The number one single today in 1959:

The number one single today in 1963:

The number one album today in 1968 was the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Electric Ladyland”:

The number one single today in 1974 …

… came from the number one album, John Lennon’s “Walls and Bridges”:

The short list of birthdays begins with Winfred “Blue” Lovett of the Manhattans …

… and ends with Racine’s own Chi Coltrane: