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Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (Blank) (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

The single “Ode to Billie Joe” was a number-one hit and became a big
international seller. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song for 1967.

The song is ranked #412 on Rolling Stone‘s list of "the 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time". The recording of "Ode to Billie Joe" generated eight Grammy
nominations, resulting in three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger
Jimmie Haskell.

Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) will turn 71 July 27.

According to an English D.J.,McCartney wrote the song in response to a request
from an aunt who asked if he could "write a single that wasn’t about love.”

"Paperback Writer" was the last new song by the Beatles to be featured on their
final tour in 1966.

The Beatles during the recording session of “Paperback Writer” in 1966.

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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is 59 years old today.