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Mar

SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1961

Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love peaked at number two on the pop
chart and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for six weeks. The
song was featured in Elvis Presley‘s 1961 film, Blue Hawaii.

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Mar

SINGLE RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

The song "Surf City" was written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry. It was first
recorded and made popular by the duo Jan and Dean. Their record became
the first surf song to become a national number-one hit.

William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004)

Dean Ormsby Torrence turned 76 on March 10.

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Mar

RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

The song “Green Eyes” was recorded by the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra with
vocals by Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly and released by Decca Records
with the flip side "Maria Elena." The record first reached the Billboard charts
on May 9, 1941 and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.

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Mar

BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1919

Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles
(March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965)

After listening to Earl Hines, Nat was inspired to call
himself Nat King. One of his first groups was called
the Nat Cole Swingers. He was one of the first African
Americans to have his own TV show when he became
host on The Nat King Cole Show in 1956 on NBC.