60 YEARS AGO TODAY:
1/8/66 - The Beatles start a six week run at the top of Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart with “Rubber Soul” … while their latest single “We Can Work It Out” also climbs into the #1 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, where it will reign for three weeks.
Also on 1/8, Lou Christie records the original “uncensored” version of “Rhapsody In The Rain”
Also on 1/8, The Kinks and The Who appear on the last episode of “Shindig”
(watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjRSnykqKFs)
Billy J. Kramer kicks the whole thing off!
Also on 1/8, Elvis turns 31.
