Category: It Happened 50 Years Ago
Memphis-born pop music superstar Aretha Franklin has hits on Billboard‘s Hot chart spanning more than three and half decades, from “Won’t Be Long,” which reached number 76 in 1961 to “Here We Go Again,” which...
India-born British singer Engelbert Humperdinck has made 23 appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, spanning from 1967 to 1983. Nine of those songs reached the Top 40 and two hit the Top 10. His biggest...
New Jersey-based band The Young Rascals hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart three times. Exactly 50 years ago, the second of those chart-topping hits, “Groovin’,” climbed to the pinnacle position for a four-week...
The Supremes hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times. Exactly 50 years ago, the tenth of those chart-topping singles, “The Happening,” climbed to the pinnacle position for a one-week reign.
Though the role of “Peaches” changed in the decade between the first one and the last two, Washington, DC-based duo Peaches & Herb hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 three times. Exactly 50...
Detroit-based vocal group Martha & the Vandellas hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart six times. Exactly 50 years ago, the last of those six Top 10 hits — “Jimmy Mack” — was...
Dallas-based band The Five Americans made six appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with four of those songs reaching the Top 40. Their biggest hit was their lone Top 10 hit, “Western Union,” which exactly...
In 1967, Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy teamed up to record a version of the song “Somethin’ Stupid.” The song was released as a single, and exactly 50 years ago, it rose to number...
Detroit-based vocal group the Four Tops had two periods of Top 10 success on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. First, they scored the first five of their seven Top 10 singles between 1965 and 1967. Then,...
Los Angeles-based band Buffalo Springfield is considered a foundational folk-rock/country-rock band, and it’s notable for bringing together the likes of Stephen Stills, Neil Young, and Jim Messina. In their time together from 1966 to...