(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — “They Just Can’t Stop It (The Games People Play)” by The Spinners peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘They Just Can’t Stop It (The Games People Play)’ by The Spinners peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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‘Feelings’ by Morris Albert peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — “Feelings” by Morris Albert peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Feelings’ by Morris Albert peaks at #6 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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‘Extra Texture (Read All About It)’ album by George Harrison peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
Video: 'Extra Texture' (first ten clips constitute original release)
(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — Extra Texture (Read All About It) by ex-Beatle George Harrison peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart for three consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘Extra Texture (Read All About It)’ album by George Harrison peaks at #8 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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‘Brazil’ by The Ritchie Family peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — “Brazil” by The Ritchie Family peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Brazil’ by The Ritchie Family peaks at #11 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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‘Carolina in the Pines’ by Michael Murphey peaks at #21 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — “Carolina in the Pines” by Michael Murphey peaked at #21 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Carolina in the Pines’ by Michael Murphey peaks at #21 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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‘Letting Go’ by Wings peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
(Saturday, October 25, 1975) — “Letting Go” by Wings (Paul McCartney’s band after The Beatles’ split) peaked at #39 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Letting Go’ by Wings peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago today (Oct 25 1975)
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Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe performs on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 60 years ago this hour (Oct 24 1965)
Video: 'Manuela Vargas & company on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, October 24, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Manuela Vargas Ballet Troupe performed on tonight’s live edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show from CBS’s Television City in Hollywood.
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Rosa Parks, founding symbol of Civil Rights Movement, dies in Detroit 20 years ago this hour (Oct 24 2005)
Video: 'Rosa Parks - Mini Bio'
(Monday, October 24, 2005, between 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT) — Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, died today in her apartment on the east side of the Detroit. Continue reading Rosa Parks, founding symbol of Civil Rights Movement, dies in Detroit 20 years ago this hour (Oct 24 2005)
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United Nations formally comes into being as Soviets ratify charter 80 years ago this hour (Oct 24 1945)
Video: 'The united Nation's, UN was born on october 24,1945...Dictionary tv Channel.'
(Wednesday, October 24, 1945, 4:50 p.m. EST) — The United Nations World Security Organization came into being today when the Soviet government deposited its instrument of ratification, the twenty-ninth necessary to bring this about, and U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes then signed the protocol.
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‘Shaved Fish’ compilation album by John Lennon released 50 years ago today (Oct 24 1975)
Video: 'Shaved Fish - Lennon Plastic Ono Band'
(Friday, October 24, 1975) — Shaved Fish, the first compilation album by ex-Beatle John Lennon, featuring all of the singles that he had issued up to that point in the United States as a solo artist, with the exception of “Stand by Me,” which had been released earlier that year, was released today in the UK (three days later in the U.S.).
