March 10th
Sonny and Cher appear on tonight's episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Earlier this afternoon The Hardly Worth It Players appear on "Where The Action Is" to perform their novelty hit / Senator Bobby...
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The New Vaudeville Band appear on The Hollywood Palace performing their former #1 Hit "Winchester Cathedral" along with their brand new single "Peek-A-Boo". Northern Songs, who publishes The Beatles'...
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It only took The Beatles four weeks to reach the top of the chart with their latest, "Penny Lane". (During that time it climbed from #62 to #28 to #6 to #1). "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones...
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Horns are added to The Beatles' recording of "Good Morning, Good Morning", courtesy of the group Sounds, Incorporated, who toured America with The Beatles as one of their back-up acts in 1964 and 1965....
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The new Beatles videos for "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" are shown on "Where The Action Is". The body of President John F. Kennedy was moved to its permanent home (just a few feet away...
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Chart Movers earning bullets this week include "Western Union" by The Five Americans (up 23 places from #67 to #44), "Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley, up from #80 to #58, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by The...
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The Monkees record versions of "Shades Of Gray" and "You Just May Be The One" for their up-coming "Headquarters" album. They also play around with the "Peter Gunn" theme, adlibbing and improvising...
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Some great debuts this week as "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy and Frank Sinatra premiers at #60, "Tell Me To My Face" (a cover of The Hollies song) premiers at #73, as the follow-up release to Keith's...
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"Penny Lane" by The Beatles is certified gold. The timeless and extremely popular Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit / attraction officially opens at Disneyland in California. The Monkees take a crack...
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There's only one new Top Ten entry this week as Buffalo Springfield finally make The Top Ten when "For What It's Worth" climbs from #12 to #9. The Beatles hold on to the #1 spot with "Penny Lane",...
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Popular British DJ Brian Matthew records John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's acceptance speeches for the three 1966 Ivor Novello Awards they won: "Yellow Submarine" (winner of "The A-Side of the Record...
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Prior to entering the studio to record the backing vocal tracks to "It's Getting Better", John Lennon took his first major LSD trip and, once in the studio, began freaking out.In the now infamous...
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"Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley moves from #58 to #41, a jump of 17 places, "Tell Me To My Face" by Keith climbs from #73 to #54, a move of 19 places, "Don’t You Care" by The Buckinghams jumps from...
View ArticleMarch 23rd
The highest debut this week (and for the year so far) belongs to The Monkees as their brand new single, "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" premiers in the #32 spot. "Sunday For Tea" by Peter and...
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Neil Diamond sings "You Got To Me" and "Solitary Man" on "Where The Action Is"."I Think We're Alone Now" begins its fifth week at #1 on The WLS Silver Dollar Survey ...Meanwhile, you'll find "Happy...
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This week's edition of TV Guide examines the future of "Batman", which has recently added the Batgirl character trying to spice things up. Incredibly, it is still airing twice a week … but the novelty...
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The Dave Clark Five are back on The Ed Sullivan Show tonight, performing their latest hit, "I've Got To Have A Reason"… as well as their follow-up single, "You Got What It Takes", which will premier on...
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"Happy Together" by The Turtles finally hits the #1 spot as The Beatles'"Penny Lane" falls to #4. (After a huge leap from #11 to #3, "Happy Together" inched its way to the top, stopping at #3 and #2...
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Van Morrison records his big breakthrough solo hit, "Brown Eyed Girl". Tommy Roe appears on "Where The Action Is". A Made-For-Television movie called "Ironsides" is shown on NBC. Based around the...
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A 13-day TV Strike begins. It is the first strike ever for the 30-year-old AFTRA Organization (The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and even television's most popular artists and...
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