Day: August 12, 2021
DETROIT FREE PRESS | WJR RADIO PRESS PHOTO: DENNIS NEUBACHER
THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: AUGUST 13, 1966
— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —
“SUMMER IN THE CITY” | THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL | KAMA SUTRA
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
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August 7 through August 13, 1966
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“Summer In The City” by The Lovin’ Spoonful debuted on the Billboard single charts at #53, for the week ending, July 23, 1966. The single by the Greenwich Village band would make its eventual climb to its three-week stay at the top — its fifth week on the charts — week-ending August 13 through week-ending August 27, 1966.
Twelve weeks overall on the pop single charts, “Summer In The City” dropped to #37 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending September 24, 1966.
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