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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–
Dozier
–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by
the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard
Hot 100
pop singles chart, a position it held for two weeks until
August 29, 1964. It was also the first of five Supremes songs in
a row to reach number one.

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

The song "Last Train to Clarksville" was written by the songwriting duo Tommy
Boyce and Bobby Hart and was the debut single by The Monkees. It topped the
Billboard Hot 100 on November 5, 1966. Lead vocals were done by the groups
drummer Micky Dolenz. Clarksville was featured in seven episodes of the
Monkees TV show; the most for any Monkees song.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

The song "You Can’t Hurry Love" by The Supremes was written and
produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland. It
topped the Billboard pop singles chart

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1967

The song "Ode to Billie Joe" was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, a
singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It became a number-
one hit in the U.S., and 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". It also generated eight Grammy
nominations, resulting in three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger
Jimmie Haskell.


Bobby Gentry in Capitol Studio C, Hollywood, CA.


Bobby Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) will be 72
on July 27.

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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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