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February 18th
Tickets to The Monkees' April 2nd appearance at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens sell out in less than four hours as fans wait in sub-zero degree weather to snatch up their seats. "Kind of a Drag," the...
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February 19th
The Rolling Stones knock The Buckinghams out of the #1 spot after only one week as "Ruby Tuesday" climbs to the top of this week's Super Cart. "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" seems poised to...
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February 20th
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana fame is born. This won't mean ANYTHING to anybody for another 24 years. Elvis Presley's "How Great Thou Art" album is released. It will go on to become Elvis' very first...
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Big movers outside The Top 40 include "Happy Together" by The Turtles (#44, up from #65), "Ups And Downs" by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#56, up from #74), "No Milk Today" by Herman's Hermits, up...
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The Beatles overdub the famous last chord to "A Day In The Life", perhaps the most famous final chord in music history.John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and assistant Mal Evans, sitting at three...
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The Monkees' television series is renewed for a second season. That afternoon they re-record "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" ... this time with Micky handling the lead vocal. (It will wind up as the...
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This week's hot shot debuts include "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles, premiering at #49 and, for the time being anyway, ahead of "Penny Lane", which sits at #62.Also new on the chart this...
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February 25th
On a program that features Van Johnson, Liza Minnelli (performing "Cabaret") and Mickey Rooney, it's kind of a shocker to find The Hollywood Palace running the two new Beatles promotional clips for...
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February 26th
Nancy Sinatra is on The Ed Sullivan Show tonight but instead of performing any of her own hits, she sings "My Buddy" and "Sweet Georgia Brown". (I don't quite get that one!!!)Buffalo Springfield...
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February 27th
Looks like we called this one right last week … as we head into March, The Supremes take over the top spot on this week's Super Chart as "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" displaces "Ruby Tuesday" by...
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March 1st, 1967
Other big movers on the chart this week include "The Return Of The Red Baron", up from #82 to #55, a jump of 27 places. (Looks like another big hit for The Royal Guardsmen who peaked at #2 with their...
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The Supremes are in the studio today putting the finishing touches on what will be their next two singles … "The Happening" (started back on February 24th) and "Reflections", which incorporates a...
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New on the charts this week are "Beggin'" by The Four Seasons (this week's top debut at #69), "This Is My Song" by Petula Clark (premiering at #77), the novelty hit "Mairzy Doats" by The Innocence,...
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March 4th
On the local scene ...Tommy James and the Shondells hold on to the top spot on both of our local charts this week ... but I remember a heated battle between "I Think We're Alone Now" and The...
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March 5th
The Supremes earn a second week at #1 with their latest, "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" while "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones also holds at #2. "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" climbs five more...
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March 6th
After recording the horns for the "Sgt. Pepper" title track on March 3rd, Paul decided it would be cool to hear this "fictitious band" warming up in the studio prior to the actual start of the song,...
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March 7th
Other big movers on the chart this week include "The Dis-Advantages Of You" by The Brass Ring, up from #50 to #41, "Jimmy Mack" by Martha and the Vandellas, which climbs from #60 to #46, "Sit Down, I...
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March 8th
Buffalo Springfield ("For What It's Worth") and Bobby Rydell ("Forget Him") perform on "Where The Action Is".Here's a great stereo version of my favorite Bobby Rydell track ... A Top 20 Hit here in...
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You've got to look all the way down to #71 to find this week's top debut … it's "Wade In The Water" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Other notable newbies include "Detroit City" by Tom Jones,...
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