Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for November 1st

Three decades of chart action; '60's/'70's'/'80's Numero Uno's...

11/1/1969 (47 years ago today) - Elvis Presley goes to the top of the singles chart with "Suspicious Minds" -- Written by Mark James (who also co-wrote the classic "You Were Always On My Mind"), it was Elvis' 18th (and last) No. 1 single in the U.S..

11/1/1975 (41 years ago today) - Elton John starts three weeks at No. 1 on the singles chart with "Island Girl", his fifth U.S. chart-topper, and proof that by the mid-Seventies, Reggie could have released three minutes of him defecating and it still would've charted high. Which is pretty much what happened.

11/1/1980 (36 years ago today) - It took awhile, but now we get it...: Bruce Springsteen takes over the top spot on the album chart with his fifth studio effort, the double-vinyl-set "The River". Originally, Bruce had intended to release the album with the title "The Ties That Bind" as a single LP made up of just 10 tracks, but he felt that something was missing somehow, that it didn't quite connect with how he was really feeling at the time, so he added a batch of songs that were, basically, much darker in tone and presentation. "The River" has since become legendary in the Springsteen canon for its intentional contrasts between the frivolous ("I'm A Rocker", "Ramrod") and the solemn ("Point Blank", "Stolen Car"). It also became Bruce's first No. 1 album. Guess he knew what he wanted...

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