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“Friend, Lover, Women, Wife” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and on Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. May 1969
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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Get Back” by the Beatles peaked this month at No. 01 (5 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending May 24 through June 21, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.
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Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go (shown as “At Whisky-A-Go-Go” on the original label) is a live album and is the debut album from American rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Johnny Rivers.
The album was released in February 1964, just as The Beatles and the British music invasion was getting into full swing. Rivers was asked to open the Whisky a Go Go nightclub in Los Angeles starting January 15, 1964 and during that run he recorded the album. With the help of producer Lou Adler, Johnny helped introduce the “Go Go sound” to rock and roll. The album reached #13 on Billboard’s Pop Albums chart, (#12 on the Billboard 200) and became Johnny’s first gold album. The album also gave Rivers his very first big hit, a cover version of Chuck Berry‘s 1959 hit “Memphis“. Rivers’s version went to #2 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart in the summer of 1964, and became his first gold single.
Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go would be the first of five albums that Rivers would record live at the nightclub.
(Source: Wikipedia and Discogs)
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‘Memories from the Soundtrack of Your Life‘
Nesbitt’s is a brand of orange-flavored soda pop that was popular in the United States during much of the 20th century. Nesbitt’s was produced by the Nesbitt Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles, California. The company also produced several other flavors of soda pop under the Nesbitt’s brand and other brand names. Nesbitt’s orange, strawberry and peach-flavored sodas are still available today, presently marketed by Monarch Beverage of Atlanta.
(Source: WiKipedia)