Video: 'KGW Archive: 1971 Lighting of the Scappoose Peace Candle'
(Sunday, May 9, 1971) –The Peace Candle of the World, an approximately 50-foot-tall tower-like structure 18 feet in diameter in Scappoose, Oregon, was lit today by the town’s mayor and Oregon Governor Tom McCall with a specially-made 60-foot-long match.
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(Saturday, May 8, 1971) — “Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)” by Daddy Dewdrop peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Video: 'The Doors - L.A. Woman (Full Album)' (first 10 videos constitute original album)
(Saturday, May 8, 1971) — L.A. Woman, the sixth studio album by the American rock band The Doors, debuted today at #56 on Billboard‘s Top LP’s chart.
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(Saturday, May 8, 1971) — “Freedom” by the late Jimi Hendrix peaked at #59 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Continue reading ‘Freedom’ by Jimi Hendrix peaks at #74 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1971)
Video: 'Ringo Starr & Kinetic Art - Reuters - 5 May 1971'
(Thursday, May 6, 1971) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr appeared today at a new shop opened by Zarach, an exclusive modern design company, at 183 Sloane Street in London to promote “Another One,” the first piece of Kinetic sculpture he designed with top designer Robin Cruikshank.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Put Your Hand in the Hand” by Ocean peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Power to the People” by former Beatle John Lennon, credited to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, peaked today at #11 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “We Can Work It Out” by Stevie Wonder (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #13 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “Lucky Man” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaked at #48 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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(Saturday, May 1, 1971) — “It Don’t Come Easy” by former Beatle Ringo Starr debuted today on Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart at #49.
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