The number one single today in 1958:
The number one British single today in 1966:
The number one single today in 1973:
Today in 1987, a Kentucky teacher lost her U.S. Supreme Court appeal over her firing for showing Pink Floyd’s movie “The Wall” to her class over its language and sexual content.
Birthdays begin with one-hit wonder Billy Paul:
Lou Rawls:
Drummer Sandy Nelson (who played drums on the aforementioned 1958 single):
(All those instrumentals … maybe I should write something about instrumentals …)
Eric Bloom of Blue Öyster Cult …
… was born the same day John Densmore, the Doors drummer:
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