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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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The single “Personality” reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot
100
and became one of Lloyd Price’s most popular crossover hits. It was
also a #1 R&B hit, maintaining that top spot for four weeks. Billboard
ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1959.

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Lloyd Price turned 84 on March 9.

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FIRST RECORD DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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The song "A Teenager’s Romance" is a song written by David Gillam and
performed by Ricky Nelson. It reached #2 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957
and was ranked #25 on Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of the same 
year. The records A-side, "I’m Walkin’", reached #4 on the Billboard chart  
and #10 on the R&B chart.

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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" "Rick" Nelson
(May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)

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RECAPPING PAST WORLD NEWS

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         SANDY KOZEL

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Ulysses Simpson Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)

(April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885
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Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed
by natives in the Philippines on this day in 1521.

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On the day in 1805 a force led by U.S. Marines captured the city
of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

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"Babe Ruth Day" was first celebrated at Yankee Stadium on this
day in 1947 when a dying "Bambino" (above) Addressed Fans.

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