It Happened 50 Years Ago: Bar-Kays “Soul Finger”
Memphis-based band the Bar-Kays made nine appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with two of those songs reaching the Top 40 and one making the Top 20. Their one Top 20 hit was their first...
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It Happened 50 Years Ago: Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
British band Procol Harum hit the Top 40 with all three songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Their biggest hit — and their most well-known hit — was their first hit, “A Whiter...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Doors “Light My Fire”
The Doors made seventeen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with eight of them reaching the Top 40 and three making the Top 10. Their biggest hit, “Light My Fire,” was their first song to...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”
In his solo career outside of The Four Seasons, Newark, New Jersey-born singer Frankie Valli has hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times. Exactly 50 years ago, the first of those...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Scott McKenzie “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)”
Jacksonville, Florida-born musician Scott McKenzie made the Top 40 with both songs he placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. By far the bigger hit of the two was his first hit and his only Top...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Music Explosion “Little Bit O’ Soul”
Mansfield, Ohio-based band The Music Explosion made just two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with just one of those songs — their first charting single, “Little Bit O’ Soul” — reaching the Top 40....
It Happened 50 Years Ago: The Association “Windy”
Los Angeles based band The Association hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice, both times within a year between 1966 and 1967. Exactly 50 years ago, the band’s second number one single, “Windy,”...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Spanky and Our Gang “Sunday Will Never Be the Same”
Illinois-based band Spanky and Our Gang, which took its name from the television show The Little Rascals, made nine appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with the first five reaching the Top 40 and three of...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love”
San Francisco-based band Jefferson Airplane is best known, at least under their original band name, for their two hits that reached the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart: “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit.”...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Paul Revere and the Raiders “Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be?”
In 1966-1967, Boise, Idaho-based band Paul Revere and the Raiders experienced their period of greatest pop music success as they placed four songs into the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Exactly 50 years...
