(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Listen People” by Herman’s Hermits peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Daily Archives: March 12, 2016
‘California Dreamin” by The Mamas & the Papas peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “California Dreamin'” by The Mamas & the Papas peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
The song is #89 in Rolling Stone‘s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
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‘Elusive Butterfly’ by Bob Lind peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Elusive Butterfly” by Bob Lind peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘I Fought the Law’ by The Bobby Fuller Four peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “I Fought the Law” by The Bobby Fuller Four peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
This version of this song was ranked No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004.
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‘Batman Theme’ by The Marketts peaks at #17 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Batman Theme” by The Marketts peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Batman Theme’ by Neal Hefti peaks at #35 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Batman Theme” by Neal Hefti peaked at #35 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Keep On Running’ by The Spencer Davis Group peaks at #76 in USA 50 years ago today (Mar 12 1966)
(Saturday, March 12, 1966) — “Keep On Running” by The Spencer Davis Group peaked at #76 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Please Please Me/There’s A Place’ episode airs on ‘The Beatles’ cartoon series 50 years ago this hour (Mar 12 1966)
Video: 'The beatles Cartoons Episode 25'
(Saturday, March 12, 1966, 10:30 a.m. EST) — While in Spain, the Beatles decide to go out and have a picnic, and later, the band is rehearsing for a television appearance but are having difficulty due to an ape in a cage on this morning’s episode of The Beatles, a weekly cartoon television series on ABC.
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Churchill visits FDR’s grave for first time 70 years ago today (Mar 12 1946)
(Tuesday, March 12, 1946) — Solemnly and without words, Winston Churchill walked through a century-old hemlock hedge today and into a rose garden where he placed a wreath on the grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the man who had shared his heaviest burdens during one the supreme periods of history (click here to watch video of Churchill’s visit to FDR’s grave at 4:01:18).
