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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1965


The  single "Count Me In" reached #2 on the Billboard
Hot 100.



Gary Lewis (born Gary Harold Lee Levitch) will be 70 in July.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

Released as a single in the US on March 2, 1964, “Twist and
Shout” reached number 2 on April 4, 1964, during the week
that the top five places on the Billboard chart were all Beatles
singles. It was the only million-selling Beatles single that was
a cover record, and the only Beatles cover single to reach the
Top 10 on a national record chart. The song failed to hit #1
because the Beatles had another song occupying the top spot,
"Can’t Buy Me Love".

Live performance, November 4, 1963 during The Royal Variety Show
at Prince of Wales Theatre, London.

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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

"Stop! In the Name of Love" was written and produced by Motown’s main
production team Holland–Dozier–Holland. It held the number one position
on the Billboard pop singles chart from March 27, 1965 through April 3,
1965, and reached the number-two position on the soul chart.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1939


Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman, the “King of Swing”
(May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)


                          (November 14, 1915 – December 8, 2006)

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

The song "Honey," also known as "Honey (I Miss You)," was written by
Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former Kingston Trio member
Bob Shane. Then he gave it to singer Bobby Goldsboro, who recorded
it for his 1968 album of the same name. It spent five weeks at No. 1 the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, from April 7 to May 11 (the 200th song
to do so), and three weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. It
was Goldsboro’s only No. 1 hit on the Pop Singles and Country Singles
charts and it was his first song to top the Adult Contemporary chart. The
single was ranked the No. 3 song for 1968 by Billboard.


Bobby Goldsboro turned 75 on January 18.

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