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This day in music.

1967, The Young Rascals started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Groovin', also a No.8 hit in the UK.



1968, Charley Pride was at #1 on the Country album charts with The Country Way. Pride went on to score thirty-nine #1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.



1972, T Rex were at No.1 on the UK singles chart 'Metal Guru', the group's fourth and final No.1.



1974, Freddy Fender was at #1 on the Country music album chart with his first album Before The Next Teardrop Falls.



1978, Paul McCartney went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'With A Little Luck', his sixth solo US No.1.



1983, The Oak Ridge Boys were at #1 on the US country album chart with Deliver, their tenth studio release.



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1946, Born on this day Cherilyn Sarkasian, (Cher), American singer and actress, one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher who had the 1965 UK & US No.1 single 'I Got You Babe'.



1954, Born on this day Jimmy Henderson, from American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas, known for their 70s US No.1 radio hit single 'Jim Dandy To The Rescue'.



1958, Born on this day Jane Wieldin, guitar, vocals, from all-female American rock band The Go-Go's, who had the 1982 US No.2 single, 'We Got The Beat', and the 1982 UK hit single 'Our Lips Are Sealed'.



1960, Born on this day Sue Cowsill, from American singing group The Cowsills, who had the 1967 US No.2 single 'The Rain, The Park & Other Things', and the 1969 US No.2 single the theme from 'Hair'. TV's Partridge Family was based on The Cowsills family.



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This day in music.

1964, Buck Owens was at #1 on the country charts with "My Heart Skips a Beat", Owens's third chart topper.



1977, Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the double A sided single 'I Don't Want To Talk About It / First Cut Is The Deepest.'



1982, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were at #1 on the Country charts with "Just to Satisfy You".



2011, Adele went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rolling In The Deep', taken from her second studio album, 21.



Born on this day.

1904, Born on this day, Fats Waller, American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer and comedic entertainer. His best-known compositions, 'Ain't Misbehavin'' and 'Honeysuckle Rose'.



1934, Born on this day, American guitarist Sonny Forriest who was a member of The Coasters.



1941, Born on this day, Ronald Isley, from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, 'Shout'.



1948, Born on this day, British born singer-songwriter Leo Sayer who had the 1977 UK & US No.1 single 'When I Need You'.



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1961, Ernie K Doe went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Mother In Law'.



1965, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Ticket To Ride', the group's eighth US No.1.



1968, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Young Girl.'



1970, Merle Haggard was at #1 on the Country music album chart with Okie from Muskogee.



1976, Wings started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Silly Love Songs'.



1993, Swedish group Ace Of Base started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'All That She Wants', a No.2 hit in the US.



2004, Rascal Flatts' Mayberry was at #1 on the Billboard country album charts, their fourth and final single from their 2002 album, Melt.



Born on this day.

1941, Born on this day, Jackie Landry Jackson, singer, from African-American girl group The Chantels, who had the 1958 top 20 hit 'Maybe' and the 1961 hit 'Look In My Eyes'.



1942, Born on this day, Calvin Simon, a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic who had the 1978 US No.16 album 'One Nation Under A Groove'.



1954, Born on this day, Jerry Dammers, founder member and keyboard play with The Specials who had the 1981 UK No.1 single 'Ghost Town'.



1961, Born on this day in Dayton, Ohio was bassist Dana Williams from Diamond Rio, (originally known as the Grizzly River Boys). Their 1991 single "Meet in the Middle", made them the first band ever to send a debut single to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.



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Born on this day.

1925, Born on this day in Crimora, Virginia was Mac Wiseman, who worked as a sideman for Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs as well as releasing his own solo bluegrass records for the Dot label.



1928, Born on this day, Rosemary Clooney, American singer who came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit 'Come On-a My House', which was followed by other pop numbers such as 'Botch-a-Me', 'Mambo Italiano' and 'This Ole House'.



1945, Born on this day in Buffalo, New York, was Misty Morgan who with her husband Jack Blanchard had hits in 1970s, including the charting albums Birds of a Feather and Two Sides of Jack and Misty. Between 1969 and 1976, the duo also released fourteen singles, including "Tennessee Bird Walk", a #1 hit.



1946, Born on this day, Daniel Klein, bassist with American rock band The J Geils Band, who had the 1982 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Centerfold' which was taken from their US No.1 1981 album Freeze Frame.



1958, Born on this day in Cleveland, Ohio, was Shelly West, country music singer.



1967, Born on this day, Philip James Selway, drummer with Radiohead.



1972, Born on this day in Bethesda, Maryland, was Brian McComas country music artist who scored the 2003 Top Ten single "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)".



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