January 9th
The biggest movers on this week's chart include "Color My World" by Petula Clark, up another ten places to #22, "98.6" by Keith, now sitting at #26 (up from #37) and "Stand By Me" by Spyder Turner...
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January 10th
Sammy Davis, Jr., on the lot filming a guest appearance for the hit comedy "I Dream Of Jeannie", stops by The Monkees set, where they are filming the "Monkees A La Mode" episode. Although it is...
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January 11th
Big day in the recording studio today as Jimi Hendrix records the hard-rock classic "Purple Haze" and The Hollies lay down "On A Carousel". Keith and The Electric Prunes (singing "I Had Too Much To...
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January 12th
TheLouisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses the exemption requested for Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali. Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future...
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The top premiers on this week's chart include "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny and Cher, the Motown classic "It Takes Two" by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston and the garage band classic "The Little Black Egg" by...
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The Monkees perform a sold-out show at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. This week's edition of The New Musical Express reports that The Monkees will likely film an episode of their television...
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January 15th
The Green Bay Packers defeat The Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35 - 10 in the first AFL - NFL World Championship game, held at The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.Although this is the way the game was...
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January 16th
The Top Three Records maintain their hold on this week's countdown … "I'm A Believer" by The Monkees is #1 for the fourth straight week … which is exactly how long it has held "Snoopy Vs. The Red...
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Biggest movers this week include "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by The Electric Prunes, up 18 places from #54 to #36, "Hello Hello" by Sopwith Camel, up 14 places from #57 to #43, "Pretty...
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January 18th
The 20th NHL All-Star Game is held in Montreal, Canada. The Montreal Canadiens took on a team of All-Stars derived from all of the other NHL hockey teams … and beat them 3-0. Incredibly, it remains...
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January 19th
Lesley Gore appears as Pussycat, Catwoman's sidekick , in the hit ABC Television Series "Batman". She performs her latest hit, "California Nights". Bulleted tracks on this week's chart include "Gimme...
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January 20th
Arthur Conley records his soul classic "Sweet Soul Music" (essentially a reworking of Sam Cooke's "Yeah Man").Highest debuts on the chart for the week ending January 21st are "Ruby Tuesday" by The...
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January 21st
Britian's New Musical Express is reporting that The Beatles have approved Owen Holder's basic script for their third film and are now awaiting the final screenplay before setting a shooting date. The...
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January 22nd
The Lovin' Spoonful are guests on The Ed Sullivan Show tonight. They perform their latest hit "Nashville Cats" as well as "Darlin' Be Home Soon", which will be their follow-up single in February....
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January 23rd
The trial of Wilhelm Harster, accused of murdering 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) begins in Munich. He will eventually be sentenced to 15 years in prison. Baseball Great Stan Musial is named...
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January 24th
The Top Three remain unchanged for the fourth week in a row … "I'm A Believer" by The Monkees is at #1, "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen holds at #2 and "Tell It Like It Is" by Aaron...
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January 25th
Big movers this week include "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by The Casinos, up from #68 to #41, a jump of 27 places (after a 29 point jump the week before), "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones, up...
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January 26th
For the first time this year, a record debuts inside The Top 50 when The Supremes' latest, "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" premiers at #48. You won't find another new record on the chart until you...
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January 27th
US Astronauts Gus Girssom (US Air Force), Edward Higgins White (US Air Force) and Roger Chaffee (US Navy) are killed today when a fire breaks out in their Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch pad test...
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January 28th
The Saturday Evening Post publishes an in-depth expose on The Monkees. Michael Nesmith seizes the opportunity to expose what is really going on behind the scenes: "The music had nothing to do with us....
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