1963 – Elvis Presley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise”. His 14th UK No.1. In 1963, when the song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show Juke Box Jury, the celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song “a miss” stating on the new song that Elvis Presley was “like Bing Crosby now.”
1967 – The Doors started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with an edited version of “Light My Fire”. The group’s first US No.1, it only reached No.49 on the UK chart. Eventually, many radio stations in the US would start playing the full six minute and fifty second album cut, which features a longer instrumental break.
1968 – The first recording session of The Beatles seven-minute epic ‘Hey Jude’ took place at Abbey Road studios London. The Paul McCartney song was written about John Lennon’s son Julian.
1978 – The film soundtrack to Grease featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
went to No.1 on the US album chart.
2019 – “Old Town Road”, the viral rap song by Lil Nas X, became the longest-running
No.1 in US chart history after it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 17 weeks, overtaking Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” and Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day”, which both spent 16 weeks at No.1. The rapper, a college dropout from Atlanta, recorded the song in 2018, using a backing track he bought online for $30.
