1961: Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" is released on Vee Jay Records. By the first week of February, 1962 it would reach number one in the US, on its way to selling over one million copies worldwide.

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1983: Lionel Richie started a three-week run at the top of the Billboard album chart with "Can't Slow Down

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1967: Finally allowed to play instruments on their recordings, The Monkees scored their third US number one single with "Daydream Believer".

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1972: Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is released in the US where it will reach #1. The tune causes much speculation about who Carly was singing about, with popular guesses that included Mick Jagger (who sang unaccredited backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), her unfaithful fiance William Donaldson, and her ex-husband, James Taylor. At one point, Carly said she was singing about a composite of many men she had known, but later claimed that the song was about openly gay record producer David Geffen.

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1960: The Crests release "16 Candles", which would go on to reach number 2 on Billboard's Pop chart and number 4 on the R&B chart, earning the New York quintet a Gold record.

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