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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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When Creedence Clearwater Revival released the single "Proud Mary." It
became a major hit peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969,
the first of five non-consecutive singles to peak at #2 for the group.

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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The song "Twistin’ the Night Away" was written and recorded by Sam
Cooke
. It became very popular, charting in the top ten of both the
Billboard Hot 100 (#9) and Billboard’s R&B chart (#1)."Twistin’ the
Night Away" was successful overseas as well, peaking at #6 on the
UK Singles Chart.

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               Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964)

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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The song "It Doesn’t Matter Anymore" was written by Paul Anka
and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song reached number
13 as a posthumous hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early
1959, shortly after Holly died in a plane crash on February 3,
1959. The single was a two-sided hit, backed with "Raining in
My Heart
".

 

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1975

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The Four Seasons single “December,1963 (Oh What A Night)” hit number
one on the UK Singles Chart on February 21, 1976. It repeated the feat
on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on March 13, 1976, remaining in the top
spot for three weeks and one week on Cash Box. Billboard ranked it as
the No. 4 song for 1976. It was the Four Seasons’ final song, as a group,
to reach number one. (Valli would have one final chart-topper as a solo
act in 1978 with the theme song from the film Grease.)

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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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The song Barbara Ann entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending
January 1, 1966. The week ending January 29, the song leaped from #15 to
#2 and almost made the #1 position.

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