1961: Del Shannon records his first single, "Runaway", which will top the US charts by April. The song was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and would later be rated as #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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1968: John Fred's "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses"), a song title inspired by the Beatles "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", knocked the Fab Four's "Hello Goodbye" out of Billboard's top spot. It reached #3 in the UK.

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1959: The Platters reach the number one spot on the US Pop chart for the fourth time with "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", a ballad that was written by Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern in 1933. The record will top the UK chart next month.

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1964: "Glad All Over" by The Dave Clark Five rose to the top of the UK chart, replacing The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand". Keyboard player Mike Smith wrote the song after he came across an old Carl Perkins' record with the same title. It would reach #6 in the US.

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1967: 40-year-old David Mason recorded the piccolo trumpet solo for The Beatle's "Penny Lane" at Abbey Road Studios in London. He was paid 27 pounds, 10 shillings ($42) for his performance. In August, 1987, the trumpet he used was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $10,846.

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