SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
“Hot Fun In The Summertime” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
(Click on chart image 2x for detailed view)
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones peaked this month at No. 01 (4 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending August 17 through September 13, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
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Released May, 1962. A-side: “I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues (Pt. 1)”
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(Note: The B-side (featured above) is a slower ‘bluesy’ version as opposed the the A-side plug, which is a faster uptempo version of the same song. Produced by Berry Gordy, Jr. Never charted on the Billboard Pop chart nor the Billboard R&B chart)