On this date in 1969, Elvis Presley had his 18th and final #1 Billboard
hit with…”Suspicious Minds”.
01
Nov
THE KING’S LAST BIG HIT
31
Oct
ONE OF THE GREAT “ENFORCER’S” IS DEAD
Former Portland Trail Blazer Maurice Lucas has died. He was
the Starting Forward for the Blazers when they won the 1977
Championship. Lucas had been suffering from a long illness.
He was 58.
31
Oct
THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE!
On this early TV show Alfred Hitchcock welcomed viewers and treated them to stories of terror,horror,suspense,and endings with a twist. It ran from Oct,1955 to June of 1962.
The series expanded to an hour in Sept. of 1962 and was renamed “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour”. It ran till May of 1965. These shows were truley Sunday evening…TREATS!
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30
Oct
A GOLD WINNER…FOR THE NINTH TIME!
Roy Orbison was awarded his ninth Gold Record for
“Oh! Pretty Woman” on this date in 1964. It remained
on the charts for 15 weeks.
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30
Oct
THE NUMBER ONE SELLING ALBUM
John Lennon had the number one selling album in the United States on this date in 1971 with “IMAGINE”. It would be John’s only solo LP to sell a million copies and his most popular album until “Double Fantasy” which went to number one shortly after his assassination on December 8, 1980.
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