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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

The song "This Love of Mine" was recorded by Tommy Dorsey
and his orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals with The
Pied Pipers
. The single reached #3 on the Billboard pop singles
chart in 1941-1942 in a chart run of 24 weeks.

 

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

 

The song “I’ll Never Smile Again” was written by Ruth Lowe and recorded by
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, with vocals provided by Frank Sinatra and
The Pied Pipers. It stayed at number one for 12 weeks on Billboard, from July
27 to October 12, 1940, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in
1982.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Released as a single on June 3, 1966, “Sunny Afternoon” peaked at No. 14
on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart early autumn 1966. It was placed
at No. 200 on Pitchfork Media‘s list of The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s.

 

 

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

The song "(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction" is considered the greatest song the 
Rolling Stones ever recorded. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed the
song in the second spot on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It
was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in
2006.

    

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1972

The song "Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey,
and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band’s
first single. It peaked at No. 12 on the July 22, 1972 Billboard Hot 100 chart. It
also was the opening track on the band’s debut album Eagles and it has
become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and
compilation albums. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
.


Glenn Frey (left) died January 18 of this year.

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