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November 5th
Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees is on a train that derails near London, killing 49 people. Robin escaped with a few cuts and bruises … and helped other passengers out of the train.(You can read a full...
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November 6th
Sam and Dave move into the #1 position on the Pop Chart this week as "Soul Man" overtakes Lulu's hit "To Sir, With Love," dropping it to #2. "Incense And Peppermints" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock and...
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November 7th
Diana Ross and the Supremes have the top chart debut this week as "In And Out Of Love" premiers at #60. There are several other "future hits" making their first appearance on the chart this week as...
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Harry Nilsson begins recording "Everybody's Talkin'"… it won't become known until it is used in the movie "Midnight Cowboy" nearly two years later, at which point it will become a Top Ten Single. He...
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November 9th
The very first issue of "Rolling Stone Magazine" is published … John Lennon (dressed in his "How I Won The War" garb) graces the cover. Ironically it was also on this date, in 1961, that Brian Epstein...
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Other big movers on the chart this week (climbing ten places or more) include "Wild Honey" by The Beach Boys (#68 to #46), "Skinny Legs And All" by Joe Tex (#65 to #47), "This Town" by Frank Sinatra...
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November 11th
Van Morrison performs his hit "Brown Eyed Girl" on American Bandstand. Although this record will go on to become one of the most over-played songs in America, it will NOT be a hit in England. This...
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November 12th
The Turtles perform "Happy Together" and "She's My Girl" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Wow! Disney's "The Jungle Book" unseats "Cool Hand Luke" to reclaim the top spot at the box office this week. That...
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November 13th
"Incense and Peppermints" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock is the new #1 Record in America. (Years later it is voted as your all-time favorite psychedelic song by our Forgotten Hits...
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November 14th
The Monkees earn a gold record for "Daydream Believer," which hasn't even hit The Top Ten yet! This afternoon, Peter Tork and Davy Jones will come to fisticuffs as, according to Peter, "we were...
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There are three big movers just outside The Top 40 this week as "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles moves from #56 to #41, "She's My Girl" by The Turtles climbs from #58 to #42...
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November 16th
Top debuts this week include "Honey Chile" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (#61), "Goin' Back" by The Byrds (#65), "Peace Of Mind" by Paul Revere and the Raiders (#71), "Summer Rain" by Johnny...
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November 17th
Beatles right-hand man Neil Aspinall flies to The United States to deliver copies of The Beatles' new "Hello Goodbye" promotional video. It would first air on The Ed Sullivan Show on November 26th and...
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November 18th
Detroit experiences a newspaper strike, shutting down both major daily publications. Incredibly, it will last until August 9, 1968 … 267 days. A photograph of Planet Earth is taken from Satellite...
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November 19th
Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Both groups perform separately and together, doing a medley of each other's hits (including The Temptations' hits "Get...
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November 20th
The Strawberry Alarm Clock hold on to the #1 Spot on the Pop Charts this week as "Incense and Peppermints" tops the chart for the second consecutive week. In hindsight it's the perfect record to wind...
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Bobbie Gentry's got the top debut on the chart this week with her follow-up to her #1 smash "Ode To Billie Joe" as "Okolona River Bottom Band" premiers at #64. (She'll never match the success of her...
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November 22nd
Rod Carew of The Minnesota Twins wins The Rookie Of The Year Award. He will remain with The Twins until 1978 at which time he will request a trade due to several policy disagreements with Twins...
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The latest edition of "Rolling Stone Magazine" quotes popular "underground" San Francisco Disc Jockey Tom Donahue as saying "Top Forty Radio, as we know it today and have known it for the last ten...
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November 24th
Some of the big movers falling between positions #41 and #100 this week include "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" by Glen Campbell (#55 to #47), "Paper Cup" by The Fifth Dimension (#56 to #48), "Honey...
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