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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1976

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The song "More Than a Feeling" was written by Tom Scholz and released
by the rock band Boston as the lead single from their self-titled debut album
on Epic Records with "Smokin’" on the flipside. The single peaked at number
five on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is now a staple of classic rock and in
1999 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1964


Roy Orbison’s "Oh, Pretty Woman" spent three weeks at
number
one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 26,
1964, second single by Orbison to top the charts.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1964

Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–
Dozier
–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by
the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard
Hot 100
pop singles chart, a position it held for two weeks until
August 29, 1964. It was also the first of five Supremes songs in
a row to reach number one.

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SONG RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

"Hot Fun in the Summertime" was recorded by Sly and the Family
Stone
. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop
singles chart and number 3 on the Billboard soul singles chart in
autumn 1969. It is ranked as the seventh biggest hit of 1969 and
Rolling Stone ranked the song #247 on it’s list of the "500 Greatest
Songs of All Time
", and it also has been named in lists by Yahoo!
Music
and AskMen as an all-time "summer anthem."

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

The song "Shout" was written and sung by The Isley brothers
themselves as a call and response answer to Jackie Wilson‘s
"
Lonely Teardrops", which they would occasionally cover in
live performances. While the song did not reach higher than
#47 on the Billboard Hot 100
, it became their first gold single
on the basis of its longevity and became a much-covered
tune, with many U.S. and international artists recording the
song.

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