1976: Former Spooky Tooth singer Gary Wright is awarded a Gold record for "Dream Weaver".
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1955: Carl Perkins becomes the first Country artist to have a hit on the Billboard R&B chart when his "Blue Suede Shoes" makes the list.
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1971: Mungo Jerry were at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Baby Jump", the group's second and final chart topper.
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1966: Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass had the number one album in the US with "Going Places", which featured the Billboard Top 40 hits "Tijuana Taxi" (#38), "Spanish Flea" (#27) and "Zorba The Greek" (#11).
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1967: The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" sat atop the Billboard singles chart after American disc jockeys shied away from playing the flip side, "Let's Spend The Night Together".
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