1970: Shocking Blue, a three man, one woman band from Holland, had the top single in America with "Venus". It made #8 in the UK

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1981: Hugo Montenegro, who is best remembered for scoring a #2 hit with the instrumental theme to Clint Eastwood's movie, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, died of emphysema. He was 55.

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1972: Paul Simon releases his first new song without Art Garfunkel, "Mother and Child Reunion", which will peak at number four in the US. Simon got the idea for the song's title from a chicken-and-egg dish called Mother and Child Reunion that he saw on a Chinese restaurant's menu.

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1978: With movie theater promos showing John Travolta's character, Tony Manero, walking down the street to the beat of The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive", the tune shot to the top of the Billboard Pop chart.

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1979: The British rock band The Babys break through to the Billboard Top 40 with "Every Time I Think Of You". Just like their first chart entry, "Isn't It Time", the song will peak at #13.

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