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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Sinatra’s 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 of the same name which became his most commercially successful
album. The record won Sinatra the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

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SINGER/SONGWRITER DIED AT 82


Bonny "Mack" Rice (November 10, 1933 – June 27, 2016)


Sometimes credited as Sir Mack Rice, the songwriter and singer died at
his Detroit home on June 27 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
 
His best-known composition, and biggest hit as a solo performer, was
"Mustang Sally." He also wrote "Respect Yourself" with Luther Ingram.

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

The song "Sweet Home Alabama" by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
reached #8 on the charts in 1974 and was the band’s second hit single. The
song was written in reply to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young;
Young is noted by name in the song’s lyrics.

        

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ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Yesterday and Today is the ninth Capitol Records album release by the Beatles
and the eleventh overall American release.The album is remembered primarily
for the controversy surrounding its original cover image, the "butcher cover"
featuring the band dressed in white smocks and covered with decapitated baby
dolls and pieces of meat.

                      

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

The song "You’re My Everything" was recorded by The Temptations and was 
first of three singles (and four songs) to be co-written for the group by Motown songwriter Roger Penzabene. It reached number three on the R&B chart and
number six on the Pop chart. The record became the third single from the
group’s 1967 album The Temptations with a Lot o’ Soul.

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