1953: The Spaniels record "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight", which will reach the US Top 30 next year despite competition from a Pop-style, Gold record version by the McGuire Sisters. The song became well known again in the late 1970s as the closing song performed by Sha Na Na on their weekly variety show as well as its appearance in American Graffiti and again in the late 1980s after its use in the hit film Three Men and a Baby.
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1966: The Lovin' Spoonful are awarded a Gold record for their fifth US Top Ten single and first number one hit, "Summer in the City".
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1976: The Bee Gees' 20th album, "Children of the World", goes Gold. It contains two of their latest hits "You Should Be Dancing" and "Love So Right".
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1975: David Bowie had the top tune on Billboard's singles chart with "Fame", a song co-written by John Lennon, who can be heard singing near the end of the record.
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1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK #1 single with "Bad Moon Rising".
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