The number one song in the U.S. today in 1955 was written 102 years earlier:

The number one song in the U.S. today in 1966:

Today in 1970, Arthur Brown demonstrated what The Crazy World of Arthur Brown was like by getting arrested at the Palermo Pop ’70 Festival in Italy for stripping naked and setting fire to his helmet during …

Today in 1982, the three-day-long Us Festival in San Bernardino,  Calif., began, bankrolled by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak:

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The number one song in the U.S. today in 1983:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJE_Sc1Wags

Birthdays today start with Al Jardine of the Beach Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grj7sjQ0_p4

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Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers:

George Biondo of Steppenwolf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLFrkHxrFHc

Eric Bell of Thin Lizzy:

Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad:

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Perry Bamonte of The Cure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I

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