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NUMBER-ONE RECORD ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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"Heartaches by the Number" is a popular country song written by Harlan 
Howard. Sheet music for the song was a best seller in both the US and
Britain in January 1960. 

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    heartaches by the number sheet music

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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This was Bobby Vinton’s fourth Billboard number-one hit

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Bobby Vinton is 78 (4-16-35)

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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Lorne Green become the second Canadian solo artist (after Paul Anka)
to have a number one hit on the Billboard singles chart when his spoken
word recording about a Western gun fighter named Ringo reached the
top. The star of NBC-TV’s hit show Bonanza recorded seven albums
for RCA.

"Ringo” also peaked at #1 on the "Easy Listening" chart and stayed at
the top for six weeks. The single also went to number twenty-one on
Hot Country Singles chart.

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TOP SELLING SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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“You Send Me” stayed number-one for two weeks on the Billboard top
sellers in stores list and sold an estimated 1.5 million copies.  

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1960

Lonesome

"Are You Lonesome Tonight", a ballad that was written in 1926 and first
recorded by Al Jolson. It became Elvis Presley‘s 14th number one hit and
stayed on top for a total of six weeks.

Guitarist Scotty Moore played Elvis` Gibson model J200 acoustic guitar on 
the recording.

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