On September 19, 1960, 18-year-old Chubby Checker hit
No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his cover of
“The Twist.”

On July 29, 1967, The Doors’ song “Light My Fire,” from
their debut album, earned the top spot in the Billboard
Hot 100, becoming their first bona fide smash hit and
propelling the group from rock cult favorites into
international pop stars and avatars of the ’60s
counterculture.         
        

The Doors would follow up “Light My Fire” with a string
of era- defining albums and songs, including “People
Are Strange,”  “Love Me Two Times” and “The End” in
1967; “Hello, I Love You” and “Touch Me” in 1968; and
“L.A. Woman” and “Riders on the Storm” in 1971.    
        

On October 20, 1962 “Monster Mash” hit No. 1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart, just in time for Halloween
       
The self-described “graveyard smash” become a literal smash
hit, spending the last two weeks of October at the top of the
charts and remaining a beloved Halloween classic decades
later.      

“Monster Mash” hit the Billboard charts three times, starting
with its original debut in 1962. It re-charted in August 1970,
and then again in May 1973.       

       
Then, Pickett released two more songs that were sequels of
sorts: “Monster’s Holiday,” which hit No. 30 in December
1962, and “Graduation Day,” which hit No. 80 in June 1963.

Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007)

The 1960s pop duo Paul & Paula, who had a hit
with “Hey Paula.” 

Ray Hildebrand was an American singer that performed
in the 60’s group ‘Paul and Paula’. It has been reported
that Hildebrand passed away at his home in Kansas City,
Missouri last Friday. No cause of death was revealed.

    
    
    
    
    
A follow-up release from their debut album, The Doors became
groups first bona fide smash. “Light My Fire,” which earned the
top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 on July 29, 1967, transformed
The Doors from cult favorites of the rock cognoscenti into
international pop stars and avatars of the ’60s counterculture.