1977: Fleetwood Mac score their only Billboard number one hit with "Dreams", which made #24 in the UK. Over the next dozen years, they would reach the US Top 40 thirteen more times.
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1971: Carole King saw her "Tapestry" album hit number 1 in the US for the first of 15 consecutive weeks. The LP contained such classic tracks as "It's Too Late", "I Feel the Earth Move", "So Far Away", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" and "You've Got a Friend". The Grammy Award winning disc is considered by many to be one of the best Rock 'n' Roll albums of all time.
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1963: The top four spots on the UK chart are held by acts from Liverpool with The Beatles at #1 ("From Me To You"), Gerry And The Pacemakers at #2 ("I Like It"), Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas at #3 ("Do You Want To Know A Secret") and Billy Fury at #4 ("When Will You Say I Love You").
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1959: "Hushabye" by the New York quintet, The Mystics, enters the Top 40 of the Billboard Pop Chart. The song will eventually reach #20 during a nine week run, and be used by Alan Freed as the closing theme to his televised Saturday night Big Beat Show. The following year, the group would record several more tunes using Paul Simon (aka Jerry Landis), and later Jay Traynor on lead vocals, but never recaptured the magic of "Hushabye".
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1975: America achieve their second Billboard number one record and their seventh Top 40 hit with "Sister Golden Hair".
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