Thursday, April 11, 2013

APRIL 11 ON THE CHARTS…



April 11, 1954: 


The Moonglows hit #1 on the R'n B chart and #20 on the pop chart with "Sincerely"…
1956: James Brown has his first chart entry when "Please, Please, Please" debuts on the Billboard R 'n B chart...


The song was recorded at WIBB, a radio station in his home town of Macon, Georgia…T


1964: Betty Everett hits #6 with
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"…


1964: The Temptations hits #11 with 
"The Way You Do the Things You Do"…


1964: Bobby Bland hits #20 with
 "Ain't Nothing You Can Do"…
1964: The Beatles set another music industry record when they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100. The songs ranged from "Can't Buy Me Love" at #1 to "Love Me Do" at #81…
1970:  Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky" tops out at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although the song would sell over two million copies, it would be his only US Top 40 hit…
April 11, 1981: Daryl Hall And John Oates reached the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 with their 10th Top 40 hit, "Kiss On My List". The tune was a #33 hit in the UK…


APRIL 11 HAS BEEN A GOOD DAY IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL!!!


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