This was Chubby Checker’s second #1 hit, after his 1960 single "The
Twist”. It also introduced a new dance style.

 
Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans) will be 74 on
October 3.

1961

The album "Buddy Holly" was released by Coral Records and
was the second album for Buddy. Approximately one year later,
he was killed in a plane crash.

The song “Got A Job” was the first single by The Miracles, who were
then a five-member group that included Smokey Robinson’s bride-to-
be, Claudette. Released on New York’s End label, it got a lot of airplay 
in Detroit and little elsewhere. It was an answer record to the #1 hit 
"Get A Job” by The Silhouettes.

On March 3, 1966, “Lightnin’ Strikes” garnered gold status
for selling over one million copies.

Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco) is 72 today.