(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — “People Get Ready” by The Impressions peaked today at #14 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Rolling Stone magazine named the track the 24th greatest song of all time.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
‘Yeh, Yeh’ by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames peaks at #21 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 27 1965)
(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — “Yeh, Yeh” by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames peaked today at #21 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Please Let Me Wonder’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #52 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 27 1965)
(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — “Please Let Me Wonder” by The Beach Boys peaked today at #52 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘4-by the Beatles’ EP by The Beatles peaks at #68 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 27 1965)
(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — The “4-by the Beatles” extended player by The Beatles peaked today at #68 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Goldfinger’ by John Barry peaks at #72 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 27 1965)
(Saturday, March 27, 1965) — “Goldfinger” by John Barry peaked today at #72 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Eisenhower declares German army ‘whipped’ 70 years ago today (Mar 27 1945)
Video: 'Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Tour Rhine Bridgehead, Remagen Area, Germany, March 26, 1945'
(Tuesday, March 27, 1945; on the Western Front of World War II) — The German Army’s “main defensive line has been broken” and the Germans “as a military force on the Western Front are a whipped army,” Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower declared today.
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Johnson opens fight on Klan after FBI seizes 4 members for Liuzzo murder 50 years ago this hour (Mar 26 1965)
Video: 'Statement on the Arrest of 4 KKK Members, 3/26/65.MP551.'
(Friday, March 26, 1965, 12:40 p.m. EST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson Johnson declared war on the Ku Klux Klan today after announcing the arrest of four Klansmen in connection with the slaying last night of Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, while she was ferrying marchers back to Selma from Montgomery. Continue reading Johnson opens fight on Klan after FBI seizes 4 members for Liuzzo murder 50 years ago this hour (Mar 26 1965)
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‘The Ballad of Davy Crockett’ by Bill Hayes peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 26 1955)
(Saturday, March 26, 1955) — “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” by Bill Hayes was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for five consecutive weeks (Mar. 26, Apr. 2/9/16/23, 1955).
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White civil rights activist murdered by Ku Klux Klan 50 years ago tonight (Mar 25 1965)
Video: 'Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 [with English subtitles]' (Mar. 25, 1965, at 54:24)
(Sunday, March 25, 1965, evening; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan members tonight as she drove a black volunteer who took part in the Selma to Montgomery march that ended today to the airport.
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‘Amadeus’ wins Best Picture at 57th Academy Awards 30 years ago this hour (Mar 25 1985)
Video: '1985 Oscars' (25 videos)
(Monday, March 25, 1985, 6:00 p.m. PST) — Amadeus, a period drama film about the 18th century composer Salieri who confesses to a deadly rivalry with Mozart, won eight Oscars tonight at the 57th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Miloš Forman for Best Director and F. Murray Abraham for Best Actor. Continue reading ‘Amadeus’ wins Best Picture at 57th Academy Awards 30 years ago this hour (Mar 25 1985)
