The number one single today in 1960:

The number one (for the second time) single today in 1963:

The number one single today in 1964:

The number one British single today in 1970:

Today in 1991, Nirvana did perhaps the worst lip-synching effort of all time of its “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for the BBC’s “Top of the Pops”:

Today in 2000, Britain’s NME released the results of a poll in which rock and pop stars named their biggest musical influence: David Bowie:

Birthdays begin with Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records:

Beeb Birtles of the Little River Band:

Dawn Robinson of En Vogue:

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