1964: The Bachelors were at #1 on the UK singles chart with "Diane". This was the Irish trio's only UK chart topper, although they had 16 other UK Top 40 hits.

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1972: Although he had written songs that were recorded by The Turtles, Rick Nelson, Blood Sweat And Tears, Lulu, The Monkees and Three Dog Night, Harry Nilsson had his only US number one hit with "Without You", a tune written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger.

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1973: War started a two-week run at #1 on the Billboard album chart with "The World Is A Ghetto".

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1963: The Beatles saw their second release, "Please Please Me", reach the top of the UK singles chart. No one seemed to care that during one verse, John and Paul can clearly be heard singing different words.

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1975: Although she would place twenty-one songs on the Billboard Top 40, Linda Ronstadt had her only number one hit with "You're No Good". The song first appeared on the chart in 1963 when Betty Everette took it to #81.

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