The number one single on both sides of the Atlantic today in 1965:

The number one British album today in 1967 was “The Monkees”:

The number one single on both sides of the Atlantic today in 1978:

The number one single today in 1984:

Birthdays begin with John Steel, the first drummer for the Animals:

Florence Larue of the Fifth Dimension:

Margie and Mary Ann Ganser, singers for the Shangri-Las:

Roy Yeager, drummer for the Atlanta Rhythm Section:

Who is Vincent Furnier? You know him as Alice Cooper:

Phil Ehart of Kansas:

Jerry Shirley, drummer of Humble Pie:

Natalie Imbruglia:

One death of note today in 1983: Karen Carpenter:

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