(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Let It Whip” by Dazz Band peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Let It Whip’ by Dazz Band peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
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‘Tainted Love’ by Soft Cell peaks at #8 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Tainted Love’ by Soft Cell peaks at #8 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
‘Only the Lonely’ by The Motels peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Only the Lonely” by The Motels peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks. Continue reading ‘Only the Lonely’ by The Motels peaks at #9 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
‘Going To A Go-Go’ by The Rolling Stones peaks at #25 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
(Saturday, July 17, 1982) — “Going To A Go-Go” by The Rolling Stones peaked at #25 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Going To A Go-Go’ by The Rolling Stones peaks at #25 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1982)
‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1972)
Video: 'Full Circle' (9 videos)
(Monday, July 17, 1972) — Full Circle, the eighth studio album by The Doors, the band’s second LP after Jim Morrison’s death on July 3, 1971, with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger sharing lead vocals and John Densmore on drums, was released today. Continue reading ‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors released 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1972)
Top Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler begins two-day visit at Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1942)
Video: 'The 100 Deadliest Days of the Holocaust Begin... - WAH 039 - July 1942, Pt .2' (Himmler at Auschwitz, July 17-18, 1942, at 2:28)
(Friday, July 17, 1942, late afternoon Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust, during World War II) — Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Germany’s Minister of the Interior, began a two-day visit to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp today in Nazi-occupied Poland, his second and final visit to the facility that would witness the murders of 1.3 million people, about 90 percent of them Jewish, through 1945. Continue reading Top Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler begins two-day visit at Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1942)