The number one single today in 1965 started and finished a dance:

The number one album today in 1976 was Peter Frampton’s “Frampton Comes Alive,” the best selling live album in rock music history:

The number one album today in 1993 was Depeche Mode’s “Songs of Faith and Devotion”:

Birthdays start with one-hit wonder Sheb Wooley:

Nathaniel Nelson of the Flamingos:

Bobby Smith of the Spinners:

Karl Russell of the Hues Corporation …

… was born the same day as Bunny Livingston, vocalist and percussionist of Bob Marley and the Wailers:

Dave Peverett of Foghat:

Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats and his own orchestra, and having each means you can copy yourself …

… was born the same day as Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves:

Two deaths of note today: Chuck Willis in 1958 …

… and Little Eva Boyd in 2003:

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