th

1956: The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC-TV, the first of its kind hosted by an African-American. Born today in 1911 Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor, and in 1941, singer, songwriter, and composer Art Garfunkel.

November 6th

1993: Meat Loaf was at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” The track was also a No. 1 in over 25 other countries.

November 7th

1974: Ted Nugent won a National Squirrel-shooting contest after picking off a squirrel at 150 yards.  

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