(Monday, October 9, 1961) — “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two consecutive weeks (Oct. 9/16, 1961). Continue reading ‘Hit the Road Jack’ by Ray Charles #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1961)
Category Archives: 1960s
‘Crying’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1961)
(Monday, October 9, 1961) — “Crying” by Roy Orbison peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Crying’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1961)
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‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ debuts on CBS-TV 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 3 1961)
Video: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show S1E01 The Sick Boy and the Sitter'
(Tuesday, October 3, 1961, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Comedy writer Rob Petrie talks his wife Laura into leaving their “sick” son Richie with a babysitter while they attend a big party on tonight’s debut episode of the American television sitcom series The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS. Continue reading ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ debuts on CBS-TV 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 3 1961)
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‘Little Sister’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1961)
(Monday, October 2, 1961) — “Little Sister” by Elvis Presley peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Little Sister’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #5 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1961)
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Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s season home-run record with 61st round-tripper 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1961)
Video: 'Roger Maris 1961 - 61st Home Run as Called by Red Barber, WPIX-TV, 10/1/1961'
(Sunday, October 1, 1961, 1:46 p.m. EDT) — Baseball player Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season in the fourth inning of the last game of the season (against the Boston Red Sox) today at Yankee Stadium in New York, breaking Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old record of 60 set in 1927. Continue reading Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s season home-run record with 61st round-tripper 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1961)
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Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon announces he’ll run for governor in California, bars 1964 presidential bid 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1961)
Video: 'Nixon Speaks On His Future (1961)'
(Wednesday, September 27, 1961, scheduled for 7:00 PST) — Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who had narrowly lost the U.S. presidential race in 1960, announced tonight in Los Angeles that he would not run for president in 1964, and that he would run for Governor of California in 1962, challenging incumbent Democrat Edmund G. “Pat” Brown. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon announces he’ll run for governor in California, bars 1964 presidential bid 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 27 1961)
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‘The Mountain’s High” by Dick and Dee Dee peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
(Monday, September 25, 1961) — “The Mountain’s High” by Dick and Dee Dee peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of two weeks. Continue reading ‘The Mountain’s High” by Dick and Dee Dee peaks at #2 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy says Western powers will defend Berlin by ‘whatever means’ in address to UN General Assembly 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
Video: 'TNC:20 (excerpt) JFK on Nuclear Weapons'
(Monday, September 25, 1961, 11:30 a.m. EDT; during the Cold War) — Six weeks after construction of the Berlin Wall began, U.S. President John F. Kennedy told the United Nations today that’ the United States and its allies have decided to defend West Berlin by “whatever means are forced upon them.” Continue reading U.S. President John F. Kennedy says Western powers will defend Berlin by ‘whatever means’ in address to UN General Assembly 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
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‘Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’ by Barry Mann peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
(Monday, September 25, 1961) — “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” by Barry Mann peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’ by Barry Mann peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 25 1961)
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‘Take Good Care of My Baby’ by Bobby Vee peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 18 1961)
(Monday, September 18, 1961) — “Take Good Care of My Baby” by Bobby Vee peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of three consecutive weeks (Sept. 18/25, Oct. 2, 1961). Continue reading ‘Take Good Care of My Baby’ by Bobby Vee peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 18 1961)
