This Day In History

September 26th

1908  Edison's phonograph appeared in the magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, and offered buyers free records by both the Democratic and Republican US presidential candidates.
1955  Actress Debbie Reynolds marries singer Eddie Fisher, a marriage that lasted 4 years.
1957  The loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story opened in New York and ran for 734 performances.
1962  CBS-TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies airs CBS-TV
1969   The Beatles released their 13th and final album, Abbey Road, it quickly reached the #1 spot and stayed there for 11 weeks.

1774  Apple Orchard Planter Johnny Appleseed (Chapman)
1888  Writer T.S. (Thomas Stearn) Eliot
1896  262nd Pope Paul VI (birth name Giovanni Battista Montini)
1898  Classical Composer George Gershwin (Jacob Gershvin)
1914  Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne
1925  Country Singer Marty Robbins (birth name Robertson)
1948  Australian Singer/Actresss Olivia Newton-John
1956  Actress Linda Hamilton
1962  Actress Melissa Sue Anderson

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

• Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

• I Don't Care - Web Pierce

1956

• Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

• Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence

• Theme Song from 'Song for a Summer Night' - Mitch Miller

• The Fool - Sanford Clark

1962

• Sherry - The 4 Seasons

• Ramblin' Rose - Nat "King" Cole

• Let's Dance - Chris Montez

• Devil Woman - Marty Robbins

1963

• Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

• Heat Wave - Martha and The Vandellas

• Wonderful! Wonderful! - The Tymes

• Abilene - George Hamilton IV

1964

• The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

• Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

• Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

• I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves

1970

• Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

• Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond

• Candida - Dawn

• There Must be More to Love than This - Jerry Lee Lewis

1971

• Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond

• Maggie May/Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart

• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall

1972

• Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis

• Saturday in the Park - Chicago

• Back Stabbers - O'Jays

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Conway Twitty

1978

• Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey

• Kiss You All Over - Exile

• Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John

• I've Always Been Crazy - Waylon Jennings

1979

• My Sharona - The Knack

• The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

• Rise - Herb Alpert

• Just Good Ol' Boys - Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley

1980

• Upside Down - Diana Ross

• Give Me the Night - George Benson

• Late in the Evening - Paul Simon

• Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee

1986

• Stuck with You - Huey Lewis and The News

• Friends and Lovers - Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson

• Walk this Way - Run-D.M.C.

• Got My Heart Set on You - John Conlee

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