Due to the title cut, this was a huge seller when it originally came out.
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Reissued on CD, this set from flügel-hornist Chuck Mangione (which helped give guitarist Grant Geissman some fame) is actually stronger from the jazz standpoint than Mangione's subsequent dates.
Read more: AllmusicDecember 8, 1956: Guy Mitchell finishes the year at the top, staying there for nine weeks with his hit "Singing the Blues."
"Singing the Blues" is a popular song written by Melvin Endsley and published in 1956. The song was first recorded and released by Marty Robbins. The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart from 8 December 1956, to 2 February 1957. It was Mitchell's second and last hit in Italy.
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December 8, 1973: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "The Love I Lost."
"The Love I Lost" is a song by American R&B group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Originally written as a ballad by Philly soul songwriters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the song was transformed into a disco song. It was one of the transitional songs marking the emergence of disco from traditional rhythm and blues as a distinctive style of music.
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December 8, 1984: The new number 1 song was "Out of Touch" by Daryl Hall & John Oates.
"Out of Touch" by Hall & Oates is from their twelfth studio album Big Bam Boom. It's often segued from "Dance on Your Knees", which is the opening song of the Big Bam Boom album.
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According to John Oates, he came up with the chorus while randomly playing around with a synthesizer that he did not know how to use. He thought it could be a song for the Stylistics, having a Philly sound. But in the studio the next day a co-producer told him it should be a hit for Hall & Oates themselves.
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December 8, 1990: Poison made it to number 4 on the US music chart with "Something to Believe In."
On Christmas Eve 1989, Poison lead singer Bret Michaels' huge Polynesian bodyguard died alone in his Palm Springs hotel room.
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His name was Kimo, and much like the rest of the band, he became heavily involved with alcohol, drugs, and women, which had taken a toll on his health. Kimo was also a personal friend of Michaels and can be seen in the video.
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