(Saturday, June 23, 1962) — “Palisades Park” by Freddy Cannon peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Palisades Park’ by Freddy Cannon peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 23 1962)
Category Archives: 1960s
Three prisoners escape Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on ‘The Rock’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1962)
Video: 'Escape From Alcatraz (1962)'
(Monday, June 11, 1962, approximately 10:00 p.m. PDT; during the June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt) — Three prisoners at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, located on Alcatraz Island (also known as “The Rock”) in San Francisco Bay in California, staged an escape tonight, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again. Continue reading Three prisoners escape Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on ‘The Rock’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1962)
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The Beatles record second BBC radio performance in Manchester 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1962)
Video: 'The Beatles - Ask Me Why (BBC, Teenagers' Turn - Here We Go - 15 June 1962)'
(Monday, June 11, 1962, 8:45-9:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best) recorded their second BBC radio appearance tonight at Playhouse Theater in Manchester, performing “Ask Me Why” (the first Lennon-McCartney original composition played on BBC radio), “Besame Mucho,” and “A Picture Of You.” Continue reading The Beatles record second BBC radio performance in Manchester 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1962)
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The Beatles audition for record producer George Martin at Abbey Road Studios in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1962)
Video: 'Besame Mucho (Anthology 1 Version)'
(Wednesday, June 6, 1962, 7:00-10:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best) visited EMI Studios at 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London, for the first time ever tonight to record, with George Martin producing, for Parlophone Records. Continue reading The Beatles audition for record producer George Martin at Abbey Road Studios in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1962)
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‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ by Ray Charles peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 2 1962)
(Saturday, June 2, 1962) — “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Ray Charles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five consecutive weeks (June 2/9/16/23/30, 1962). Continue reading ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ by Ray Charles peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 2 1962)
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Nazi mass murderer Adolf Eichmann executed in Israel 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 1 1962)
Video: 'Adolf Eichmann | Nazi Hunters | S1E02'
(Friday, June 1, 1962, a few minutes past midnight Israel Standard Time) — Adolf Eichmann, a German-Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organizers of The Holocaust, the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” in Nazi terminology, was hanged at a prison in Ramla, Israel, early this morning. Continue reading Nazi mass murderer Adolf Eichmann executed in Israel 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 1 1962)
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‘Stranger on the Shore’ by Mr. Acker Bilk peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962)
(Saturday, May 26, 1962) — “Stranger on the Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (Vera Lynn’s “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” had reached #1 in 1952, on the shorter “Best Sellers In Stores” survey). Continue reading ‘Stranger on the Shore’ by Mr. Acker Bilk peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962)
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‘PT-109’ by Jimmy Dean peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962)
(Saturday, May 26, 1962) — “PT-109” by Jimmy Dean peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘PT-109’ by Jimmy Dean peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 26 1962)
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The Beatles track ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’ and ‘Swanee River’ for Tony Sheridan 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1962)
Video: 'Sweet Georgia Brown (Remastered 2015)'
(Thursday, May 24, 1962, approximately 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Central European Time) — British rock band The Beatles recorded the instrumental backing tracks for Tony Sheridan’s “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Swanee River” today at Studio Rahlstedt in Hamburg, West Germany, with Bert Kaempfert producing. Continue reading The Beatles track ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’ and ‘Swanee River’ for Tony Sheridan 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1962)
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter becomes second American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1962)
Video: 'MERCURY-ATLAS 7 - Liftoff to Orbit (1962/05/24) - Full Audio - Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7'
(Thursday, May 24, 1962, 12:45:16 UTC/8:45:16 a.m. EDT; during the Space Race) — Astronaut Scott Carpenter blasted off from Launch Complex 14 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida, this morning aboard his Aurora 7 spacecraft, becoming the second American to orbit the Earth, the fourth American in space (following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and John Glenn) and the sixth human to fly in space. Continue reading Astronaut Scott Carpenter becomes second American to orbit Earth 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1962)
