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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1960

The record The Theme From “A Summer Place” went on to set an at-the-time
record of nine consecutive weeks at #1, a record which would not be broken
until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at the top spot.

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

The song "When a Man Loves a Woman" was written by Calvin Lewis and
Andrew Wright and recorded by Percy Sledge at Norala Sound Studio in
Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
and
R&B singles charts.


Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015)

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

The song "Mrs. Robinson" by the duo Simon & Garfunkel is from their fourth
studio album, Bookends. It is famous for its inclusion in the 1967 film The
Graduate
 and became the duo’s second chart-topper, hitting number one
on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaking within the top 10 in other countries


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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

The song "Surf City" was written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry. It was first
recorded and made popular by the duo Jan and Dean. Their record became
the first surf song to become a national number-one hit.


William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004)


Dean Ormsby Torrence turned 76 on March 10.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1959


Venus
became Avalon’s first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot
100
chart, where it spent five weeks atop the survey. The song
also reached number ten on the R&B chart

               


Frankie Avalon (Francis Thomas Avallone) is 75

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