Florida born Pop singer Bobby Goldsboro recorded the song
"Honey" in 1968, which has sold more than one million copies
and played guitar for Roy Orbison for two years in the early
1960s.
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BOBBY GOLDSBORO IS 74 TODAY
NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1958
Danny And The Juniors‘ Rock ‘n’ Roll classic "At The Hop" was originally written
as "Do the Bop", American Bandstand host Dick Clark suggested the group re-
write the lyrics because the dance known as The Bop was on its way out. Clark
was right and the quartet’s record stayed in the top spot for a month.
NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1967
"Hello Goodbye" became The Beatles 15th Billboard number one hit. The
flip side, "I Am The Walrus" reached #56, the lowest ranking for any charted
"B" side of a Beatles number one single.
NUMBER-ONE SELLER ON THIS DAY IN 1956
Guy Mitchell’s biggest hit was “Singing The Blues” and spent a total of ten weeks
at number 1 on the Billboard best selling chart.
Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik in Detroit, Michigan)
(February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999)
NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1965
The Byrds‘ scored their second US number one hit with "Turn, Turn,
Turn". Unlike their first chart topper, "Mr. Tambourine Man", the entire
band was allowed to play on the recording instead of studio musicians.
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