This Day In History

September 20th

1973  A plane crash took the lives of musicians Jim Croce and his lead guitarist, Maury Muehleisen, along with 4 others by crashing into a tree while taking off for a concert in Sherman, Texas.

1929  Comedienne Anne Meara
1934  Actress Sophia Loren (born name Scicolone)

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1960

• The Twist - Chubby Checker

• My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis

• Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

• Alabam - Cowboy Copas

1968

• People Got to be Free - The Rascals

• Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf

• Hey Jude - The Beatles

• Mama Tried - Merle Haggard and The Strangers

1969  Sugar, Sugar - The Archies

1976

• Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry

• I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley

• A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band

• I Don't Want to Have to Marry You - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

1984

• What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner

• Let's Go Crazy - Prince and The Revolution

• Drive - The Cars

• You're Gettin' to Me Again - Jim Glaser

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