December 23, 1972: Bette Midler's cover of "Do You Want to Dance" entered Billboard's Hot 100.
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December 23, 1941: Tim Hardin was born in Eugene, Oregon.
Tim Hardin wrote "Reason To Believe," popularized by Rod Stewart, and "If I Were A Carpenter," a top ten hit for Bobby Darin.
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Hardin's heroin habit grew in the late '60s, and his albums became more erratic, although he did appear at Woodstock. He didn't complete any albums after 1973, dying of a drug overdose in 1980.
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December 23, 1964: After performing their Christmas hit "Little Saint Nick" on the TV show Shindig!, The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson had a nervous breakdown on a flight to Houston. Wilson stopped performing, and Glen Campbell replaced him on tour.
December 23, 1989: Phil Collins started a four-week run at Number 1 on the US singles chart with "Another Day In Paradise."
"Another Day In Paradise" addresses the consequences of ignoring the needy and homeless. A rare Phil Collins hit with a socially conscious message, it won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It also won the 1990 Brit Award for Best Single.
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December 23, 1995: Collective Soul moved into the top 40 section of Billboard's Hot 100 with "The World I Know."
"The World I Know" has an expressive video about a businessman becoming disillusioned with the world and impulsively deciding to kill himself, before being saved by a pigeon who lands on his arm and cheers him up right when he is about to jump.
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