The Farina brothers: Santo (right) and Johnny (left) were born in
Brooklyn, New York.  

The song “Sleep Walk” was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan, New
York City, New York. It entered Billboard’s Top 40 on August 17, 1959 and
rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September and remained
in the Top 40 until November 9. The single also reached number four on the
R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to hit number one in the 1950s and
earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.

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The song “Hanky Panky” was recorded at a local radio station, WNIL
in Niles, Michigan, and released on Snap Records, selling well in the
tri-state area of Michigan,Indiana and Illinois. The master of that 
original recording was later sold to Roulette Records where it then
received national distribution.

Tommy James, now 68, was born Thomas Gregory Jackson in Dayton, Ohio.

The song “Lean On Me” was Bill Withers first and only number one single
on both the soul singles and the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as
the No. 7 song of 1972. It is ranked number 205 on Rolling Stone‍ ‘​s list
of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. turned 77 July 4.

According to an English D.J.,McCartney wrote the song in response to a request
from an aunt who asked if he could "write a single that wasn’t about love.”

"Paperback Writer" was the last new song by the Beatles to be featured on their
final tour in 1966.

The Beatles during the recording session of “Paperback Writer” in 1966.

The instrumental "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A
Time for Us", was arranged by Henry Mancini for Franco Zeffirelli‘s film of
Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and remained there for two weeks. It
was Mancini’s only Top Ten single on that chart.

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini
(April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)