Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for February 18th

A look at the singles chart from the '50's to the '80's -- It's actually quite revealing...

2/18/1956 (64 years ago today) - It's an all-time classic for sure: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters starts two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart -- It's one of three Platters classics used on the "American Graffiti" soundtrack (the others being "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" and "Only You", later famously covered by Ringo Starr)...

2/18/1967 (53 years ago today) - It was the first of three Top 10 hits in '67 for this band out of Chicago: The Buckinghams' "Kind Of A Drag" {eh...} tops the singles chart for two consecutive weeks, but ends up getting knocked out of the No. 1 spot by The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday". There is a God!

2/18/1987 (33 years ago today) - That's right, this one is now over 30 years old!!!: Bon Jovi are at No. 1 with "Livin' On A Prayer", the second single off of the "Slippery When Wet" album which ends up selling over 12 million copies -- In 2013, the song is certified Triple Platinum for achieving more than 3 million digital downloads...

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"I'm lonely/But no one can tell...", xoxo!