(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “My Girl” by The Temptations peaked today at #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘My Girl’ by The Temptations peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
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‘The Jolly Green Giant’ by The Kingsmen peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “The Jolly Green Giant” by The Kingsmen peaked today at #4 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Jolly Green Giant’ by The Kingsmen peaks at #4 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
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‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #31 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke peaked today at #31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for one week (less than three months after he was fatally shot Dec. 11, 1964). Continue reading ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #31 in USA 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
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The Beatles film airport sequence for ‘Help!’ feature film in Bahamas 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Help! - Camera Fight'
(Saturday, March 6, 1965) — On the 12th day of filming for The Beatles’ second feature film Help!, the group returned to Nassau International Airport today for scenes in which they descended aeroplane steps and took photographs of each other. Continue reading The Beatles film airport sequence for ‘Help!’ feature film in Bahamas 60 years ago today (Mar 6 1965)
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‘The Sound of Music’ premieres in New York 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
Video: 'The Sound of Music' (trailer)
(Tuesday, March 2, 1965, 8:00 p.m. EST) — The Sound of Music, the movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical about a who woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower, premiered today at New York’s Rivoli Theater. Continue reading ‘The Sound of Music’ premieres in New York 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
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Operation Rolling Thunder against North Vietnam begins 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-4) LBJ Goes to War (1964-1965)' (Mar. 2, 1965, at 28:18)
(Tuesday, March 2, 1965, 3:45 p.m. ICT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Rolling Thunder, a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign, began today as more than 100 U.S. jet aircraft bombed a North Vietnamese munitions depot and also provided air cover for 60 South Vietnamese bombers striking at a Communist naval base. Continue reading Operation Rolling Thunder against North Vietnam begins 60 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1965)
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The Beatles film ‘Another Girl’ sequence in Bahamas 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Another Girl (Subtitulada/Lyrics) (Video Clip)'
(Saturday, February 27, 1965) — On the fifth day of filming Help! in the Bahamas, The Beatles appeared in scenes on Balmoral Island, including the famous sequence for “Another Girl.” Continue reading The Beatles film ‘Another Girl’ sequence in Bahamas 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
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‘Tell Her No’ by The Zombies peaks at #6 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
(Saturday, February 27, 1965) — “Tell Her No” by The Zombies peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Tell Her No’ by The Zombies peaks at #6 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
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‘Shake’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
(Saturday, February 27, 1965) — “Shake” by Sam Cooke peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Shake’ by Sam Cooke peaks at #7 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
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‘The Boy from New York City’ by The Ad Libs peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
(Saturday, February 27, 1965) — “The Boy from New York City” by The Ad Libs peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Boy from New York City’ by The Ad Libs peaks at #8 in USA 60 years ago today (Feb 27 1965)
