The Shangri-Las‘ "Leader Of The Pack" was recorded at the Ultrasonic
Sound studio located on the second floor of a Manhattan hotel. It became
number one the Billboard Hot 100 on November 28, 1964. Rolling Stone
ranked the song among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, at #447.

The Shangri-Las today are from left: Mary Snyder-Fox, Jerry Bocchino
(the veteran of the group), and Victoria Palagy 

"Half-Breed" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, becoming Cher’s second #1 solo hit and second Gold single.

"Something" by The Beatles was the first song written by lead guitarist
George Harrison to top the US charts while he was in the band. It was
also one of the first to contain tracks already available on a album. They
are both featured on the groups 1969 album Abby Road.

     
  George Harrison during the Abby Road recording session 

  
   Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)

The soul singer-songwriter died when his plane crashed in Lake Monona
during a storm en route to a concert in Madison. That was just three days
after recording “Dock of the Bay”. It became the first posthumous number-
one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts