1966: "I'm Losing You" by The Temptations enters the US R&B chart where it will become the group's fourth straight number one. The record peaked at #8 on the Pop chart. The tune will return in versions by Rare Earth in 1970 (#7) and Rod Stewart in 1971 (#24).
Courtesy of classicbands.com, YouTube, and Spirit of Resistance Radio!
1989: Songwriter Diane Warren was the author of the number 1 and number 2 songs in the US. "When I See You Smile" was a hit for Bad English, and "Blame It On the Rain" was credited to Milli Vanilli. Warren would go on to write "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" for Aerosmith and the Armageddon soundtrack in 1998.
Courtesy of classicbands.com, YouTube, and Spirit of Resistance Radio!
1973: After cracking Billboard's Top Ten with "It Don't Come Easy" (#4) and "Back Off Boogaloo" (#9), Ringo Starr reaches number one with "Photograph", a song he co-wrote with George Harrison.
Courtesy of classicbands.com, YouTube, and Spirit of Resistance Radio!
1974: Billy Swan, a former member of Kris Kristofferson's band and writer of Clyde McPhatter's "Lover Please", has a US number one single of his own, "I Can Help". It reached #6 in the UK.
Courtesy of classicbands.com, YouTube, and Spirit of Resistance Radio!
1975: Less than three months after achieving their first number one record, "Get Down Tonight", KC And The Sunshine Band return to the top of the Hot 100 with "That's The Way (I Like It)". It made #4 in the UK.
Courtesy of classicbands.com, YouTube, and Spirit of Resistance Radio!
