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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

The R&B/pop record "Personality" was recorded by Lloyd Price and 
reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one
of Lloyd Price’s most popular crossover hits. The song was also a #1
R&B hit, maintaining the top spot for four weeks. Billboard ranked it as
the No. 3 song for 1959. 

 


Lloyd Price turned 83 in March.

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

 

The song "Rikki Don’t Lose That Number" was recorded by the 
rock/jazz group Steely Dan and is the opening track of their
third album Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single
of the group’s career, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100
in the summer of 1974.

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ALBUM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1971

The album Sticky Fingers is the ninth British and 11th studio album by the
English rock band The Rolling Stones, released. It is the band’s first album
of the 1970s and its first release on the band’s newly formed label, Rolling
Stones Records
. It is also Mick Taylor‘s first full-length appearance on a
Rolling Stones album, the first Rolling Stones album not to feature any
contributions from guitarist and founder Brian Jones and the first one on
which singer Mick Jagger is credited with playing guitar.

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

The song "Wild Thing" was originally recorded by the American band The
Wild Ones
in 1965, but is best known for its 1966 cover by the English band
The Troggs, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. It
ranked #261 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time.


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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

The song "School Days" (also known as "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes
the Bell)") was  written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by the
Chess record label as a single and released on the LP After School
Session
two months later. It is one of his best known songs and is
often considered a rock and roll anthem.

 
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry turned 89 on October 18.

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