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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1960

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“Calendar Girl” reached #4 on the Billboard chart in 1961.

Neil Sedaka at Melodies and Memories
Los Angeles, California - 16.07.06
Credit: Reggie Collier/ WENN
[Photo via Newscom] wennphotos331271_melodies_memories_24_wenn737462.jpg
Neil Sedaka turned 73 in March

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NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1961

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The song was backed by the vocal group, The Del-Satins. It ranked #  
342 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of "
The 500 Greatest Songs of  
All Time
".

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The Del-Satins

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Dion Francis DiMucci turned 73 in July

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FROM THE NORMAN PETTY STUDIO IN 1958

 Buddy Holly and the Crickets

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Buddy Holly and The Crickets with Tommy Allsup on lead guitar 
and background vocals by “The Roses”, the only vocal group 
to travel and perform on stage with Buddy.  

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“The Roses”

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FORMER MOTOWN SONGWRITER DEAD AT 71

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Frank Edward Wilson (December 5, 1940 – September 27, 2012)

Frank Wilson, a Motown songwriter and producer who worked with 
The Supremes,The Temptations and Marvin Gaye, died Thursday,
Sept. 27 after a long battle with cancer. He wrote or co-wrote the
hits "Love Child," "All I Need" and "Chained." A rare copy of his
unreleased single "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" sold for a record
$39,294 in 2009, according to Guinness World Records. Wilson
left Motown in 1976 and became a born again Christian minister
in Los Angeles.


1965 

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HIT RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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Connie Francis was talked into recording “Who’s Sorry Now”
by her father who was adamant that it would be a rock and
roll smash hit. Francis didn’t want to record the song at
first, but used leftover studio time to make the recording
with just two takes as a goodwill gesture to her father. It
rose as high as #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring
of 1958.

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Connie will turn 74 in December

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