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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis) will be 70 in
October.

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THE BIG ‘O’ WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1936

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Music-Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was
born in Vernon, Texas.


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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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“Wild Thing” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. It is ranked 
#261 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All 
Time
.

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The Troggs today are from left: Chris Allen; Vocalist, Dave Maggs; Drums,
Peter Lucas; Bass, and Chris Britton; Guitar.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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Elvis Presley started a two week run at No.1 on the Billboard singles
chart with ‘Good Luck Charm’, his fifth No.1 of the 60’s.

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IT WAS NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1967

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The single spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and nine
weeks atop the easy listening (now adult contemporary) chart, becoming
Frank’s second gold single as certified by the RIAA and Nancy’s third. It
was the first and only instance of a father-daughter number-one song in
America.

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Frank and Nancy Sinatra recording ‘Somethin’ Stupid’.

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