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TODAY IN HISTORY
‘’THE KING’’ IS 76 YEARS OLD TODAY
Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand
National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He is well known for
winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 seven times.
NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1966
Sinatra’s version of “Strangers In The Night” reached number
one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening
chart. it was the title song for Sinatra’s 1966 album Strangers in
the Night, which became his most commercially successful album.
Sinatra’s recording won him the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop
Vocal Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year,
as well as a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying
a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman at the Grammy
Awards of 1967.
RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1963
The song “She Loves You” was recorded at EMI studios on July 1, less
than a week after it was written. The Mixing was done on July 4 and the
single was released in the U.S. on September 16. In November 2004,
Rolling Stone ranked "She Loves You" number 64 on their list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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