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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969

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The instrumental "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A
Time for Us", was arranged by Henry Mancini for Franco Zeffirelli‘s film of
Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and remained there for two weeks. It
was Mancini’s only Top Ten single on that chart.

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Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini
(April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)

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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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“Summer In The City” reached number one on the Billboard Hot
100
in August 1966, for three consecutive weeks. The song is
ranked number 401 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time
.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1960

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The first of Francis’s three US #1’s, "Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool"
was also ranked on the R&B chart at #2 and was the only one of
Francis’s major hits to cross over to the C&W charts where it
peaked at #24.

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Connie Francis
 (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) will be 77 in
December.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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It took Elvis Presley 31 takes to get just the right version of "Hound Dog" on
acetate. The record became the most successful two-sided hit on Billboard’s
Top/Hot 100 chart. The two titles spent a combined 55 weeks in the Top 100
in 1956-1957.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

 

This Supremes song became the group’s eighth number-one single
when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for two weeks 
from November 13, 1966 through November 27, 1966.

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