(Saturday, April 23, 1977) — “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Thelma Houston peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ by Thelma Houston peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1977)
‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ by Tommy James and the Shondells peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1967)
(Saturday, April 22, 1967) — “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tommy James and the Shondells peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ by Tommy James and the Shondells peaks at #4 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1967)
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‘Western Union’ by Five Americans peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1967)
(Saturday, April 22, 1967) — “Western Union” by Five Americans peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘At the Zoo’ by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #16 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 22 1967)
(Saturday, April 22, 1967) — “At the Zoo” by Simon and Garfunkel peaked at #16 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Annie’ musical play opens on Broadway 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1977)
Video: 'Annie [1977] The original cast performs a medley on the Tony Awards'
(Wednesday, April 21, 1977, 6:15 p.m. EST) — The musical play Annie, based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip, opened tonight on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in New York, beginning a run of 2,377 performances. Continue reading ‘Annie’ musical play opens on Broadway 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1977)
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Stalin’s daughter arrives in U.S. to ‘seek self-expression’ 50 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Apr 21 1967)
Video: 'Svetlana Stalina daughter of Josef Josef Stalin Defects to United States 1967 newsreel footage'
(Friday, April 21, 1967, 2:45 p.m. EST; during the Cold War) — Joseph Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, 42, arrived today at Kennedy Airport in New York aboard a Swiss airplane from Zurich, apparently set on closing a deal with sell her memoirs of life with her father. Continue reading Stalin’s daughter arrives in U.S. to ‘seek self-expression’ 50 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Apr 21 1967)
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The Beatles complete recording ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1967)
Video: 'Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove - 10min. - The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967'
(Friday, April 21, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-1:30 a.m. BST) — The Beatles today completed recording their the eighth studio album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, recording a short section of gibberish and noise which would follow “A Day in the Life,” in the run-out groove of the vinyl record. Continue reading The Beatles complete recording ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 1967)
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‘Give It to Me’ by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake peaks at #1 in USA 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 21 2007)
(Saturday, April 21, 2007) — “Give It to Me” by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Apr. 21/28, 2007).
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Army officers in Greece stage coup, seize power 50 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Apr 21 1967)
Video: 'Jounta in Greece 21/4/1967'
(Friday, April 21, 1967, 2:00 a.m. EET) — A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos today led a coup d’état, seizing power and creating a military dictatorship that ruled the country for the next seven years. Continue reading Army officers in Greece stage coup, seize power 50 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Apr 21 1967)
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The Beatles complete ‘Only a Northern Song’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1967)
Video: 'The Beatles - Only a Northern Song (Anthology 2 Disc 2)'
(Thursday, April 20, 1967, 7:00 p.m.-2:15 a.m. BST) — The Beatles completed recording “Only a Northern Song” today at EMI Studio 2 in London with an additional overdub of trumpet and piano, played by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, respectively, together with glockenspiel and percussion within an hour of completing the final mixing on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Continue reading The Beatles complete ‘Only a Northern Song’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 20 1967)
