The Beatles’ LP "Rubber Soul" rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 200
chart, becoming the group’s seventh album chart topper. To date,
the album has sold over six million copies in America.

Paul McCartney with a copy of the “Rubber Soul” album

Jackie (John Herbert) Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987)

The comedian, actor and musician is best remembered for his character Ralph
Kramden in The Honeymooners. The sitcom was based on a recurring 1951-
1955 sketch on the DuMont network’s Cavalcade of Stars and later on The
Jackie Gleason Show on CBS from 1955 – 1956.

Gleason’s film roles include Minnesota Fats in the 1961 drama The Hustler
starring Paul Newman and Buford T. Justice in the Smokey and the Bandit
series with Burt Reynolds.

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. is 85 today