NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65* Petula Clark *WEEK OF 1/17 – 1/30/1965
FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Downtown,” by Petula Clark peaked No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (2) weeks January 17, 1965 through January 30, 1965. (source: Billboard).
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BILLBOARD No. 1 SONG IN AMERICA * Chubby Checker *WEEK OF 1/20/1962
JANUARY 20, 1962 HOT 100 — There are no less than nine “twist” titled songs which charted on this Billboard survey on this date in 1962.
See “twist” songs: No. 01, 02, 26, 31, 58, 68, 82, 94, and No. 99!
M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S
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BILLBOARD No. 2 SONG IN AMERICA * Joey Dee *WEEK OF 1/20/1962
EIGHTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Peppermint Twist (Part 1),” by Joey Dee and the Starlighters peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, January 27, 1962. (source: Billboard).
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’65* The Supremes *WEEK OF JANUARY 10-16, 1965
FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Come See About Me,” by the Supremes peaked No. 1 (twice; one week — separate dates — separate years) on the Billboard Hot 100, week of December 19-26, 1964 and week of January 10-16, 1965. (source: Billboard).
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