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KEITH RICHARDS TURNED 70 TODAY

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English musician Keith Richards is a guitarist and founding member
of the
rock band  The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine credited
Richards for "rock’s greatest single body of riffs" on guitar and ranked
him 10 on its list of 100 best guitarists.

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TOP SELLING SINGLE ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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“You Send Me” stayed number-one for two weeks on the Billboard top
sellers in stores list and sold an estimated 1.5 million copies.  

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TELEVISION ON THIS DAY IN 1956

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“Blueberry Hill’’ was still climbing up the charts on its way to #2 during
this time. 

 

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Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. turned 85 on February 26.

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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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The McCoys version of “Fever” hit Number 7 on the Billboard chart.

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1969 ~

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This was The Fifth Dimension’s second number one record. The song was originally recorded as a private joke between group members Marilyn
McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., who were engaged at the time.

 

 

              
 

The 5th DimensionTODAY

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