The song "In and Out of Love" by The Supremes was the second
single issued with the group’s new billing of Diana Ross & the
Supremes.
The song was successful, peaking at number nine on the Billboard
Hot 100, and number 16 on the R&B Singles chart. It also reached
number 10 on the Cashbox chart.
Bobby Vee (Robert Thomas Velline)
( April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016)
(AP) – Pop idol Bobby Vee, the 1960s singer whose career was born when he
took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that
killed rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, has died.
According to his son Jeff, Vee, whose 38 Hot 100 hits included the chart-
topping "Take Good Care of My Baby", died today of advanced Alzheimer’s
disease. He was diagnosed with the illness in 2011, and performed his last
show that year.
“Devil or Angel” reached #6 in 1960.
CARLATA BRADLEY
President Richard Nixon spoke to a group of some 70 radio broadcasters
who attended a day long “White House Conference on Drugs For the
Radio Industry.” He appealed to the broadcasters to screen songs
with lyrics that urge drug use.
In his remarks, Nixon assured them he had no intention of telling them what
songs to play or not play, or how to program their broadcasts, but he would
“appreciate” their cooperation on the matter of songs that promoted drugs.
Dean Burch of the FCC also addressed the group, and noted the commission
would look favorably on stations that aired anti-dug messages.
Some of what the Nixon Administration was advocating in terms of screening
songs for drug messaging appears to have resulted in broadcasters and
program directors pulling music off the air and/or preventing it from airing.
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RMS Titanic
LONDON (AP) – A corroded iron key to a locker on the Titanic has sold at
auction for $104,000 by Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, western England
on Saturday.
The key belonged to Sidney Sedunary, a 23-year-old ship’s steward. He was
one of the 1,500 people who died when the state-of-the-art passenger liner
stuck an iceberg and sank August 15,1912 during its maiden voyage from
England to New York.
The key, attached to a brass tag stamped "Locker 14 F Deck," was sent to
Sedunary’s pregnant widow after his body was recovered. Prices for Titanic
artifacts have soared in recent years.
