1975: John Denver's two sided hit, "I'm Sorry" / "Calypso" reached the top of the Billboard singles chart. It was his fourth and final US number one record, although he would place six more songs in the Top 40.
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1976: Boulder, Colorado's Firefall saw their song "You Are The Woman" enter the Billboard chart on its way to #9. They would place five more songs in the Top 40, including "Just Remember I Love You" (#11 in 1977) and "Strange Way" (#11 in 1978).
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1960: Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" peaks at number two on both the US R&B and Pop charts. It's his biggest hit since "You Send Me" reached number one three years earlier.
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1983: Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" hits #1 on the Billboard Pop chart. It reached #4 in the UK.
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1953: The Spaniels record "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight", which will reach the US Top 30 next year despite competition from a Pop-style, Gold record version by the McGuire Sisters. The song became well known again in the late 1970s as the closing song performed by Sha Na Na on their weekly variety show as well as its appearance in American Graffiti and again in the late 1980s after its use in the hit film Three Men and a Baby.
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