(Saturday, August 5, 1972) — “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right” by Luther Ingram peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right’ by Luther Ingram peaks at #3 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
Category Archives: 1970s
‘Layla’ by Derek and the Dominos peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
(Saturday, August 5, 1972) — “Layla” by Derek and the Dominos peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Layla’ by Derek and the Dominos peaks at #10 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
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‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors debuts at #108 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
Video: 'Full Circle' (9 videos)
(Saturday, August 5, 1972) — Full Circle, the eighth studio album by The Doors, the band’s second LP after Jim Morrison’s death on July 3, 1971, with keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger sharing lead vocals and John Densmore on drums, debuted at #108 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading ‘Full Circle’ studio album by The Doors debuts at #108 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 5 1972)
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Thomas Eagleton withdraws from Democratic presidential ticket 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1972)
Video: 'Television & the Presidency Part 9' (Eagleton issue at 1:23)
(Monday, July 31, 1972, 9:45 p.m. EDT; during the 1972 United States presidential election campaign) — Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, withdrew from the national ticket with George McGovern tonight following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. Continue reading Thomas Eagleton withdraws from Democratic presidential ticket 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1972)
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‘Deliverance’ survival thriller film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1972)
Video: 'Deliverance' trailer
(Sunday, July 30, 1972, noon EDT) — Deliverance, an American survival thriller film about four men who fight against a murderous clan of backwoodsmen during a hunting vacation, opened today at Loew’s Tower East at 72nd Street and Third Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Continue reading ‘Deliverance’ survival thriller film opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1972)
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‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six consecutive weeks (July 29, Aug. 5/12/19, Sept. 2/9, 1972). Continue reading ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’ by Gilbert O’Sullivan peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
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‘School’s Out’ by Alice Cooper peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper peaked at #6 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘School’s Out’ by Alice Cooper peaks at #7 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
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‘Day by Day’ by Original Cast of ‘Godspell’ peaks at #13 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Day by Day” by the Original Cast of Godspell peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Day by Day’ by Original Cast of ‘Godspell’ peaks at #13 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
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‘Conquistador’ by Procol Harum peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
(Saturday, July 29, 1972) — “Conquistador” by Procol Harum peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Conquistador’ by Procol Harum peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 29 1972)
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Black men went untreated in notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, AP reports 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)
Video: 'The Tuskegee Study'
(Tuesday, July 25, 1972; during the Tuskegee Syphilis Study) — The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light today as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural Black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing them to die, as a way of studying the disease. Continue reading Black men went untreated in notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, AP reports 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 25 1972)
