May 14, 1955:
Bo Diddley's tune "Bo Diddley" debuts on the US R&B chart, where it will stay for 18 weeks, climbing to #1...
The song will become his most successful record and introduces what will be known as the Bo Diddley beat…
May 14, 1966:
The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" enters the Billboard Hot 100 for the ninth time…But, who wrote the tune and recorded it first?
The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" enters the Billboard Hot 100 for the ninth time…But, who wrote the tune and recorded it first?
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The Kingsmen cover only stayed on the charts for two weeks, going to #97. When it was first released in 1963, it made it to #2…
May 14, 1968: The Rascals record "People Got To Be Free", a song written by the group because of the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. It will become their fourth and final million-selling single…
May 14, 1983: Spandau Ballet topped the UK album chart with their third studio LP, "True". The title track spent four weeks at #1 on the UK singles charts, and went to #4 in America. Badazz jam…
MAY 14, 1988: Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. He had his first hit in 1940 and went on to have over 30 US and 40 UK Top 40 singles…
Cool, Frank, R.I.P. Man…
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