The number one song today in 1959 …

… came from a German opera:

The number one British song today in 1961:

The number one British song today in 1974 came from the movie “The Exorcist”:

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The number one U.S. album today in 1974 was a collection of previous Beach Boys hits, “Endless Summer”:

The number one song today in 1991:

Birthdays begin with Carlos Mastrangelo, one of Dion’s Belmonts:

Richard Street of The Temptations …

… was born one year before Milwaukee’s own Steve Miller:

Brian Connolly of Sweet:

Brian Johnson of AC/DC:

Harold Faltermeyer:

Lee Thompson of Madness:

Dave Dederer of Presidents of the United States (though none of the band’s members have ever been president):

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