The song of the day:

The number one single today in 1972:

Today in 1982, Billy Joel crashed his motorcycle and spent a month in a hospital with a broken wrist:

The number one single today in 1989:

Birthdays start with Roy Clark:

Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players:

Dave Edmunds:

Keyboardist Matt Reid of Berlin:

Graeme Clark of Wet Wet Wet …

… was born the same day as Samantha Fox:

One death of note today in 2001: Jeffrey Ross Hyman, better known as Joey Ramone:

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