#OnThisDay… October 8, 1964 • ROY ORBISON: His Biggest Hit Was Sitting ‘Pretty’ At The Top [AUDIO+VIDEO] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 8, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, Videos

HouseoftheHits.com Help support this blog by clicking on the sponsor ad!   October 8, 1964 The song Oh, Pretty Woman by the great Roy Orbison was enjoying a simultaneous stay at #1 on music charts in three different countries. In America, it was in its second of...

#OnThisDay… October 7, 1963 • THE ROLLING STONES: Record a McCartney-Lennon Song (Before The Beatles’ Version!) [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 7, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Rolling Stones, Top 40, UK Artists

October 6, 1963 The Paul McCartney-John Lennon written song I Wanna Be Your Man was recorded by The Rolling Stones on this date. The recording came on the heels of their first British single Come On, a Chuck Berry cover, b/w I Want To Be Loved, which was released in...

#OnThisDay… October 5, 1962 • THE BEATLES: Release First UK Single! [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 5, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists

October 5, 1962 The first recording by The Beatles to be released anywhere in the world was issued on this date. Love Me Do is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney (the melody and chorus) when he was a teenager of 15 or 16, and long prior the the group which became...

#OnThisDay… October 4, 1980 • QUEEN: ‘Dusts’ Diana Ross for #1 [AUDIO+VIDEO] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 4, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, 80's, Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

October 4th, 1980 Reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart today was the world-wide hit Another One Bites The Dust by Queen. After stalling for two weeks at #3 (behind the Australian duo Air Supply [All Out Of Love] and Motown diva Diana Ross [Upside Down]),...

#OnThisDay… October 2, 1965 • THE McCOYS: ‘Hang On Sloopy’ at #1 🎵

by KingoftheHits | Oct 2, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Rock & Roll, Top 40

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#OnThisDay… September 30, 1978 • EXILE: ‘Kiss You All Over’ at #1 [AUDIO] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 30, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 The #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 came from the proverbial ‘one-hit-wonder’ category – Kiss You All Over by the American group Exile. Once inside the Top 10, the record had a frustrating climb to the top, slowed for four...