Actually Hump made a pretty impressive mark on The British Chart … his first seven releases all made The Top Five … and two of those ("Release Me" and "The Last Waltz") went to #1. "There Goes My Everything" and "A Man Without Love" both peaked at #2 … and "Am I That Easy To Forget" and "The Way It Used To Be" both peaked at #3 … not too shabby for a brand new artist breaking into the pop scene!
Herman's Hermits' two sided hit "There's A Kind Of Hush" / "No Milk Today", issued just two months ago, is certified gold.
The very first Bee Gees single ("New York Mining Disaster, 1941") is released in The United States. Their record label (Atco) issues it with the following promotional tag line: "The most significant talent since The Beatles". (There just may be some truth to that statement … although little of us knew it or recognized it at the time. In fact, several radio stations wondered aloud when this record first came out if might actually BE The Beatles in disguise! Something tells me that's exactly what The Brothers Gibb were going for!)
Depending on which source you believe, somewhere between 10,000 and 40,000 demonstrators march in protest of The Viet Nam War in San Francisco. (We'll split the difference and call it "around 25,000".)
