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July 19, 1980 "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me" hits #1 in the US, giving Billy Joel his first chart-topper on the Hot 100.

March 29, 1980 Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon spends its 303rd week on the US album chart beating the record by Carole King's 1971 long player Tapestry.

February 2, 1980 The Specials hit #1 in the UK for the first time with "Too Much Too Young," but they're busy touring America, where their ska sound has yet to find much of an audience.

January 5, 1980 "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang becomes first rap song to hit the Top 40 when it reaches #37 on the chart.

July 28, 1979 "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats, a song about a real-life school shooting in America, goes to #1 in the UK for the first of four weeks.

May 5, 1979 Peaches and Herb's "Reunited" hits #1 in America.

April 7, 1979 Minute By Minute by The Doobie Brothers claims the top spot on the US albums chart, thanks in part to "What A Fool Believes," written by Kenny Loggins and Doobies frontman Michael McDonald.

February 3, 1979 "Y.M.C.A." by The Village People goes to #2 in America, where it stays for three weeks, unable to overtake fellow disco stalwarts "Le Freak" and "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" In many other territories, including Australia, Canada and the UK, the song goes to #1.

January 29, 1977 Rose Royce's "Car Wash" hits #1 in America.

November 20, 1976 "Muskrat Love," a song by Captain & Tennille about the amorous adventures of two rodents, peaks at #4 on the Hot 100.

August 30, 1975 The disco-riffic "Get Down Tonight" by KC & The Sunshine Band goes to #1 in America, the first of five chart-toppers for the group.

August 18, 1973 Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn's "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" hits #1 on the country chart.

December 9, 1972 Helen Reddy becomes the first Australian to land a #1 hit in America when "I Am Woman" tops the chart.

August 26, 1972 Nilsson's novelty song "Coconut" peaks at #8 on the US pop chart, where it will stay for one week.

September 19, 1970 Diana Ross, after leaving The Supremes, gets her first #1 solo hit with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."

June 3, 1970 Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," with a funky descending bass line courtesy of Motown Funk Brother Bob Babbitt, is released as a single.

January 17, 1970 Nina Simone's "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" peaks at #76, where it will stay for one week.

October 25, 1969 Two fictional bands fronted by Ron Dante are in the US Top 10: "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies at #3 and "Tracy" by The Cuff Links at #9.

September 27, 1969 A new version of The Dells' 1956 hit "Oh What A Night," now with a sonorous spoken intro, goes to #1 on the R&B chart.

September 20, 1969 The self-titled album by Blind Faith, the supergroup of Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ric Grech and Ginger Baker, hits #1 in America, where it stays for two weeks. The band play their last show on September 29, and never re-form.

April 19, 1969 "Good Times, Bad Times," the first Led Zeppelin single, reaches its chart peak of #80 in America.

January 25, 1969 Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No; I Got Life" peaks at #94, where it stays for one week.

October 26, 1968 Nina Simone's "Do What You Gotta Do" peaks at #83, where it will stay for four weeks.

April 24, 1968 "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong goes to #1 in the UK, where it becomes the top-selling single of 1968. In America, it stalls at #116; it's revived there in 1988 when it appears in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam.

April 8, 1967 The Doors' first single, "Break On Through (To The Other Side)," hits a wall, stalling at #126 in the US. Their next release, "Light My Fire," does much better, going to #1.

August 28, 1965 Mel Carter's signature tune "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" peaks at #8 on the Hot 100.

July 24, 1965 Bob Dylan charts for the first time as an artist in the US when "Like A Rolling Stone" enters at #91. A handful of his songs have already been hits as covered by other artists, most notably the 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary version of "Blowin' In The Wind."

April 11, 1965 Bob Dylan's second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, goes to #1 in the UK. It's the first time an artist other than The Beatles or The Rolling Stones has topped the chart since the Summer Holiday soundtrack on April 28, 1963.

February 22, 1964 "Dawn (Go Away)" by The Four Seasons hits #3 on the Hot 100, where it stays for 3 weeks trailing two Beatles songs. The song is gradually bumped by more Beatles songs until April 4, when the Fab 4 hold all of the Top 5.

November 2, 1963 The female UK duo The Caravelles reach the Hot 100 at #84 with "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry," starting a run of 38 years when at least one British act is on the American chart.

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