Category Archives: 1960s

‘Cherry Hill Park’ by Billy Joe Royal peaks at #15 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

(Saturday, November 29, 1969)“Cherry Hill Park” by Billy Joe Royal peaked at #15 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Cherry Hill Park’ by Billy Joe Royal peaks at #15 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ by Crosby, Stills & Nash peaks at #21 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

(Saturday, November 29, 1969)“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” by Crosby, Stills & Nash peaked at #21 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’ by Crosby, Stills & Nash peaks at #21 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

‘Try a Little Kindness’ by Glen Campbell peaks at #23 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

(Saturday, November 29, 1969)“Try a Little Kindness” by Glen Campbell peaked at #23 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Try a Little Kindness’ by Glen Campbell peaks at #23 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’ by Mama Cass Elliot peaks at #36 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

(Saturday, November 29, 1969)“Make Your Own Kind of Music” by Mama Cass Elliot peaked at #36 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’ by Mama Cass Elliot peaks at #36 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1969)

Starr completes ‘Stardust’ for debut solo LP 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 28 1969)


Video: 'Stardust'

(Friday, November 28, 1969, 8:30-11:00 p.m. BST) — Ringo Starr of The Beatles completed recording “Stardust” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London for his debut solo album Sentimental Journey. Continue reading Starr completes ‘Stardust’ for debut solo LP 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 28 1969)

John Lennon returns MBE medal in protest against Biafran, Vietnam policies 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 25 1969)


Video: 'John Lennon Apple Corps Interview // 25 November 1969'

(Tuesday, November 25, 1969, morning BST) — John Lennon sent back to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II today the Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal she gave him and the other Beatles in 1965 for helping Britain earn dollars “as a protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts.”

Lennon signed the letter ‘With love, John Lennon” in own handwriting.

Apollo 12’s crew splashes down in Pacific, ending 10-day trip to Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1969)


Video: '(13) Apollo 12 (CBS,NBC & ABC NEWS)' (Nov. 24, 1969, begins on 16th of 26 videos)

(Monday, November 24, 1969, 20:58:24 Coordinated Universal Time) — The Apollo 12 crew, which included the third and fourth humans (Charles “Pete” Conrad and Alan L. Bean) ever to walk on the Moon and Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon, splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean this afternoon approximately 500 nautical miles east of American Samoa. Continue reading Apollo 12’s crew splashes down in Pacific, ending 10-day trip to Moon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1969)

‘Take a Letter Maria’ by R. B. Greaves peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)

(Saturday, November 22, 1969)“Take a Letter Maria” by R. B. Greaves peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Take a Letter Maria’ by R. B. Greaves peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)

‘Smile a Little Smile for Me’ by The Flying Machine peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)

(Saturday, November 22, 1969)“Smile a Little Smile for Me” by The Flying Machine peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Smile a Little Smile for Me’ by The Flying Machine peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)

‘Fortunate Son’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival peaks at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)


Video: 'Creedence Clearwater Revival "Fortunate Son" on The Ed Sullivan Show'

(Saturday, November 22, 1969)“Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival peaked at #14 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Fortunate Son’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival peaks at #14 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1969)