The number one single today in 1962:

The number one single today in 1973:

The number one British single today in 1979 does not make one think of Pat Benatar:

Today in 1984, Michael Jackson recorded a commercial for the new flaming hair flavor of Pepsi:

Do you remember the number one British single today in 1996 being used on a Levi’s commercial?

Birthdays begin with David Seville, who foisted the Chipmunks on us:

Nick Mason, drummer for Pink Floyd …

… was born one year before Nedra Talley of the Ronettes:

Brian Downey was the drummer for Thin Lizzy:

Seth Justman played keyboards for the J. Geils Band:

Martin Deguille of Sigue Sigue Sputnik:

One death of note today in 2006: Gene McFadden, half of McFadden and Whitehead:

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