1968: Just three weeks after being released, Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100, where it would stay for 7 weeks. It was Marvin's 30th US chart single, but his first number one.

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1986: Bruce Hornsby And The Range top the Billboard chart with "The Way It Is", a song that refers to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The tune reached #15 in the UK.

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1970: Although they had enjoyed 26 previous Top 40 Hits, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles reached number one on the Billboard Pop chart for the first time with "The Tears Of A Clown". It was also a #1 in the UK.

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1958: The Coasters record "Charlie Brown", which would go on to reach number 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers list in early in 1959. The song was so popular that over the years more than 80 cover versions have been recorded.

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1966: Brian Wilson's masterpiece, "Good Vibrations" becomes The Beach Boys' third Billboard number one hit. At a cost of $16,000, it was the most expensive single ever produced in music history up to that time.

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