1956: Gene Vincent records "Be Bop A Lula" for Capitol Records at Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It would climb to #7 in the US and #16 in the UK the following Summer, eventually selling over 2 million copies.
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1975: The English Glam-Rock band Mud attain their third and final UK number one with a cover of Buddy Holly's 1957 hit, "Oh Boy"
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1978: The Bee Gees are awarded their second Platinum single in less than two months for "Night Fever". It was preceded by "Stayin' Alive", both from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever.
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1965: The Supremes release "Back In My Arms Again", which will become their fifth consecutive US number one hit.
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1966: The Young Rascals enjoy the first of 14 Billboard Top 40 hits when "Good Lovin" reached #1. Another version of the same song by The Olympics had stalled at #81 the previous year.
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