1963: The Chiffons enjoy the first of their five Billboard Top 40 hits when "He's So Fine" climbs to #1. In the UK, it reached #16.
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1973: Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine after their hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone" reached number 6 on the US singles chart. According to members of the group, they really did buy five copies for their mothers, just like the song said.
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1967: Van Morrison records "Brown Eyed Girl", which will enter the Billboard chart the next August and rise to #10. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007
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1961: The very first record ever released by Del Shannon, "Runaway" enters the Billboard chart on its way to becoming a million selling, number one hit. In 2004, Rolling Stone rated the song as #466 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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1974: David Essex received a Gold record for the hit "Rock On", which made #5 in the US and #3 in the UK.
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