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RECORD SET ON THIS DAY IN 1964

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The Beatles set a recording industry record that may never be equaled. They held
the top 5 positions on the Billboard singles chart with "Can’t Buy Me Love" at number 
1, "Twist and Shout" at number 2, "She Loves You" at number 3, “I Want to Hold
Your Hand” at number 4 and "Please Please Me" at number 5.

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NUMBER-ONE HIT ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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"Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You" was the third and final chart-topper
for Connie Francis. It went on to also take the number-one spot on the easy
listening charts.

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NUMBER-ONE DURING THIS TIME IN 1960

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Theme from a Summer Place spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive
weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It remains the
longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart.

Percy Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for the
recording which was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to
win a Record of the Year Grammy.

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DIANA ROSS IS 68 TODAY!

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The Supremes: Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Diana Ross 

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Diana Ross was the lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during
the 1960s. She left the group in 1970 to begin a solo career that ventured
into film and Broadway. Ross received a Best Actress Academy Award
nomination in 1972, for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues,
which she won a Golden Glove award. She won seven American Music
Awards, was honored with a 2012 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award,
and won a Tony Award for her one- woman show, An Evening with Diana
Ross,
in 1977.

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THE QUEEN OF SOUL IS 70 TODAY!

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Singer/songwriter Aretha Louise Franklin has been ranked by
Rolling Stone magazine at the top of it’s “100 Greatest Singers
of All Time” list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time. She
has won 18 competitive Grammys and two honorary Grammys. She
has 20 number-one records on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart
and two number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with George Michael) (1988)

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