The number one single today in 1961:

The number one British single today in 1964 was sung by a 21-year-old former hairdresser and cloak room attendant:

That day, the Rolling Stones made their second appearance on BBC-TV’s “Top of the Pops”:

The number one album today in 1971, “Pearl,” hit number one five months after Janis Joplin’s death:

The 1980 Grammy Album of the Year was Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” which perhaps made Joel feel like a …

Birthdays begin with one-hit-wonder Guy Mitchell:

Eddie Gray was one of Tommy James’ Shondells:

Robert Balderrama of ? and the Mysterians:

Neal Schon of Santana and Journey:

 

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