It's Aurora Munroe's birthday!
1973: Grand Funk record "We're An American Band", which will become their first US number one single by the following September.
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1966: The Rolling Stones had the top song in the US with "Paint It Black", the first #1 Pop single to feature a sitar.
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1967: Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her" is released in the US, where it would climb to #2.
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1989: Exactly 25 years to the day after Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys reached number one with "Help Me Rhonda", his daughters Carnie and Wendy, along with John Phillips' daughter Chynna, had the top song in the US with "Hold On".
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1963: The Essex, a five piece group made up of US Marines, release their first single, "Easier Said Than Done". The song will climb to #1 on both the US Pop and R&B charts, #41 in the UK, and receive a Gold Record from the R.I.A.A. for selling over one million copies. The band's follow-up tune, "A Walkin' Miracle", would reach #12 the following September.
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