Peter, Paul and Mary’s version of Leaving On A Jet Plane first appeared on their 
1967 Album 1700. It didn’t become a hit until it was released as a single. It turned 
out to be their biggest and final hit and the group’s only #1 on the Billboard Hot 
100 chart.

“The Ol’ Pea-Picker” as an announcer at WOPI-AM in Bristol, Tennessee

“Sixteen Tons” spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts
and eight weeks at number one on the pop charts, and made Ford a
crossover star. It became Ford’s ‘signature song.’

Guy Mitchell, whose real name was Albert George Cernik, placed thirty
songs on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, with nine of them reaching the
Top 10.

"You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” by The Righteous Brothers became a number-
one hit single in 1965. Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) ranked the song as having had
more radio and television air play in the U.S. than any other song during the 20th century. It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century by RIAA and also ranked
#34 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"I Am Woman” was the first #1 hit on the Billboard chart by an
Australian-born artist and the first Australian-penned song to
win a Grammy Award.

Helen turned 70 in October