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SINGLE RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

The song "When a Man Loves a Woman" was written by Calvin Lewis and
Andrew Wright and recorded by Percy Sledge at Norala Sound Studio in
Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100
and
R&B singles charts.


Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015)

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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1955

Fats Domiino’s "Ain’t That a Shame" was a hit for the singer,
eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the "Black
Singles
" chart and #10 on the "Pop Singles" chart. The song
is ranked #438 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500
Greatest
Songs of All Time
.


Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr. turned 88 on February 26.

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THE MUSIC OF STEVE ALLEN ~


Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000).

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1966

Frank Sinatra’s Strangers in the Night reached number one on both the
Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Easy Listening chart, it was the title song
for Sinatra’s 1966 album Strangers in the Night, which became his most
commercially successful album.

               

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SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1940


James "Jimmy" Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957)


Helen O’Connell (May 23, 1920 – September 9, 1993)

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