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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956
The song “Jingle Bell Rock” charted at No. 13 on Billboard‘s Most Played
C&W by Jockeys chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs chart. It
also peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. After it was featured on the
soundtrack to the 1996 film Jingle All the Way, the original version returned
to the country charts in late 1996-early 1997, reaching a peak of No. 60. It
also crossed to the pop charts, reaching #11 in the Cashbox Top 60, week
ending January 11, 1958.
Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997)
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KATE JACKSON IS 68 TODAY
Lucy Kate Jackson was born in Birmingham, Alabama.
Actress Kate Jackson played Sabrina Duncan on ABC-TV’s Charlie’s
Angels from 1976 to 1979. She was briefly employed as a page at
NBC’s Rockefeller Center studios. Besides acting, she became an
established director and producer.
RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1963
The single "Be True to Your School" charted at number 6 on
the Billboard charts, and number 4 in the UPI chart survey for
newspapers across the U.S. Rising to popularity when The
Beach Boys were still thought of as a Southern California
phenomenon, it did best in Los Angeles: three weeks at #1
on the KFWB radio Fabulous Forty Survey.
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