“Love Is Here and Now you’re Gone” was the group’s ninth overall chart-
topper on the Billboard Hot 100.

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. Al Martino was offered the song originally, but turned
it down.

Frankie Avalon (Francis Thomas Avallone)
will be 75 on September 18.

The Temptations went to the top of the singles chart with the Smokey
Robinson penned "My Girl", making the group the first male act to have
a chart topper for Motown Records, the first single to feature David Ruffin
on lead vocals and the group’s first number-one hit. It became the groups
signature song. In 2004, "My Girl" was ranked number 88 on Rolling Stone ‘​s
list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Tune Trivia: The Miracles were originally picked to record the song.

The signature guitar riff heard during the
introduction and under the verses was
played by Robert White (above) of the
Funk Brothers.

The Temptations today

"Best of My Love" was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and J.D.
Souther. It was originally included on their 1974 album On the Border
and was the band’s first Billboard Hot 100 #1 single. It also topped the
easy listening chart for one week a month earlier. Billboard ranked it
as the No. 12 song for 1975.

This was Chubby Checker’s second #1 hit, after his 1960 single "The
Twist”. It also introduced a new dance style.

 
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans) will be 74 on
October 3.