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NEIL SEDAKA IS 73 TODAY

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“Laughter in the Rain” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on
February 1
, 1975. It also spent two weeks on top of the adult
contemporary chart.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1976

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This single was fifth and last #1 hit for The Four Seasons. It stayed
at the top spot for three weeks.

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THE NUMBER-TWO SINGLE IN 1955

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THE NUMBER-ONE HIT ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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“Venus” became Frankie Avalon’s first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100
chart. It stayed at the top for five weeks and also reached number ten position
on the R&B chart. 

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NUMBER-ONE SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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When The Temptations went to #1 on the Billboard singles chart with
the Smokey Robinson penned "My Girl", it made the group the first
male act to have a chart topper for Motown Records.

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the_temptations today

The current group: Otis Williams, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon, Ron
Tyson, and Bruce Williamson

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