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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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At the time, “Let It Be” had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100,
coming in at Number 6. It holds the number-one spot on "The Fans’
Top 10" poll included in The 100 Best Beatles Songs: An Informed
Fan’s Guide by Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Lewis.
The song
is number three in the 100 Best Beatles Songs list, only behind
"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "A Day in the Life", which is
number one.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Strangers in the Night

“Strangers in the Night” reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
chart and the Easy Listening and was the title song for Sinatra’s 1966
album “Strangers in the Night”, which became his most commercially
successful album.

The song won Sinatra the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance
and the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well
as a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist
or Instrumentalist
for Ernie Freeman at the Grammy Awards of 1967.

Note: Glen Campbell
played rhythm guitar and Hal Blaine was the
drummer on the record.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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"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 and
remained for two weeks. It was also the first of five Supremes songs in a
row to reach number one. The Supremes’ version is ranked #475 on
Rolling Stone ‘​s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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NUMBER-ONE SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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"Blue Moon" sold a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It is featured in
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The
famous introduction to the song was an excerpt of an original song that the
group had in its act.

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NUMBER-ONE SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1973

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In 1999 “Killing Me Softly With His Song” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame
. It also ranked #360 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time
and #82 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of all time.

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Roberta Cleopatra Flack

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