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March 30th
The Beatles' new album cover is photographed today by Michael Cooper (from a design by Peter Blake). "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" will become a landmark release that influences virtually...
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March 31st
In a performance at The Finsbury Park Astoria Theatre in London, Jimi Hendrix suffers minor burns after setting his guitar on fire on stage for the first time. (He ended his set with his popular tune...
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April 1st, 1967
Paul McCartney comes up with the idea of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Reprise, which is completed in one long eleven hour session. Having already decided that it would be impossible to...
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April 2nd
Sonny and Cher appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. With a new song ("I'm A Man") already climbing the charts by The Spencer Davis Group, keyboardist / lead vocalist / and chief songwriter Steve Winwood...
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April 3rd
"Happy Together" by The Turtles and "Dedicated To The One I Love" by The Mamas and the Papas hold on to the #1 and #2 spots respectively on this week's chart … but making a big move toward the top are...
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April 4th
Johnny Carson quits The Tonight Show. He returns three weeks later after NBC gives him a $30,000 a week raise. (Man, how do you make THAT deal?!?!?)Paul McCartney tells Beatles Press Secretary Derek...
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April 5th
With the "Sgt. Pepper" album now complete, Paul McCartney flies to America for a ten day stay. First stop: Denver, Colorado, for girlfriend Jane Asher's 21st birthday. He gives her a diamond ring …...
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April 6th
Records to watch this week outside The Top 40 include "Love Eyes" by Nancy Sinatra, which leaps 28 places from #69 to #41, giving Nancy THREE records on this week's chart. (Her duet with her Dad sits...
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April 7th
Hot shot debuts this week include a new track by Neil Diamond ("Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon") which premiers at #66, "I Got Rhythm" by The Happenings, debuting at #71 (talk about your old song...
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April 8th
The Buffalo Springfield perform "Mr. Soul" (along with a 30-second excerpt from "For What It's Worth") on The Hollywood Palace. John Lennon takes his Rolls Royce to a car customizing shop in Surrey to...
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April 9th
The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane shared the bill at The Cheetah Club located on the Santa Monica Pier in Venice, California, to an audience of approximately 3000 people, the largest audience of...
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April 10th
It's Nancy and Frank Sinatra who take over the #1 spot on this week's Super Chart as their father / daughter duet "Somethin' Stupid" slides into the #1 spot from the #3 position last week. (It is the...
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On a flight back to London (after visiting girlfriend Jane Asher for her birthday a few days earlier) Paul McCartney refers back to his notes about a Beatles television special, borrows a notepad from...
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April 12th
Earning bullets along their way up the chart this week are "I Found A Love" by Wilson Pickett (up 15 places from #56 to #41), "My Back Pages" by The Byrds (also up 15 places, from #58 to #43), "Friday...
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April 13th
The Monkees have taken over the top spot on the WLS Chart this week (even though the title was consistently spelled wrong throughout its chart run!) while The Turtles hang on for another week on the...
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April 14th
You'll find very few memorable top debuts this week … Percy Sledge hits the chart at #69 with "Out of Left Field" and Otis Redding premiers at #74 with "I Love You More Than Words Can Say"… but...
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April 15th
Host Milton Berle welcomes baseball greats Willie Mays, Jimmy Piersall and Maury Wills to The Hollywood Palace … now THAT would have been pretty cool to see! After a brief interview, the quartet...
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Nancy Sinatra performs "Love Eyes" on The Ed Sullivan Show … and is then joined by Producer Lee Hazlewood to perform their hot new duet, "Summer Wine". Tony Bennett also appears on this evening's...
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April 17th
Nancy and Frank Sinatra hold The Monkees off for at least one more week as "Somethin' Stupid" maintains its #1 position on top of our Pop Super Chart for the week ending April 22nd. The Monkees'"A...
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April 18
The Monkees hold on to the #1 Spot on the WLS Silver Dollar Survey ... and now move up to that position on the WCFL Sound 10 Survey, too.Lots of Local Hits on the charts this week, too ... First, we...
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