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1. In mid-1960 the Everly Brothers produced their biggest-ever hit that topped the Billboard Charts for five weeks, and for seven in the UK. In 1989 country singer Reba McEntire covered the song and took it to the top of the Billboard Top Country Singles Chart.
2. The Billboard number two hit for 1959 was a Bobby Darin smash that topped the Billboard Charts for nine weeks and was number one in the UK for two. It was a song based on a 1928 play "The Threepenny Opera" which Bobby saw in Greenwich Village and decided to record the lead song. Louis Armstrong made it a top twenty hit in 1956.
3. A 1964 song that became the title of a very popular movie, twenty six years later, achieved top place for three weeks on both the US and the UK charts. Roy Orbison was the only American recording artist to have a number one single on the UK charts in 1964 and he did it twice.
4. In 1965 The Rolling Stones released the monster hit "(I can't get no) Satisfaction" and were soon hassled by fans across the pond for a great follow-up. So their "apt" reply rapidly topped the Billboard Charts for two weeks and the United Kingdom List for three weeks.
5. In 1965 a young music composer, Sonny Bono, submitted a song to the head of Atco Records but it was primarily rejected as an A side when taken off the studio album "Look at Us". Some wheeling and dealing by Sonny saw his record eventually promoted and reach the top on Billboard for three weeks and in the UK for one.
6. During the dominance that the Beatles had on the charts in the mid-sixties, Paul wrote a song dedicated to an aspiring author then working for a local daily newspaper. The song topped the Billboard 100 for two weeks and was top in the UK for one week.
7. In mid-1976 a certain Bernie Taupin-Elton John composition needed a lady singer as accompaniment for Elton, but first choice Dusty Springfield was unavailable, so a relatively unknown performer was invited. This song topped Billboard for four weeks and ruled supreme in the UK for six.
8. In 1978 The Bee Gees ran rampant across all the charts with the tracks released on the soundtrack of colossal movie "Saturday Night Fever". With three multi- week number one hits on The Billboard Hot 100 charts, one of these stayed top for eight weeks. Top in the UK Official Charts for two. Clue - Darkness Pyrexia.
9. In March 1979 Gloria Gaynor released a song that was later lauded as a symbol of female strength. The US Library of Congress deemed it culturally, historically and artistically significant. It had an interrupted three weeks on top of Billboard and a single week as number one in the UK.
10. In 1980 Blondie presented the song ranked number one for that year and filled the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks while spending one week there in the UK. Lead singer Debbie Harry wrote the song in a matter of hours from the perspective of the main character of the movie that it was to become the theme of.
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