Today in 1968, ABC-TV premiered “The Archies,” created by the creator of the Monkees, Don Kirshner:

The number one single today in 1974 is a confession and correction:

Stevie Wonder had the number one album today in 1974, “Fulfillingness First Finale,” which wasn’t a finale at all:

Today in 1979, the film “Quadrophenia,” based on The Who’s rock opera, premiered:

Paul Young hadn’t had a very long career when he released “From Time to Time — The Singles Collection,” and yet he still had the number one British album today in 1991:

Today in 1994, Steve Earle was sentenced to a year in jail not for shooting the sheriff, but for selling crack cocaine:

Birthdays start with Pete Agnew of Nazareth:

Steve Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd:

Paul Kossoff of Free:

Barry Cowsill of the Cowsills:

Steve Berlin of Los Lobos:

Morten Harkett of A-Ha:

Amy Winehouse, whose biggest hit turned out to be prophetic:

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