1972: Danny O'Keefe enters the Billboard Top 40 with "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues". The self-penned tune will rise to #9 during its ten week stay, earning a Gold Record for selling a million copies. Over the years, the song has been covered by Elvis Presley, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Charlie Rich and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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1966: The Lovin' Spoonful are awarded a Gold record for their fifth US Top Ten single and first number one hit, "Summer in the City".
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1959: "Sleep Walk" by Santo and Johnny becomes Billboard's number one record. In the UK, more than 20 cover versions flooded the air waves and held the Farina brothers' rendition to number 22.
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1975: The Bay City Rollers appeared on the Saturday Night Variety Show and performed their just released record, "Saturday Night", which would climb to number one in the US by the first week of January.
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1987: Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett teamed up to have the top song on the Billboard pop chart with "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", the first release from Michael's album "Bad".
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